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An 8 page paper which examines the position of the Supreme Court regarding abortion from 1965 to 1992. The paper focuses on a anti-abortion stance. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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being fought in Supreme Court in many different ways. Even the woman who was apparently responsible for this powerful case is now in a position where she feels the decision
was wrong and that abortion is essentially killing a life. It is, to say the least, and incredibly volatile social, spiritual, and legal topic in the United States. The following
paper first examines the primary Supreme Court cases involving reproduction and abortion from 1965 to 1992. The paper then examines the constitutional grounds of the cases, and argues against abortion.
Supreme Court and Abortion: 1965 to 1992 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 "inferred the existence of a zone of privacy" to protect the sexual rights of couples
(Supreme Court Cases 1965-1990, 2005). In 1972 a similar case known as Eisenstadt v. Baird was involved in Massachusetts wherein almost the same finding was presented as it involved ummaried
people who wanted contraceptives. "The Court asserted the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted government intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as
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