Roe Vs Wade Research Paper

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Roe Vs. Wade and How Abortion Ha changed

Abortion is a topic that has always been very controversial. Going back in times the law has changed from abortions being legal, to illegal in 1828, to legal again in 1973. However not all people agree with this. Some believe that an abortion is murder while others do not. This is where the question of when life begins comes into play. If you want to look at it from most religious aspects, people will say that life begins at conception, while others say that life does not begin until birth. The law has been one of the many who cannot decide when life begins and if abortion is murder or not. Today we are going to discuss a monumental, life changing court case that has
We made copies for all that were involved and were ready to start the court case before the three-judge panel. Sarah would be presenting her side of the testimony and arguments first, with Wade’s attorneys responding second. Sarah presented everything with the judges interrupting and asking questions as she went. By the time that everything was done with it had been over an hour. The courts took a break and then would hear John Doe & Mary Doe after the break. On June 17th Sarah received a phone call from Linda with good news, the three-judge panel had ruled that anti-abortion law in Texas was unconstitutional as per the ninth amendment, “because they deprived single women and married couples of their right, secured by the Ninth Amendment, to choose not to have children. The opinion of the panel noted that “Freedom to choose in the matter of abortions has been accorded that status of a “fundamental” right in every case.” (Weddington, 1992, 68)They had won, it was a day of celebration for all women, and however the celebration was dampened when we heard that District Attorney Henry Wade announced that he would continue to prosecute all doctors who performed abortions. It was also announced that District Attorney Henry Wade and his staff of attorneys said that they planned to file an appeal. At this point we knew that we must continue to a higher court to prevent this ruling from being overturned. Our normal next step would be to appeal at the Circuit Court level, however with the help of District Attorney Henry Wade and his announcement to continue to prosecute any doctors who performed abortions, we were able to skip this step and go directly to the Supreme Court for an appeal. The paperwork was started and everything put into motion for a hearing before the Supreme Court. Then was the waiting period, we had to sit and wait for the supreme Court to decide which