Mark Small

Several cards postcards, w/different return addresses but identical in font & text have arrived in the mail, since I’m a candidate in the GOP primary for United States House of Representatives in Indiana’s 5th Congr District. 1/8

In relevant part they state: “All elected officials have a solemn responsibility to defend the Sanctity of Life and protect the unborn. That’s why I urge you to pledge 100% support for the Sanctity of Life on the Candidate Survey you recently received...” 2/8

Ironically (or not) the same ppl who rail about intent of the Framers of the Constitution have sketchy knowledge of how abortion was treated at the time Constitution was written. As Justice Blackmun noted, restrictions on abortion are relatively recent. 3/8

Restrictive crim abortion laws are of relatively recent vintage [and] are not of ancient or even of common-law origin. Instead, they derive from statutory changes ... in the latter half of the 19th Century.” Roe v Wade, 410 U.S. at 129-30. 4/8