Abortion

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(Kolner 5). Pro-choice activists on the other hand, also carry very strong points. They believe that the child inside the women is her own property and the state has no right to interfere. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided that as long as the baby lived inside the womb, he or she would be the property of the mother, because of this decision almost every third baby conceived in America is killed by , over one half million babies a year (Willke 7). is the choice of a woman whether or not she want’s to receive one. Under the 14th Amendment’s “personal liberty” women are given the right to receive an . The 14th Amendment’s concept of “personal liberty” and restrictions on state action is enough to allow a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. The right to choose to have an is so personal and essential to a woman’s life that without this right a woman cannot exercise other fundamental rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution (Paltrow ...

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babies who would have been slaughtered for the convenience of selfish, ignorant and irresponsible women. This new law had made women actually settle down and raise families or give birth to beautiful children. We all know that, it has been proven time to time throughout history that the human spirit will not allow prohibition. Something inside us feels the need to strike out at that, which restrains us and holds us from the life we want. Just as prohibition of alcohol made a black market for liquor. Government, through regulation, had once again created a need that would be fulfilled by the lawless. Most doctors refused to treat the women who so desperately wanted s. Women, seeing no ...

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