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Originally Posted by Angela  I haven't read the Constitution with an eye out for that. Is there anything in there that guarantees Americans dominion over our own body? |
Nope, not to my knowledge. Human rights never fully caught on in America. However, you could look toward the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable [sic]
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
It's all a matter of interpretation.