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Unwanted pregnancies has been around since men and women have been procreating, which has led to the huge controversy on the topic of abortion in the United States of America. The two groups that make up this controversy are the “pro-life abortion” and “pro-choice abortion” movement. Pro-life abortion is a movement to outlaw abortion while the opposing pro-choice is a movement to eliminate the legislative restrictions on abortion. Over the years, abortion has been stigmatized by American society as least desirable or an absolutely unacceptable reproductive option, but the strong and persistent wave of the pro-choice abortion movement raises questions the morals and justice of our society with an ultimate goal of banishing all laws restricting abortion.
The current laws on abortion were the result of the famous “Roe V. Wade” court hearing which took place on January 22, 1973. This case involved a single pregnant woman named Norma McCorvey but known by the alias name of “Jane Roe,” alleging that the abortion law in Texas violated her constitutional rights and the rights of other women, and also the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas, Henry B. Wade. The Texas criminal law at the time prohibited any abortion except to save a woman’s life. The verdict of the case was decided mainly on the Ninth Amendment to the United States constitution, a part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment states, “the enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people,” in protecting a person’s right to privacy (Ninth Amendment).
Before the United States Supreme Court’s decision on the Roe v. Wade case, abortion was allowed in certain states but not allowed in others. The court ruled that, “a woman and her doctor may freely decide to terminate a pregnancy during the first trimester, state governments can restrict abortion access after the first trimester with...
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