1. Controversy and the Abortion Debate
No state shall make or enforce a law which shall bridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the US nor shall a state deprive a person of life, liberty or property without due process of law nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" (Ginsberg, Lowi & Weir, 114), which is argued many times in the case. The court ruled that the fetus was not a person with constitutional rights and that a right to privacy inherited in the 14 amendment due process guaranteed of personal liberty protected a woman's decision to have an abortion. ... The members o...
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