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Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump's View Of Abortion

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A significant issue discussed thoroughly by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was abortion. Personally, I found that Hillary more effectively explained and supported her policy position on abortion. The topic of abortion was introduced by Trump after he stated he would appoint Supreme Court justices that are pro-life and would protect the Second Amendment. Moderator Chris Wallace asked if he would specifically like to see Roe v. Wade overturned in court. In response, Trump did not sufficiently answer the question and placed authority of the decision to his appointed judges and to the individual states. By doing so, he avoided stating his own opinion on being pro-life and suggested that it would happen automatically with his pro-life judges (therefore, …show more content…

In the present reality, late abortions or partial-birth abortions (performed after 20 weeks--involving dilation and extraction) occur very rarely right before a child’s birth, although Trump made it seem that most abortions would be under those circumstances. This created an unnecessary, extreme view of abortion, that I did not appreciate. On the other hand, Hillary was very direct and open as she stated she strongly supports Roe v. Wade, which would guarantee the right for a woman to make the difficult decision of having an abortion. She backed this up by saying she would defend Planned Parenthood, which not only works with abortions, but also cancer screenings, STDS and infections, and contraceptives to aid women. Hillary strongly explained her support for women to make their own healthcare decisions. She continued to state that the US government should not have authority to make those personal decisions, but abortion could be regulated as long as the life and health of a mother (if a mother or child would be endangered in birth) would be

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​Before Roe filed a law suit challenging the Texas laws, all states had very authoritative laws that only allowed women (mostly) to have an abortion if the doctor believed they were endangered. During the trials the constitution, of course, was brought to the courts attention, to be specific the 9th and 14th amendments. The 9th amendment guarantees that the government would not infringe our natural rights, like freedom of speech, of religion, and self defense, etc. This also includes the right to bear children, the right to privacy, the right to pursue any occupation one desires, and the right to seek any medical treatment of ones choosing. The 14th amendment addresses many aspects such as citizenship, due process, privileges & immunities,

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