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A 5 page paper which examines abortion and the Supreme Court, discussing its legality and whether or not it should be legal through an examination of court cases. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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decision reached in Roe v Wade. Yet, despite that ruling, and other rulings since then, the issue of abortion is still a very controversial subject and a subject that is
often seen in Supreme Court. It is, to say the least, and incredibly volatile social, spiritual, and legal topic in the United States. The following paper examines some Constitutional elements
of the issue of abortion and examines if it is really legal or illegal according to the Constitution. The paper illustrates that one could well state that abortion is unconstitutional.
Supreme Court and Abortion: The Past The first significant Supreme Court case, going back to 1965, was the 1965 case of Griswold v. Connecticut. In this case the
court claimed that Connecticut could not forbid the use of contraception for married people (Supreme Court Cases 1965-1990, 2005). "In this decision the Court appealed for the first time to
the right to privacy--a right which it said was fundamental and basic" (Supreme Court Cases 1965-1990, 2005). Interestingly enough, this is where much of any abortion issue comes into play
for it is the issue of "privacy" that is connected deeply with legalities and abortion. And, it is also important to note that there is no truly explicit right to
privacy within the Constitution (Supreme Court Cases 1965-1990, 2005). As such the court primarily inferred that the Constitution provided for privacy. In 1972 a similar case known as
Eisenstadt v. Baird was involved in Massachusetts wherein almost the same finding was presented as it involved unmarried people who wanted contraceptives. This decision brought forward the right of individuals,
whether married or single, and their privacy in relationship to issues of procreation, issues that did not involve the government. It argued the courts had no right to infringe on
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