The 1972 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade is arguably one of the most notorious Supreme Court cases of all time. Not only because of the specific issue of abortion, but in the more broad perspective of state laws, versus federal law. This landmark Supreme court case, which was ruled 7-2, upheld the right to privacy under the 14th amendment and protected women in the right to have an abortion within the first three trimester of a women pregnancy. Prior to the Roe v. Wade case in 1973 there was no federal law regulating abortions, and the overwhelming majority of states had prohibited the practice of abortion entirely, “unless the life of the mother giving birth was in jeopardy” (Roe v. Wade and Beyond, 2016). Feminist groups and advocates
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Within my home state of Virginia, there are certain abortions processes that might not pertain to those who reside in the state of Pennsylvania. Virginia has restrictive laws on abortion when compared with many other states, they’ve always been this way and seem to want to keep it this way. (Andrea Billups, 2015). Virginia has no state restrictions on abortion within the first trimester of a woman’s pregnancy pregnant, but as a woman moves further along within her pregnancy, the laws in which they must obey to seek an abortion begin to get increasingly specific. As the second trimester begins all abortion steps just be monitored and completed by a state licensed hospital. Unlike some states that allow resides to seek aid from a private agency, Virginia doesn’t. One of the many things that makes Virginia law more strict than others, and all abortion processes must be done within the second or third trimester. A Virginia women seeking an abortion must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage her from having an abortion and then wait 24 hours (know as a 24 hour waiting period) before the procedure is provided (Virginia Abortion Laws – FindLaw, 2016). State law also requires undergoing a trans-vaginal ultrasound of their fetus within 24 hours prior to abortion procedures as well …show more content…
This new controversial debate expands outside of only Virginia, but to many other states as of recently. “Sense the middle of 2015, 51 states have new abortion restrictions; this brings the number of restrictions enacted since 2010 to 282” (Laws Affecting Reproductive Health And Rights, 2015). In the month sense the middle of 2015 many states has begun to enact new abortion restrictions in other states as well. The biggest two restrictions up for debate entail the mandatory 24-hour waiting period prior to undergoing an abortion and the recent “Fetal heartbeat bill” which is gaining prominence amongst pro-choice states and advocates nation wide. Lynda Bell, the president of Florida Right to Life, and big advocate against this new 24-hour waiting period was recently quoted as saying “not only protects women and young girls from making a rash decision at a very difficult time, it could protect them from being pressured into abortion from much older boyfriends, or others who are trying to coerce a young woman into a procedure that may affect them for the rest of their lives” (Kate Scanlon, 2015). States such as Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, North Carolina, Texas, and North Dakota have proposed the “Fetal heartbeat bill”. This proposed
Within my home state of Virginia, there are certain abortions processes that might not pertain to those who reside in the state of Pennsylvania. Virginia has restrictive laws on abortion when compared with many other states, they’ve always been this way and seem to want to keep it this way. (Andrea Billups, 2015). Virginia has no state restrictions on abortion within the first trimester of a woman’s pregnancy pregnant, but as a woman moves further along within her pregnancy, the laws in which they must obey to seek an abortion begin to get increasingly specific. As the second trimester begins all abortion steps just be monitored and completed by a state licensed hospital. Unlike some states that allow resides to seek aid from a private agency, Virginia doesn’t. One of the many things that makes Virginia law more strict than others, and all abortion processes must be done within the second or third trimester. A Virginia women seeking an abortion must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage her from having an abortion and then wait 24 hours (know as a 24 hour waiting period) before the procedure is provided (Virginia Abortion Laws – FindLaw, 2016). State law also requires undergoing a trans-vaginal ultrasound of their fetus within 24 hours prior to abortion procedures as well …show more content…
This new controversial debate expands outside of only Virginia, but to many other states as of recently. “Sense the middle of 2015, 51 states have new abortion restrictions; this brings the number of restrictions enacted since 2010 to 282” (Laws Affecting Reproductive Health And Rights, 2015). In the month sense the middle of 2015 many states has begun to enact new abortion restrictions in other states as well. The biggest two restrictions up for debate entail the mandatory 24-hour waiting period prior to undergoing an abortion and the recent “Fetal heartbeat bill” which is gaining prominence amongst pro-choice states and advocates nation wide. Lynda Bell, the president of Florida Right to Life, and big advocate against this new 24-hour waiting period was recently quoted as saying “not only protects women and young girls from making a rash decision at a very difficult time, it could protect them from being pressured into abortion from much older boyfriends, or others who are trying to coerce a young woman into a procedure that may affect them for the rest of their lives” (Kate Scanlon, 2015). States such as Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, North Carolina, Texas, and North Dakota have proposed the “Fetal heartbeat bill”. This proposed