I disagree: Rick Perry: Abortion is a states’ rights issue. “You either have to believe in the 10th Amendment or you don’t” Yo Rick - how about 5th amendment? And the 14th?

I like Rick Perry but I totally disagree with him on this one. Via HotAir: Rick Perry: Abortion is a states’ rights issue

Despite holding personal pro-life beliefs, Texas Gov. Rick Perry categorized abortion as a states’ rights issue today, saying that if Roe v. Wade was overturned, it should be up to the states to decide the legality of the procedure.

“You either have to believe in the 10th Amendment or you don’t,” Perry told reporters after a bill signing in Houston. “You can’t believe in the 10th Amendment for a few issues and then [for] something that doesn’t suit you say, ‘We’d rather not have states decide that.’”…

So here's where I disagree. According to the 5th amendment to the US Constitution:

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Yeah - shall not be deprived of life without due process. Um - what due process is afforded babies prior to their being dismembered while conscious? Furthermore, the 14th amendment bans states from usurping that fundamental, unalienable right:

...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Is that not clear? The 10th amendment cannot trump the right to life nor does it. Perry's looking at it wrong from a constitutional perspective. Don't get me wrong - Roe v Wade was and is one of the all-time most terrible decisions in SCOTUS history, and that's saying a whole lot. But the unalienable right to life is just that - unalienable.