WOMS 010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fetus, New Laws
15 May 2018
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Power is really important. No legal battle…
How to control and allow people to reproduce
Testimony, giving a statement or a witness to something
Testicles is the root word for testimony. Men can only testified
A. Contraceptive:
Court decisions Reg. Contraceptives
1. Griswald vs. Connecticut (1971)
Right to privacy in constitution against laws that prohibit the use of contraceptives by
married couples
(can pass a law that says couples can not use contraceptives)
When something pass in supreme court, no state can pass a law to rule over that.
14th amendment, cannot invade privacy like search emails, search car and etc.
2. Eisenstadt vs. Baird (1972) the same ruling for unmarried adults
*Dont have to remember the date
Unmarried adults have the right to use contraceptives
B. The Abortion Issue (termination of pregnancy)
● Legalized abortion.
●Roe v. Wade
, 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision; ruling was based on a woman’s right
to privacy.
Roe vs. Wade (1973) Seven to two vote.
Women have a constitutionally protected right to choose abortion; state cannot interfere with
that right.
Pregnancy - trimester. Every 3 months are a semester.
3 rulings:
1st: trimester: the decision to abort is purely private made by a woman in consultation with a
physician.
2nd trimester: more restriction only to protect a woman’s health
3rd trimester: state can prohibit abortions unless to preserve a woman’s health or life, because
of the viability of the fetus.
Cary vs. Pop. Services
International (1977) MInors are protected by the same privacy clause in the constitution.
Document Summary
How to control and allow people to reproduce. Testimony, giving a statement or a witness to something. Right to privacy in constitution against laws that prohibit the use of contraceptives by married couples (can pass a law that says couples can not use contraceptives) When something pass in supreme court, no state can pass a law to rule over that. 14th amendment, cannot invade privacy like search emails, search car and etc: eisenstadt vs. baird (1972) the same ruling for unmarried adults. Unmarried adults have the right to use contraceptives: the abortion issue (termination of pregnancy) Roe v. wade , 1973 u. s. supreme court decision; ruling was based on a woman"s right to privacy. Roe vs. wade (1973) seven to two vote. Women have a constitutionally protected right to choose abortion; state cannot interfere with that right. 1st: trimester : the decision to abort is purely private made by a woman in consultation with a physician.
