Right To Privacy And Strict Restriction

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Right to privacy is a fundamental right; therefore to restrict the fundamental right, strict scrutiny is needed. Strict scrutiny requires the law to be narrowly tailored and serve a government interest. So in order to restrict abortion, the compelling government interest according to Roe v. Wade is to protect the mother and the compelling point where the protection of mother allows the state to restrict abortion after the end of the first trimester, and viability of pregnancy (meaningful life outside of mother’s womb). In regards to the third trimester, the state has obtained a compelling interest, which would overrule the woman’s right to privacy and rationalize rigorous guideline even to the degree of prohibiting Abortions. Therefore, the

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