(Roe v. Wade, 1973) In forbidding many federal and state restrictions on abortion in the United States, the Roe versus Wade case sparked a nationwide debate that continues to this day about matters including whether, and to what degree, abortion should be lawful, who should decide its legitimacy, what methods should the Supreme Court use in constitutional decision, and what should the role of religious and ethical observations in the governmental sphere be. Roe versus Wade redesigned national politics, separating much of the United States of America into pro-choice and anti-abortion factions, while triggering popular movements on both sides. But nevertheless abortion still to this day continues to be a right protected by the 14th Amendment. What makes abortion more benevolent is the fact that personhood instigates when a fetus is able to survive outside of the womb. Likewise, a fetus does not feel pain. A human is considered feasible when it is able to withstand life outside of the fetus. The case aforementioned (Roe v. Wade) states that “the term ‘person’, as worded in the 14th Amendment, does not include the unborn.” …show more content…
Chief of the obstetrics department at the University of Pennsylvania, Deborah A. Driscoll, told the NY Times that numerous couples are deciding not to bring a child with irregularities to life due to their unintentional deficiencies. These females do not have “the resources, the emotional stamina, don’t have family support.” (Harmon, 2007) So we see that more often than not, woman choose abortion as a last resort when they are certain they can’t provide for their child’s irregularities. But of course we need to listen at what people opposing abortion have to say when it comes to this