Obergefell v. Hodges is most popularly referred to as the Supreme Court case for same-sex marriage. It is one of the many cases related to the topic of same-sex marriage being a constitutional right. In this specific case James Obergefell and John Arthur filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio to allow the state to recognize their marriage on death certificates. Obergefell and Arthur were married on the tarmac of the Baltimore-Washington International Airport in Maryland by Arthur’s aunt, Paulette Roberts, on July 11, 2013. Sadly, Arthur died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) just months into their marriage on October 22, 2013.
“it's a woman’s right to control her own destiny, to be able to make choices without the Big Brother state telling her what she and cannot do” (Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg). Women have fought for their entire lives for equal rights which for some apparent reasons have not been acknowledged. Roe vs. Wade had changed the outlook on the United States and on a woman’s rights to her own body. Roe vs. Wade goes back to 1973 which was between a women who had an unplanned surgery in Texas who wanted to make abortions legal. Norma Leah McCorvey, better known as “Jane Roe” was the plaintiff in this case, after her case the U.S Supreme Court had ruled that state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey was a Supreme Court case that originated in the area of Southeastern Pennsylvania when one of these nationwide organizations, Planned Parenthood, decided to argue against the limitations put into place regarding abortion by Governor Robert P. Casey stating that they violated the laws established in Roe v. Wade (“Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey”). The case began in the US District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania which declared all of the provisions to be unconstitutional; however, the State Court of Appeals reversed this decision claiming that all of the provisions except for spousal notification were constitutional. The case then arrived to the Supreme Court in 1991, and a final decision was
The goal is to defund Planned Parenthood for a year which means tax payers would stop paying. They want this to stop because this organization supports abortions and they are responsible for more than 300,000 of them per year in which they receive hundreds of millions tax payer dollars (http://www.focusonthefamily.com/socialissues/promos/defund-planned-parenthood). As I’m thinking about the steps in how a bill becomes a law, there are many factors that can help/hurt it. First off, a bill is introduced by a senator or representative (pg. 195).
Cassandra Telewoda Vito Gulla English 100 05 February 2023 Annotated Bibliography: Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade is a controversial case that was ruled by the Supreme Court in 1973, giving people the right to personal privacy and protecting their choice to keep or terminate a pregnancy. This ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022, leaving the choice of abortion in the hands of the State in which an individual resides. This 2022 ruling is not only a breach of women's choice of their bodies but also detrimental to women's equality.
Monroe Goade Mr. Cox UVU-POLS1100 CE 6 March 2023 Obergefell v. Hodges Compared to Roe v. Wade The Supreme Court Cases Obergefell v. Hodges and Roe v. Wade are two cases that have significantly impacted our country. Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage, where as Roe v. Wade legalized abortions. Both cases dealt with Civil Rights rather than Civil Liberties and were widely condemned by various groups due to personal beliefs. Each case illustrated The Supreme Court standing up for protected classes and honoring the American ideals of freedom and diversity.
Hodges (2015) the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees the right to marry as one of the fundamental liberties it protects, applying to same-sex couples the same as opposite-sex couples. This case was brought forward by numerous groups of same-sex couples who were suing their relevant state agencies to challenge the constitutionality of those states’ same-sex marriage laws. The Supreme Court found that there is no difference between same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages, therefore, the exclusion of same-sex couples from the right to marry violates the Due Process Clause. This is policy making because the Supreme Court forced states to change their laws by deciding that it was against the constitution to not only ban the recognition of same-sex marriages that occurred in states that allowed it, but also making same-sex marriage legal in all states. Government officials even those who do not believe in the law change must abide by it, by allowing same-sex couples their now legal right to be married and receive the benefits that opposite-sex married couples receive; changing the way that citizens and the government interact in societal ways but also financial
There have been many legal cases dealing with abortion and the laws restricting it. Some of those cases are: Gonzalez v. Carhart and Whole Woman’s Health Care, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade was an abortion case held in 1973 that was tried because of the abortion laws and the requirements to get one. Roe claimed that the laws violated her constitutional rights. The Law at that time was that you could only get an abortion if your life was in danger, Roe said although her life was not in danger that she should not afford the expenses of traveling out of state for the abortion.
Thank you for contacting me about H.R. 2972, Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act. I appreciate the opportunity to respond. The Hyde Amendment was introduced in 1976, as pro-life legislation that prohibits federal Medicaid coverage of abortion except in cases of rape, incest and when the mother’s life in jeopardy. The Each Women Act, introduced by Barbara Lee (D-CA) would restore accesses to abortion coverage to health insurance programs managed by the federal government.
From 1848 to 1920, an outrageous span of 70 years, women fought for equal rights, to have their voices and opinions heard. Little by little women have gained rights they have so passionately fought for. In 1973, about 50 years after women became eligible to vote, and began to be taken more seriously, the case of Roe v Wade granted women to have one of the most impactful rights to date, to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Now, it is safe to say that all women and perhaps most men would not want women to lose the rights they have today, especially because there have been many influential women around the world who have been given the chance to be impactful because of the rights they possess. So, if we do not want to take away women’s rights and
In the case of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that multiple U.S. amendments give Americans the right to privacy. Although the case ruled abortion a right for women, many states still implement rules and regulations that make a professionally administered abortion very hard, if not nearly impossible to obtain (Abortion). I believe that abortion should be legalized and made readily available all over the world. The easy availability of professional abortions reduces the rate of maternal death (Abortion).
Through the billions of years that the earth has rotated, it has changed several different times. This is because of the evolution of man and with man comes language. Languages has evolved and continues to evolve. The meaning one word had in the past may not hold the same meaning now. As generations pass and grow so does the mind.
In 2015, the Obergefell v. Hodges case ended the “state bans on same-sex marriage”, therefore legalizing same-sex marriage (Important Supreme Court Cases). Now, “same-sex couples can now receive the benefits...of marriage that were largely exclusive to heterosexual couples” (Koch). The ruling has led to the modern fight for gay civil rights. Exposure to the LGBTQ+ community, the southern “Bathroom Bills”, and other fights for transgender rights, and the press for more LGBTQ+ representation in the media has erupted from this case. Both rulings had very big impacts on their respective communities.
The Importance of Gay Marriage and Proposition 8 Did you know that from November 8, 2008 to August 4, 2010 82.9 million people were not able to marry? Gay marriage was a hard fought battle which was won only 7 years ago. There are a few things that make this matter so important. First, the process of getting proposition 8 into and out of effect and its effect on people. Second, the differences and similarities between Proposition 22 and Proposition 8.
Rowlihlahla Mandela, a Nobel peace prize winner a man who stood firm and took his country from the dark ages of discrimination and inequality to the light to equality to a new decent life most important thing to democracy. He earned more than 250 awards for his achievements, he is a model for ethics, politics and humanity. This impressive the direction of his nation with his extraordinary determination. July 18th, 1918 in a small village a kid was born his father named him Rolihlahla which means the trouble maker, however, by that time no one ever known that this “trouble maker” is the one who is going to relieve them from their misery and give them back their rights and most important thing give them back their life and freedom.
