PHIL 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Lochner V. New York, Fetus

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 146
• Professor: Charles Goodman

Document Summary

For thursday, 11/14: explain marquis" argument for the view that abortion is wrong. Risks to the woman when it"s performed before 20 weeks, its a legally safe procedure. 7x safer than giving birth when performed under illegal conditions, abortion is dangerous makes sense to legalize early abortions. Sometimes, pregnancy is fatal to the woman makes sense to abort in this situation. Rights to the woman right to privacy (14th amendment) No provision explicitly stating that we have a right to privacy. Rst case on privacy married people have a constitutional right to contraception. marital privacy. 14 amendment: due process this brings into question substantive vs. procedural processes. gets used to say that there are limits on state commerce protects rights of blacks after the civil war protects rights of businesses to regulate themselves. Lochner has right to regulate maximum hours in bakery.