@averagejoe1 said
You are correct, all goes without saying. Of course, the Constitution clearly sets out what government is for. Do you know that the states created the government, not the other way around. If you regard the provisions therein, you will see why SCOTUS threw abortion back to the states. It provides for that in the Constitution. This is the type of thing that Trump presidency will clean up.
"Do you know that the states created the government, not the other way around."
I hardly think you want to hold up the morals of the states to scrutiny.
Let's take Virginia. The State of Virginia began as a private company, stealing land, ethnically cleansing indigenous people, importing poor women to be wives (i.e. for sex) and buying slaves from ships that had been plundered. Virginia later fought an all-out war that killed hundreds of thousands to defend slavery. Very questionable beginnings.
The Federal government has a less sullied history. It truly begins with the Constitution, an amazing document which stands on its own merits, thank goodness. But the Constitution is not all-encompassing, and, though very good, is not perfect.
As for abortion, SCOTUS declared that settled, and then reversed itself. That threw the question to the states, but that's not where it belongs. Congress should have defined 'when you become a US citizen' long ago, but has not. They will, soon, unless I miss my guess.
It is a federal not a state matter, and 50 different standards will serve no purpose. We need one.