For more than a generation, the controversy over abortion has remained one of the nation's most publicized political debates. There are many reasons why women go through abortions: economic (the woman cannot afford to care for the child), age (a teenager is pregnant and feels that she is too young to handle the responsibility), and religious/social. Since 1973, when the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that obtaining an abortion during the early stages of pregnancy is a constitutional right, the nation’s political, religious, and social landscapes have been split over abortion. After 32 years, however, many of the central issues in the debate have not changed, and a resolution is highly unlikely.
In the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, Justice Harry Blackmun said that women have a right to abortion during the first trimester (12 weeks) of pregnancy. The right to an abortion, he stated, is part of a right to privacy that is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the......
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