Abortion
Abortion became a primary issue with the court case Roe v. Wade when a decision was made by the Supreme Court in 1973 regarding the subject. The courts later changed certain parts of their decision with the court case Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey in 1992. The cases fought over the rights to receive an abortion and argued the right to do so through means of the Due Process clause of the 14th amendment and the Right to Privacy implied in previous cases. While some argued that it didn’t follow history or traditions the verdict ended, with a very close vote, with the right to abortion being allowed under specific circumstances. In 1969 a woman in Texas by the name of Norma McCorvey wished to get an abortion. The law in Texas at the time forbid abortion unless required to save the mother’s life. She gave birth to the child and …show more content…
Part of which keeps the result from Roe v. Wade and part of which made amendments and changes deemed necessary for the times. As time progresses so does medical technology allowing the abortion to take place later on during the pregnancy. However as medical tech grows so does our knowledge of fetal live and vitality. We learn sooner and sooner when the fetus actually develops nerves and feeling and life and thusly the state interest in protecting the life of the fetus is more viable earlier and earlier in the pregnancy meaning they can set limits sooner than before. These two growths over time pull against each other and lead to a gap in the time frame one can use certain reasons for a compelling state interest. As well as other restrictions that were placed as a form of temporary setback in the abortion process such as the spousal consent rule that was deemed dangerous due to the possibility of spousal abuse, be it physical or some other means. Overall some things were kept and others were
Abortion became a primary issue with the court case Roe v. Wade when a decision was made by the Supreme Court in 1973 regarding the subject. The courts later changed certain parts of their decision with the court case Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey in 1992. The cases fought over the rights to receive an abortion and argued the right to do so through means of the Due Process clause of the 14th amendment and the Right to Privacy implied in previous cases. While some argued that it didn’t follow history or traditions the verdict ended, with a very close vote, with the right to abortion being allowed under specific circumstances. In 1969 a woman in Texas by the name of Norma McCorvey wished to get an abortion. The law in Texas at the time forbid abortion unless required to save the mother’s life. She gave birth to the child and …show more content…
Part of which keeps the result from Roe v. Wade and part of which made amendments and changes deemed necessary for the times. As time progresses so does medical technology allowing the abortion to take place later on during the pregnancy. However as medical tech grows so does our knowledge of fetal live and vitality. We learn sooner and sooner when the fetus actually develops nerves and feeling and life and thusly the state interest in protecting the life of the fetus is more viable earlier and earlier in the pregnancy meaning they can set limits sooner than before. These two growths over time pull against each other and lead to a gap in the time frame one can use certain reasons for a compelling state interest. As well as other restrictions that were placed as a form of temporary setback in the abortion process such as the spousal consent rule that was deemed dangerous due to the possibility of spousal abuse, be it physical or some other means. Overall some things were kept and others were