Abortion and the Constitution: The Need for a Life-Protective Amendment

As a result of the recent congressional hearings held on proposed constitutional amendments designed to overturn the rulings of the United States Supreme Court concerning abortion, the abortion controversy has once again become a major topic of public interest. The author seeks to identify the two d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	California law review 1975-09, Vol.63 (5), p.1250-1351
1. Verfasser:	Destro, Robert A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ABORTION Abortion, Induced Beginning of Human Life Bioethics Civil Rights CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CONTEMPORARY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS Comments COMMON LAW CONCERNED WITH FREEDOMS GRANTED IN THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, U.S. CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONS CRIMINAL LAW EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION Ethics Fetal Viability Fetus Fourteenth Amendment HEALTH (ALSO SICKNESS AND DISEASE) History Human Experimentation Human life Human Rights HUMAN RIGHTS, DECLARATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS (OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS) Humans Individuality Jurisprudence Legislation as Topic Life LOGIC Maternal Welfare METHODOLOGICAL CONCEPTS ORGANIZED COLLECTIVE ARGUMENT Personhood Physicians Pregnancy Pregnant Women Privacy PRIVACY AND ITS INVASION PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POLICY RECTITUDE, MORALITY, GOODNESS (ALSO IMMORALITY) REFORM, REFORMERS State Government Statutory law SUPREME COURT (ALL NATIONS) Supreme Court Decisions UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT Value of Life Viability Wedge Argument
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Zusammenfassung:	As a result of the recent congressional hearings held on proposed constitutional amendments designed to overturn the rulings of the United States Supreme Court concerning abortion, the abortion controversy has once again become a major topic of public interest. The author seeks to identify the two distinct areas of debate involved in the issue and to discuss, in particular, the central topic raised by many of the proposals-the rights of the unborn.
ISSN:	0008-1221 1942-6542
DOI:	10.2307/3479846