Abortion And The Right To Life
Supporters of abortion reform argued that right to life forces were attempting to push catholic values on a diverse american populace and consequently many antiabortion groups worked to present themselves as ecumenical or non denominational.
Abortion and the right to life. Abortion is not a constitutional right according to the strict text of the constitution but it has been justified as a constitutional right under the fourth amendment s protection of privacy. In short the constitutional right to abortion is found not in the constitution itself but in a loose reading of it. If we want to define the unborn as human beings the unborn s right to life is no greater or less than anybody else s right to life. When the pregnancy results from rape or incest or when it threatens the life of the mother.
If this suggestion of personhood is established the appellant s case of course collapses for the fetus right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the amendment. Blackmun got around this by deciding a fetus simply isn t a person. This means of course that it s a perfect issue to be exploited by politicians on both sides of the aisle. A march 2013 poll by the polling company found that 53 of americans oppose legal abortion except in only three or fewer circumstances.
When applied to abortion one question comes to mind. National right to life pac national right to life victory fund. They say that it combines two different ideas and that it is useful to separate them. The idea that if abortions aren t legal they will not happen is a complete fantasy.
The debate over abortion rights is ugly the gap between pro choice and pro life too vast for meaningful dialogue the differences too fundamental for compromise. What if someone s right to life is contingent upon another person. Some philosophers argue that the right to life is an ambiguous phrase.