Abortion is a tricky situation. Many people feel strongly for abortion, and some feel strongly against it. However, I am a person who may not fully disagree on the matter I also don't fully agree with it either. To me and many other people it comes down to morals and ethics.
Abortion first came onto the big scene in the early 1960’s and 70’s. Mainly during the Women's rights movement. In 1973, there was a case Roe v. Wade where Norma McCorvey was denied an elective abortion under the law. She filed suit claiming the Texas law deprived her of constitutional rights. The Supreme Court ruled in her favor, saying the Texas law violated her constitutional right to abortion. The Court acknowledged that the Constitution does not explicitly mention …show more content…
Bolton. This case creates the “health” interpretation many use today. Georgia legislature passed a law outlawing abortion except where an abortion doctor determines, in his best judgment, that continuation of the pregnancy would endanger the mother's life or seriously and permanently injure her health, or that the baby would "very likely" be born with a grave mental or physical defect, or that the pregnancy resulted from rape. Sandra Cano who was 9 weeks pregnant, filed suit claiming she was entitled to an abortion under the Constitution because she already had three children and would not be able to support another child. A group of abortion doctors, nurses, clergy, and social workers joined in her suit. The Supreme Court agreed, and issued a broad list of reasons abortion doctors may consider in determining whether an abortion is necessary for a woman's health: "all factors - physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age - relevant to the wellbeing of the patient. All these factors may relate to …show more content…
One reason people feel abortion is wrongful is because of their religion, in many religions this kind of action would not be allowed. However as these cases have said it is legal to abort a child if it could be detrimental to either the health of the mother or the health of the child. The term “Health” is seemingly stretched a long way. Many people say that mothers who abort abuse the term “Health” because many mothers get abortions because they couldn't afford to take care of another child.
I feel that there need to be guidelines for abortion. Such as, a rape victim is allowed if they wish or if the pregnancy could be detrimental to the health of the mother or the child the abortion should be allowed. However that being said a healthy mother who has no problems in my opinion shouldn't be allowed to get an abortion just because she is upset she got pregnant. These guidelines if in place would separate the people who would need or properly use abortion from those who would use abortion as an out from parenthood or
Abortion first came onto the big scene in the early 1960’s and 70’s. Mainly during the Women's rights movement. In 1973, there was a case Roe v. Wade where Norma McCorvey was denied an elective abortion under the law. She filed suit claiming the Texas law deprived her of constitutional rights. The Supreme Court ruled in her favor, saying the Texas law violated her constitutional right to abortion. The Court acknowledged that the Constitution does not explicitly mention …show more content…
Bolton. This case creates the “health” interpretation many use today. Georgia legislature passed a law outlawing abortion except where an abortion doctor determines, in his best judgment, that continuation of the pregnancy would endanger the mother's life or seriously and permanently injure her health, or that the baby would "very likely" be born with a grave mental or physical defect, or that the pregnancy resulted from rape. Sandra Cano who was 9 weeks pregnant, filed suit claiming she was entitled to an abortion under the Constitution because she already had three children and would not be able to support another child. A group of abortion doctors, nurses, clergy, and social workers joined in her suit. The Supreme Court agreed, and issued a broad list of reasons abortion doctors may consider in determining whether an abortion is necessary for a woman's health: "all factors - physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age - relevant to the wellbeing of the patient. All these factors may relate to …show more content…
One reason people feel abortion is wrongful is because of their religion, in many religions this kind of action would not be allowed. However as these cases have said it is legal to abort a child if it could be detrimental to either the health of the mother or the health of the child. The term “Health” is seemingly stretched a long way. Many people say that mothers who abort abuse the term “Health” because many mothers get abortions because they couldn't afford to take care of another child.
I feel that there need to be guidelines for abortion. Such as, a rape victim is allowed if they wish or if the pregnancy could be detrimental to the health of the mother or the child the abortion should be allowed. However that being said a healthy mother who has no problems in my opinion shouldn't be allowed to get an abortion just because she is upset she got pregnant. These guidelines if in place would separate the people who would need or properly use abortion from those who would use abortion as an out from parenthood or