Human Rights and the Issue of Abortion

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This paper discusses the issue of legal abortions and human rights. It is an argumentative paper that begins discussion of Roe v. Wade, and the core of the abortion issue - human rights. The paper further discusses the role of women in society, the abortion issue from a global perspective, and the final decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. The conclusion is that abortion rights are equal to human rights, and the rights of women that have been ignored for centuries.

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"On January 22, 1973 one of the most controversial decisions in United States Supreme Court history was delivered by Justice Blackmun in Roe v. Wade ("Roe v. Wade"). Roe, a pregnant Texas woman, sought an abortion. She was told, however, that in her home State of Texas abortions were illegal unless the attending physician believed that the pregnancy posed a severe threat to the life of the mother. In Roe's case it did not. Yet, Roe felt that having an abortion should be her decision, not one that should be made by a physician, judge, or court ("Roe v. Wade"). She held that terminating a pregnancy was a personal and intimate decision. It was one which no person other than the expectant mother should have the right to make."

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