Justice Blackmun begins his opinion with the historical development of criminal abortion laws and how it relates to the state of Texas. The first is the Victorian era's concern with illicit sex which has no current affect. The second is with the past medical procedure of abortion which was very dangerous to women's health and as Justice Blackmun states, "The State has a legitimate interest in seeing to it that abortion, like any other medical procedure, is performed under circumstances that insure maximum safety to the patient. "The third reason concerns protection of prenatal life. As Justice Blackmun later states there are many problems in this area due to disputes over when life begins.

He then discusses a woman's right to abortion in relation to her right to privacy as protected under the Fourteenth and Ninth Amendments and concludes that this right does not mean women can terminate pregnancies for any reason they choose. The woman's right to privacy is affected by the rights of the potenti

In his article, "Opposition to Abortion: A Human Rights Approach," Baruch Brody attempts to contradict the arguments and conclusions Judith Jarvis Thompson makes in her article, "A Defense of Abortion." Divided into four distinct areas, his essay uses a human rights view of the subject to address these issues.

The writer also discussed the role and importance of a "third party" in abortions since a woman usually needs to engage the help of other people in performing the act. With the use of another analogy, she arrives at the conclusion, "that any given third party must accede to the mother's request that he perform an abortion to save her life, but only that he may...." (p.191)

"The Right To Use The Mother's Body", section three, is devoted to Ms. Thompson's belief that, "the right to life consists not in the right not to be killed unjustly." The author attempts to persuade her readers that all abortions resulting from rape or voluntary intercourse is not unjust through the use of two more analogies.

In her last section, "the Good Samaritan And The Responsibilities of Parents, " Judith Jarvis Thompson uses the story of Kitty Genovese's murder to discuss the moral and legal relevance in sustaining another person's life. She compares the choices of the murder witnesses to that of potential parents in considering abortion. She feels that they should not be forced to be Good Samaritan's by providing and caring for an unwanted child. However, she does believe that neither they nor anyone else has the right to terminate does not accomplish it.

The author divides the balance of her article into five distinct sections. The first is titled "The Extreme Anti-Abortion View" which Ms. Thompson defined as the belief that abortion is unacceptable even if the mother's life is in jeporady. In th

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