Name: Marine
Submitted: 08.25.07
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Challenges to the Constitution
Abortion represents yet another challenge to the US constitution. Abortion is not supported by the due process clause of the 14th amendment. According to the Roe V. Wade in 1973 decision, Supreme Court that declared a pregnant woman is entitled to have an abortion until the end of the first trimester of pregnancy without any interference by the state. Abortion clinics allow thousands of women every year to have abortions. Having the abortion should be woman’s personal choice. By closing these clinics, there will be no providers to perform the operation, so the choice has already been made for them. Closing the clinics will increase the barriers of having an abortion. When there are too many obstacles, the right to make their own choice is taken away from them. The Constitution says we have a right to privacy, so taking away a woman’s chance to make decisions about her own body violates that right. In addition to this, abortion is not supported by the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment because Supreme Court ruled that abortion is protected by the 14th amendment’ due process and equal protection clause, so no sate shall make or enforce and law which shall a bridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the US; nor shall and state deprive and 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. In the other hand, abortion is not only supported by the 14th amendment, but also cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted cruel and unusual punishment to include those penalties that are excessive and not graduated and proportioned to the offense and those that do not consider the defendant's degree of criminal culpability.
Based on history, numerous court decisions and the US Constitution, abortion should be illegal. Abortion is murder; it is the killing of an unborn baby. Without any anesthesia, the baby is dismembered, torn apart, and vacuumed out of the mother. In the case of a near-term or partial-birth abortion, the baby is turned around and pulled partially out with its head still inside the mother. The abortionist then plunges a sharp object into the back of its neck and vacuums out the brain. It just is not natural for a mother to have an abortion. Instead, it is natural for a mother to love and care for her baby .Abortion goes against the belief that all people were created equal, and able to pursue life, liberty and happiness that our country was founded under. Even though abortion is now legal, it is still murder, and current abortion laws should be repealed. If we were able to stop legalized abortion tomorrow, most of the babies saved from abortion would be loved and cared for by their biological mother. Those mothers would end up being grateful for their child and glad that they did not have an abortion. Most of the rest of the children would be adopted by their extended family or by noble strangers. Indeed some would probably fall through the cracks and end up in foster homes or in orphanages. However, this is no reason to kill them. There is no doubt that in twenty or so years from now a vast majority of babies saved from abortion will be glad to be alive.This essay is only for research purposes. If used, be sure to cite it properly!
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