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The Implication Of Texas Abortion Law Sb8 On At-Risk Populations In Texas And Other States, Kelly Zielinski

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

When the United States Supreme Court didn’t strike down, SB8, Texas’ anti-abortion law, there was a shift in the legal landscape for women’s reproductive rights. The novel structure of the bill would undeniably lead to copycat bills being enacted by other states looking to restrict access to abortion and disproportionately affect at-risk populations in those states. To protect the most vulnerable populations, the government needs to enact laws that recognize abortion as healthcare. Roe v. Wade has been precedent for fifty and any limitations on the established law will have lasting impacts on generations to come. This comment summarizes the …

Judith Jarvis Thomson On Abortion; A Libertarian Perspective, Walter E. Block

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

Introduction:

Judith Jarvis Thompson, an eminent philosopher from MIT, has written the most widely cited article of all those ever written about abortion. She likens the fetus to a trespasser. Suppose you wake up in bed next to a famous violinist who is (innocently) connected to your kidney, through a sort of umbilical cord, without which he will die. What rights does he have? What obligations do you have? Using this brilliant analogy to pregnancy, she sheds light on the abortion controversy.

Method:

The method used in the present paper is to widely quote Thompson’s (1971) essay, and then to …