This United States’ irrepressible emphasis on freedom constitutes for its attractiveness to immigrants from countless countries desperately seeking for a glimpse of the American Dream. Thomas Jefferson clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence that everyone is granted the right to the pursuit of happiness. However this was not always the case, as evidence to the decision debilitating laws that preceded the Roe v. Wade ruling, which granted Jane Roe the choice to have an abortion, mothers were stripped of their right to the pursuit of happiness. If a woman becomes pregnant and she feels as if having the child would be devastating to her or she wouldn’t be able to provide for the child, then she should have the choice of abortion. In
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She had decided she was in no position to take care of another child and wanted to have an abortion done. Texas state laws at the time stated: a woman could receive an abortion only if incest occurred, was raped, or if it was medically imposed. Norma said she had been raped but they overlooked the rape because she never filed a police report. Norma didn’t fit the criteria for getting an abortion so she uses the name Jane Roe to file a case against the state of Texas.
The main issue within this case is if Texas state laws go against the right to privacy as protected by the fourteenth amendment in regards to the right of a woman to obtain an abortion. Granting a woman the rights to obtain an abortion is important to our freedom. The fourteenth amendment protects our privacy and this is a private issue. The abortion law disregarded the needs of the mother.
The court held that the woman’s right to an abortion fell under the right to privacy, which is protected by the fourteenth amendment. Justices Warren Burger, William Orville Douglas, Potter Stewart concurred with the majority. Justices William H. Rehnquist and Byron White dissented. This landmark decision gave women a choice. Women can decide if they are ready to be mothers and if they will be good mothers to this child. They get to decide if they are ready and willing to take responsibility of another child before it has been
She had decided she was in no position to take care of another child and wanted to have an abortion done. Texas state laws at the time stated: a woman could receive an abortion only if incest occurred, was raped, or if it was medically imposed. Norma said she had been raped but they overlooked the rape because she never filed a police report. Norma didn’t fit the criteria for getting an abortion so she uses the name Jane Roe to file a case against the state of Texas.
The main issue within this case is if Texas state laws go against the right to privacy as protected by the fourteenth amendment in regards to the right of a woman to obtain an abortion. Granting a woman the rights to obtain an abortion is important to our freedom. The fourteenth amendment protects our privacy and this is a private issue. The abortion law disregarded the needs of the mother.
The court held that the woman’s right to an abortion fell under the right to privacy, which is protected by the fourteenth amendment. Justices Warren Burger, William Orville Douglas, Potter Stewart concurred with the majority. Justices William H. Rehnquist and Byron White dissented. This landmark decision gave women a choice. Women can decide if they are ready to be mothers and if they will be good mothers to this child. They get to decide if they are ready and willing to take responsibility of another child before it has been