Roe vs. Wade
Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice
Roe was a pregnant single woman, brought a class action suit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas abortion laws. This Texas law made it a crime to have an abortion except on medical advice to save the life of the mother. This case is now formally known as Roe vs. Wade. This Texas state law was ruled unconstitutional. The Court determined that the states were forbidden from any regulation of abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy. However the state can have abortion regulations related to maternal health in the second and third trimesters, except when necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother. But it only can have laws protecting the life of the fetus only in the third trimester. Roe vs. Wade caused a stir in American society; it divided the nation in, in some sense, 1973, and has truly …show more content…
While the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion at the federal level, it was up to the states to regulate the practice on how they see fit. Through the mid-1960s, 44 states outlawed abortion in nearly all situations that did not threaten the life or health of the mother. Today, it is legal in all 50 states, life-threating or by choice. Many States have made it nearly impossible to access abortion services, while other states have legislated just a few restrictions and rules. In the state of Illinois, the state allows qualified non-physicians to prescribe drugs for medical abortions only which is only done by seven other states. In all other states, only licensed physicians may perform abortions. Illinois abortion law denies any abortion of a viable fetus, which can live outside the mother’s womb. Also Illinois law requires minors to obtain written consent from an adult family member at least 48 hours prior to the procedure. If a doctor gives an abortion at this stage of the pregnancy the doctor is fined up to $1,000 and/or sentenced to 3 to 7 years in
Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice
Roe was a pregnant single woman, brought a class action suit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas abortion laws. This Texas law made it a crime to have an abortion except on medical advice to save the life of the mother. This case is now formally known as Roe vs. Wade. This Texas state law was ruled unconstitutional. The Court determined that the states were forbidden from any regulation of abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy. However the state can have abortion regulations related to maternal health in the second and third trimesters, except when necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother. But it only can have laws protecting the life of the fetus only in the third trimester. Roe vs. Wade caused a stir in American society; it divided the nation in, in some sense, 1973, and has truly …show more content…
While the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion at the federal level, it was up to the states to regulate the practice on how they see fit. Through the mid-1960s, 44 states outlawed abortion in nearly all situations that did not threaten the life or health of the mother. Today, it is legal in all 50 states, life-threating or by choice. Many States have made it nearly impossible to access abortion services, while other states have legislated just a few restrictions and rules. In the state of Illinois, the state allows qualified non-physicians to prescribe drugs for medical abortions only which is only done by seven other states. In all other states, only licensed physicians may perform abortions. Illinois abortion law denies any abortion of a viable fetus, which can live outside the mother’s womb. Also Illinois law requires minors to obtain written consent from an adult family member at least 48 hours prior to the procedure. If a doctor gives an abortion at this stage of the pregnancy the doctor is fined up to $1,000 and/or sentenced to 3 to 7 years in