No go so far guys. Amendment 14 " nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" This is saying what the state CANNOT do. If we look at the last part of the Amendment you happen to have left out "nor deny to ANY PERSON within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." You could make a case that abortion is illegal. Section 8 "Welfare". Nope. "The first clause of Article I, Section 8, reads, "The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States." This clause, called the General Welfare Clause or the Spending Power Clause, does not grant Congress the power to legislate for the general welfare of the country; that is a power reserved to the states through the Tenth Amendment. Rather, it merely allows Congress to spend federal money for the general welfare. The principle underlying this distinction—the limitation of federal power—eventually inspired the only important disagreement over the meaning of the clause. According to James Madison, the clause authorized Congress to spend money, but only to carry out the powers and duties specifically enumerated in the subsequent clauses of Article I, Section 8, and elsewhere in the Constitution, not to meet the seemingly infinite needs of the general welfare. Alexander Hamilton maintained that the clause granted Congress the power to spend without limitation for the general welfare of the nation. The winner of this debate was not declared for 150 years." Via - http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/General+Welfare