Roe vs. Wade
In 1973, the Supreme Court case, Roe vs. Wade, the court ruled that abortion may be permitted within a certain time frame. The ruling said that states couldn't prohibit voluntary abortions during the first three months of pregnancy. The decision to terminate the pregnancy should be left up to the woman and her doctor. The Court said that during the remaining six months, however, states may regulate abortion procedures in ways reasonably related to maternal health, and for the final ten weeks may prohibit abortion except where doctors find the life of the mother endangered. The Supreme Court's decision affected every state in some way or another. Some states with relatively modern abortion laws will require substantial rewriting to conform to the new national standards. Other states with older antiabortion laws must write new laws because the Court's decision invalidated their preceding court standings. On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 ruling that abortion is legal in the United States. This decision has brought out many positive and negative views among the citizens. The Supreme Court's decision pleased many women's civil rights activists all over the country. The Court's decision was considered a major vi
He went on to add that, "the ruling drastically diminishes the constitutional guarantee of the right to life and in doing so sets in motion developments which are terrifying to contemplate," (Randal, Washington Post). Many members of the Catholic Church agreed with this spokesman as well as two Cardinals in particular. Cardinal Cooke and Cardinal Krol added that the Supreme Court has done a monstrous injustice to the thousands of unborn children whose lives may be destroyed as a result of this decision. Cardinal Cooke argued that, "in spite of the horrifying decision the American people must rededicate themselves to the protection of the sacredness of all human life." (New York Times). Cardinal Krol claimed that, "the ruling represents bad logic and bad law." He goes on to say, "there is no rational justification for allowing unrestricted abortion up to the third month of pregnancy; the development of life before and after birth is a continuous process and making the three month point the cut off for unrestricted abortion. The court seems more impressed by magic than by scientific evidence regarding fetal development." (New York Times). Not only did the Court's decision upset Catholics, it upset many other religious denominations. Referencing back to the article involving the debate among the four Protestants who were against this court decision claimed that, "the Supreme Court has decided it knows when human life begins and when it can and cannot be taken with impunity."(Wright, Washington Post). They thought this was more than anybody knew and could afford to decide so arbitrarily. They went on further to say that this could represent a cheapening of human life, which in turn could cause serious consequences in the future. In another article entitled "Excerpts
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