Blog 10, 6/20: The Judiciary
"The Court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy (recognized in Griswold v. Connecticut) protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman total autonomy over the pregnancy during the first trimester and defined different levels of state interest for the second and third trimesters."
This quote was the ruling in the U.S. Supreme court case Roe V. Wade. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the ban on abortions was unconstitutional because it infringed on a women's right to privacy granted by the due process clause of the 14th amendment. This ruling gave women the right to safe and legal abortions; the right to choose.
Currently, nine states have issued anti-abortion laws. These states are in direct violation of this supreme court ruling. The ruling states, women have the right to choose during her FIRST trimester (first 12 weeks) after that, the state decides on laws governing abortion, limiting restrictive state laws to only the third trimester (the state can only legally ban abortions after the second trimester). The states can ban abortions during the second trimester only If that abortion will cause harm to the mother. Utah's and Ark.'s abortion bans are technically within the ruling, only banning abortions after 18 weeks. Ohio, Mo., Ky., La., Miss., and Ga. are in direct violation of the supreme court ruling, having implemented the "heartbeat" abortion ban which makes abortion illegal after 6-8 weeks of pregnancy. Alabama has passed the most restrictive abortion ban, banning ALL abortions except in cases where the pregnancy is a health risk for the mother. I don't understand how states can pass laws in direct violation of not only a supreme court ruling but the institution's 14th amendment and the supremacy clause.
This quote was the ruling in the U.S. Supreme court case Roe V. Wade. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the ban on abortions was unconstitutional because it infringed on a women's right to privacy granted by the due process clause of the 14th amendment. This ruling gave women the right to safe and legal abortions; the right to choose.
Currently, nine states have issued anti-abortion laws. These states are in direct violation of this supreme court ruling. The ruling states, women have the right to choose during her FIRST trimester (first 12 weeks) after that, the state decides on laws governing abortion, limiting restrictive state laws to only the third trimester (the state can only legally ban abortions after the second trimester). The states can ban abortions during the second trimester only If that abortion will cause harm to the mother. Utah's and Ark.'s abortion bans are technically within the ruling, only banning abortions after 18 weeks. Ohio, Mo., Ky., La., Miss., and Ga. are in direct violation of the supreme court ruling, having implemented the "heartbeat" abortion ban which makes abortion illegal after 6-8 weeks of pregnancy. Alabama has passed the most restrictive abortion ban, banning ALL abortions except in cases where the pregnancy is a health risk for the mother. I don't understand how states can pass laws in direct violation of not only a supreme court ruling but the institution's 14th amendment and the supremacy clause.
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