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Essay on Alternative Arguments for Roe v Wade
In 1973, the Supreme Court case, Roe vs. Wade, the court ruled that abortion may be permitted within a certain time frame. The ruling said that states couldn't prohibit voluntary abortions during the first three months of pregnancy. The decision to terminate the pregnancy should be left up to the woman and her doctor. The Court said that during the remaining six months, however, states may regulate abortion procedures in ways reasonably related to maternal health, and for the final ten weeks may prohibit abortion except where doctors find the life of the mother endangered. The Supreme Court's decision affected every state in some way or another. Some states with relatively modern abortion laws will require substantial rewriting to conform to the new national standards.
Other states with older antiabortion laws must write new laws because the Court's decision invalidated their preceding court standings. On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 ruling that abortion is legal in the United States. This decision has brought out many positive and negative views among the citizens. The Supreme Court's decision pleased many women's civil rights activists all over the country. The Court's decision was considered a major victory on their part. In one article entitled, "Protestants Split On Abortion Edict" the columnists four Protestants to debate the Court's ruling. Two were in agreement with the decision and the other two were in direct opposition to the courts ruling (Torres, 31-33).
The two that were pro-abortion stated their delight in the decision, "I am delighted, this is a landmark relation to women's right, I feel very good about the grounds on which the courts made the decision that is, standing against violation of privacy and personal liberties of the state." In another article, the Women's National Abortion Action Coalition pronounces their enthusiasm with the court's ruling. They proclaim that "because of the Supreme Court's ruling hundreds of thousands of women will be spared the medical risks and emotional horrors of back-street and self-induced abortions....
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