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2007-03-01 13:35:12 · 10 answers · asked by ben z 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The sad day when murder became legal.
2007-03-02 07:35:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Jan. 1973 the Supreme Court voted 7 to 2 for Roe and against Wade. Roe was a woman in Texas who felt the abortion laws in Texas (not allowing abortions) were unconstitutional. Roe was a fictitious name for the woman the brought the suit. This ruling by the Supreme Court made most of the state laws against abortion unconstitutional. This ruling is still in effect to this day. There were modification, such as the abortion must take place within the 1st trimester (with exceptions). Goggle Roe versus Wade and you will get more information you ever wanted.
2007-03-01 21:49:50 · answer #2 · answered by kattsmeow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The key issue, as defined by the Supreme Court, was whether state laws can legally make having an abortion a criminal offense. Specifically, when would such laws be in violation "the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment [of the Constitution], which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman's qualified right to terminate her pregnancy". The full opinion is linked below.
Most people also forget that the standard set forth in Roe v. Wade is NOT the current legal standard. That was set forth in 1992 in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (second link), which created the "undue burden" standard to determine whether abortion restrictions are too severe. Later cases clarified specific examples of what was and was not allowed in terms of state law restrictions.
2007-03-02 00:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roe v Wade was a Supreme Court decision that dealt specifically with abortion and more broadly dealt with a person's right to privacy. The Supreme Court case that established a right to privacy was Griswold v Connecticut, the 1965 case that struck down a Connecticut law banning the sale of contraceptives.
2007-03-01 22:42:41 · answer #4 · answered by Lee K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read about it, it's about states rights. Does a state have the right to defy a federal law. It has wider implications than just abortion. Since the inception of our nation, the battle has gone on about how much power should be in the hands of the federal government. Look at the civil war; slave states felt they had the power to keep slavery. When the U.S. government outlawed it the felt the state had the authority to leave the union. The federal government could outlaw abortion and still uphold Roe v Wade.
2007-03-01 21:44:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Court created a constitutional privacy right for a woman seeking medical treatment including abortion. It further said that states may not place unreasonable barriers in the way of a woman seeking such treatment.
2007-03-01 21:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by ahab 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Legally established a woman's right to get an abortion.
2007-03-01 21:42:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Abortion issue. The government make it legal for a woman to use abortion as a method of birth control.
2007-03-01 21:39:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hmm look it up but it is a court case you look it up and you will know the answer.
2007-03-01 21:39:02 · answer #9 · answered by commonsense2265 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Abortion issue
dealing with if they think its ok to have an abortion or not.
2007-03-01 21:41:46 · answer #10 · answered by bearcatz_07 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋