The Supreme Court, liberty, and abortion

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Both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey recognize the constitutional right of pregnant women to make their own decision about choosing to have an abortion. Casey validates a series of restrictions such as waiting period, informed consent, fetal age, and the role of the biological father in the decision. These rules affect rural poor and the very young disproportionately without requiring access to family planning services. It replaced Roe's emphasis on a physician's right to practice with an emphasis on preserving a woman's personal liberty. The court attempted to put an end to controversy by issuing a joint opinion reframing Roe to preserve a woman's personal liberty but keeping many of Casey's restrictions. The joint opinion also implies that physicians inform women that childbirth is preferable to abortion, a guilt producing position. States will continue to try to make abortion more difficult to obtain to discourage women. Congress may try to prevent Roe's principles from being overturned by the Supreme Court by passing the Freedom of Choice Act, putting these principles into law. President George Bush has stated he would veto such a law while candidate Bill Clinton has stated he would sign it.

Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Ethical aspects

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The Supreme Court and abortion rights

Article Abstract:

The important implications of Supreme Court's decision in Gonzales v. Carhart case which ruled 5 to 4 vote that a physician could be prohibited from performing a particular medical procedure to abort a fetus. even if the physician believes the procedure is necessary to protect a woman's health is described.

United States, Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Company legal issue, Laws, regulations and rules, Physicians, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Public health law, Reproductive rights

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"Partial-birth abortion": and the Supreme Court

Article Abstract:

In ruling that a Nebraska law forbidding partial-birth abortions was unconstitutional, the US Supreme Court upheld the right of a woman and her doctor to decide how best to safely terminate a pregnancy. This is also a signal to all state legislatures that attempt to tell doctors how to practice medicine.

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