POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Henry Morgentaler, Abortion Debate, Abortion Law
15 Dec 2017
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Simple case of human rights for the female/ mother: he has direct involvement in this. He protested the charter because there were no fetal rights, the biggest question around this is at what point is a fetus considered a person? o. Canada"s abortion debate was initially dominated by two men (biggest take away) Roe v. wade, 1973: us supreme court decision, abortion laws struck down in 46 of 50 states. Period of use social disarray: any state-imposed restrictions on abortion during the first 3 months of pregnancy violated a woman"s constitutional right to privacy . Intimidate women going to clinics (posting pro-life protestors: any parts in the usa that have commonality you can"t get an abortion (means that you can only get one if you get raped) Alabama, south dakota, texas, south carolina: was seen as a watershed for women"s rights (another one prior to this was considered one too was the pill)
