Was Roe v Wade Correctly Decided?
Reconsidering Roe v. Wade: It has become increasingly popular among liberal supporters of abortion rights to argue that while women should be able to obtain abortions, it is a mistake to rely on Roe v Wade as a guarantor of abortion rights. Some say that it was decided incorrectly and that abortion rights would be better based on some other argument or more controversially, that the abortion debate should be turned over to state legislatures and courts, eliminating it from federal politics.Roe v. Wade is Overly Broad: Most Americans support basic abortion rights, but primarily in the earliest stages of pregnancy. This works out well because 95% of abortions occur in the first 15 weeks and 99% in the first 20 weeks. Abortion opponents focus on the few abortions that occur after 20 weeks and gain a lot of rhetorical traction from the fact that Roe protects such abortions. It is thus argued that 99% of abortions are threatened by opposition to 1% and this is bad for abortion rights suppor
Was Roe v Wade Correctly Decided? Reconsidering Roe v Wade & Abortion Rights Tuesday March 3, 2009 It has become increasingly popular among liberal supporters of abortion rights to argue that while women should be able to obtain abortions, it is a mistake to rely on Roe v Wade as a guarantor of abortion rights. Some say that it was decided incorrectly and that abortion rights would be better based on some other argument – or more controversially, that the abortion debate should be turned over to state legislatures and courts, eliminating it from federal politics. Read Article: Was Roe v Wade Correctly Decided? Reconsidering Roe v Wade & Abortion Rights More about: ???–>Comments (7)See All Posts
