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Roe Vs. Wadewas a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.
In January 1973, the Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision in McCorvey’s favor ruling that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides a “right to privacy” that protects a pregnant woman’s right to choose whether to have an abortion. It also ruled that this right is not absolute and must be balanced against governments’ interests in protecting women’s health and prenatal life.[4][5] The Court resolved this balancing test by tying state regulation of abortion to the three trimesters of pregnancy: during the first trimester, governments could not prohibit abortions at all; during the second trimester, governments could require reasonable health regulations; during the third trimester, abortions could be prohibited entirely so long as the laws contained exceptions for cases when they were necessary to save the life or health of the mother.[5] The Court classified the right to choose to have an abortion as “fundamental”, which required courts to evaluate challenged abortion laws under the “strict scrutiny” standard, the highest level of judicial review in the United States.[6]
This Impacts Everyone
Restriction on Contraceptives
Many of the trigger laws that would go into effect after the overturn of Roe Vs Wade would greatly restrict women's access to birth control as well as hormones to assist with symptoms from PCOS, Ovarian Cysts, and Endometriosis
Reduced Medical Care
These bills would also impact the number of facilities available to treat health problems outside of abortion, including lowering availability of STD screenings, Cancer screenings, Pregnancy Testing, HIV/AIDS relief
Reduced Privacy
Roe Vs. Wade is protected under the 14th amendment which would be harmed in the overturn. This amendmend states : No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any 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.
DEATH
Reducing the options available to people with life threatening conditions associated with their pregnancy would result in the DEATH of a countless number of women.
