The Supreme Court Decision Of Roe Vs Wade

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process of law, and the right to privacy� (Internet #1).
The court voted 7 to 2 for the rights of Jane Roe. Justice Blackmun was the one to write the opinion formally for the court. He said that a woman�s right to decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy is a fundamental right, part of her right to privacy that the Court had granted in earlier trials. He stated that this right of privacy came from the 14th Amendment, which prohibits one to be denied liberty without due process. The rest of the 52-page report that Blackmun wrote was based on medical terms. He made these rules:
-During the first trimester of pregnancy,
government would not be able to interfere with
the decision, only the woman and her doctor can
make that choice.

-During the second trimester, government can
regulate the abortion only to protect the
woman�s health.

-During the final trimester, ...

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