Re: Abortion

Lawrence E. McKnight
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>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:24:17 GMT, BlackWater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>The "3/5ths" thing was TRUTH ... look it up. 
>
>Where?  I know that various loonie anti-abortionist claim that the
>Constitution makes that statment, but that only proves that they are
>either lying or ignorant.


http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html#section2

Article I

Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested
in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a
Senate and House of Representatives.

Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of
members chosen every second year by the people of the several
states, and the electors in each state shall have the
qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch
of the state legislature.

No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained
to the age of twenty five years, and been seven years a citizen
of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an
inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.

Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the
several states which may be included within this union, according
to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding
   * * * *
to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to
service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed,
three fifths of all other Persons.
   * * * *
 The actual Enumeration shall be made within three years after
the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and
within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they
shall by law direct. The number of Representatives shall not
exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have
at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be
made, the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse
three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four,
Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten,
North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any state, the
executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill
such vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other
officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. 

   - - - - - 

   Guess who were the "all other persons" who fell into the
   "3/5ths" category, sucker ...