Essay On The Controversial Issue Of Abortion

One of the most controversial topics that are still talked about today is Abortion, which is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. The disagreement that comes from abortion is between two sides, pro-choice and pro-life. Pro-choice people believe that women have the right to make their own decision about what happens to their bodies and have the right to decided to end their pregnancy if they want to. Where the opposing side, pro-life, believes that life begins at conception and that having an abortion is murdering an innocent human being. The conflict between these two sides raises the question; does a constitutional right to privacy protect a woman’s right to obtain a lawful abortion?
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The court decided three stages of pregnancy that allowed for more authority over the procedure are the pregnancy progressed. “In the first trimester of pregnancy, the decision to have an abortion lies with the woman and her physician” (Hume). Only in this term, the women have the right and the state can’t make any laws denying it. “During the next six months of pregnancy, the court said that states may “regulate the abortion procedure in ways related to maternal health. During the next six months of pregnancy, the court said that states may “regulate the abortion procedure in ways related to maternal health” (Hume). According to the record of the District Court, Roe did not disclose that she was pregnant at the time of the hearing or when the court’s opinion and judgment were filed. Because the gestation period is only 266 days the first trimester term will come before the appellate process is complete. Since there was no evidence that she was in her first trimester of pregnancy, the new precedent had nothing to do with her. Although the Roe case was the reason abortion became legal in the first trimester, the case has little significance to the verdict that was