UK should offer FREE abortion to American women after Roe v Wade decision

In 1973, the United States Supreme Court recognized a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, Roe v. wade. The landmark decision legalized abortion nationwide, but divided public opinion and has been targeted ever since.

The lawsuit was dismissed in 1971 by Norma McCorvey, a 22-year-old living in Texas, who was unmarried and was trying to terminate her unwanted pregnancy.

He was unable to carry out the procedure in a safe and legal environment due to state law prohibiting abortion unless the mother’s life was in danger.

So McCorvey sued Dallas district attorney Henry Wade in 1970. The case went to the Supreme Court as part of the Roe vs Wade case to protect McCorvey’s privacy.

Supreme Court decision

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a woman’s right to make her own medical decisions, including the option of abortion, is protected by the 14th Amendment.

Specifically, the Process clause of the 14th Amendment provides a fundamental “right to privacy” that protects a woman’s freedom to choose whether or not to have an abortion.

Under the historic ruling, abortion was decriminalized in 46 states, but individual states could decide under certain circumstances. For example, states may decide whether abortion is allowed only in the first and second trimesters, and not in the third trimester (usually after 28 weeks).

To influence

Among pro-choice activists, the decision was hailed as a victory, meaning that fewer women would become seriously ill, or even fatal, from abortions performed by unskilled or unlicensed practitioners. In addition, freedom of choice was recognized as an important step in the fight for equal opportunities for women in the country. Victims of rape or incest can end the pregnancy and not feel obligated to motherhood.

However, pro-life advocates argued that it was murder and that every life, however conceived, was valuable. While the ruling was never quashed, anti-abortion activists have since pushed hundreds of state laws to narrow the scope of the sentence.

One was the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act signed by President George W. Bush in 2003, which outlawed a procedure used to perform second trimester abortions.

McCorvey lived a quiet life until the 1980s, when she introduced herself as Jane Roe.

Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe)

After the verdict, McCorvey lived a quiet life until the 1980s, declaring himself as Jane Roe. McCorvey became a leading pro-abortion voice in American discourse by working at a women’s clinic where abortions are performed.

However, he took an unexpected turn in 1995, becoming a born-again Christian and traveling the country denouncing the procedure.

In 2003, she filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Dallas to overturn her original 1973 decision. The motion was accepted in court until it was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2005.

McCorvey died at an assisted living facility in Texas in February 2017 at the age of 69.

‘heartbeat count’

Several governors have signed into law a law banning abortion if a doctor detects a so-called “fetal heartbeat”, as part of a concerted effort to restrict abortion rights in states across the country.

Under the ban, doctors will be prosecuted for breaking the rules.

Abortion rights advocates view “heartbeat bills” as virtual bans because “fetal heartbeats” can be detected in as little as six weeks, when women may not be aware they are pregnant.

Anti-abortion activists have stepped up their efforts since Donald Trump’s election as president, and the right-wing court’s Roe v. wade.

Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, and Louisiana recently passed “heartbeat laws,” and Alabama passed even stricter legislation in May, coinciding with an almost complete ban on abortion from the moment of conception. Other states await similar laws.

Similar laws were passed in Arkansas, Mississippi, North Dakota, Iowa, and Kentucky, but were blocked by the courts as legal action was taken against them.