Abortion

             Abortion has been a debatable issue ever since it was introduced in 1803, in the English statutory law. There have been many cases dealing with abortion. And they have argued whether or not it is there right of privacy.
             When you think of abortion and the cases it has came up in the most definity you think of Roe v. Wade. In the case of Roe. Wade it states " The unborn are not included within the definition of "person" as used in the 14 amendment" and the 14 amendment states" all persons born or naturalized in the US and subject to jurisdiction there of are citizens of the US and of the state where in they reside. No state shall make or enforce and law which shall a bridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the US nor shall and state deprive and person of life, liberty or property without due process of law nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" Which is argued many time in the case. But the court ruled" that the fetus was not a person with constitutional rights and that a right to privacy inherited in the 14 amendment due process guaranteed of personal liberty protected a woman's decision to have an abortion. During the 1st trimester of pregnancy the court maintained the decision should belief entirely to a woman and her physician." This has become the decision that everyone remembers. Remembering that they gave women a right to chose weather or not she wants to have a baby.
             When you are dealing with abortion the right to privacy is very important . Although " The constitution does not explicitly mention any right of privacy the United Sates supreme court recognizes that a right of personal privacy or a guarantee of certain areas or zones of privacy does exisit under the constitution and that the roots of that right may be found in the firt amendment, int the fourth and fifth amendments int the penumbras of the Bill of Rights, in t
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