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"The Right Of Privacy", Fernando Bustos
"The Right Of Privacy", Fernando Bustos
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
The concept of a right of privacy is one that is currently the focal point of the argument for legalized abortion, and for women's rights in general. By examining the history of this issue, along with its influence upon the U.S. Constitution, and the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, we will be better enabled to understand the legal debate at hand.
Abortion: The Rights Of Whom?, Jennifer Ferguson, Yvette Young
Abortion: The Rights Of Whom?, Jennifer Ferguson, Yvette Young
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
The morality of abortion is not as pressing a question as whether a woman has a right to an abortion based on the rights granted her in the ninth and fourteenth amendments. Morality cannot be completely extricated from the issue of abortion. Nonetheless, the constitutional rights determine the legality of abortion, thus having the greatest effect on the woman and her fetus. Two questions must therefore be addressed: first, what are the rights of the woman as stated in the Constitution? second, what are the rights of the fetus?