Essay On The 9th Amendment

After the constitution was added in 1787 by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, many claimed that the constitution did not efficiently defend the basic natural rights of the citizens. The anti-federalist and federalist had an argument whether or not the Bill of Rights should be added. The anti-federalist believed that without the Bill of Rights, the government would overpower and abuse the people. In the end, the anti-federalist won, and thus the Ninth Amendment was born. In essence, the Ninth Amendment is read like this: “The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people” (Revolutionary War and Beyond). This means that even if a person’s right isn’t stated in the amendment, they still have their own rights whether it comes to privacy, and other beliefs. The Ninth Amendment has given us certain rights as to abortion, gay rights, and freedom to die.
The Ninth Amendment protects people who support abortion. Women like Nancy …show more content…
According to the article,”Jack Kevorkian admits to euthanizing 130 patients. Though unsuccessfully prosecuted for several of them, the one that earned him an eight-year prison sentence was his televised broadcast of Thomas Youk’s death in 1998… Youk was physically unable to self-administer the lethal dose, but provided fully-informed consent to Kevorkian to end his life. The Michigan justice system violated his Ninth Amendment rights when prosecuting Kevorkian for what deem to be the highly ethical and compassionate act of a trained physician” (Anada). Kevorkian believes that if we can euthanize our fatal ill pets, humans should have the same natural right. This shows that if one decides to end their own life, they should have the authorization to because it’s their own rights as a person. The Ninth Amendment is to protect a person’s basic natural right, and humans should be allowed to have the freedom to