On the other hand, to be the Devil's advocate for a moment, we all know that human rights do not need to be specified by governments, or allowed by governments. If one believes that abortion is a basic human right, it doesn't need to be specified in the Constitution to still be regarded as a right. It would be, however, a "human right" (in the judgment of liberals) not guaranteed in the Constitution.
When you get right down to it, anyone can assert that anything is a human right. Who's to contradict them? What support do the recognized "human rights" have, other than the support and affirmation of the majority? Some guy named Ragnar Redbeard wrote a book titled Might Is Right in which he makes the case that the only human right is the right to use force to gain the things we want in life. We have the right to fight to survive or die.
The assertion by the Founding Fathers that God had guaranteed the rights to "life, liberty and happiness" is very life-affirming and positive, but really, what is it sustained by, other than general affirmation? These are human rights only as long as we believe they are human rights.
It would depend on some metaphysical beliefs, I guess. If you think that all of this came about as a result of random chemical reactions (or something?), then there is no meaning to life, no purpose, and no reason to think that life is valuable or worth saving.
On the other hand, if you believe that we are created, then the Creator probably has something to say about how valuable we are - ever more so if we are the pinnacle of creation.
The FIRST humans were the pinnacle of His creation, all that followed were random degenerates.
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