Pol 110- US Government States\' Rights vs. Federal Jurisdiction - Please respond
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Question
Pol 110- US Government
States' Rights vs. Federal Jurisdiction - Please respond to the following:
Assume you are from the State of Texas. Based on this week’s scenario, the information provided below, and the knowledge gained from reading Chapters 2, 3, and 4, in your opinion present arguments for or against the following Texas law. Argue one side only.
(1) Is the State of Texas infringing on a woman’s Right to Privacy by making abortion difficult to perform in the state? Why or why not?
(2) How would you relate this law to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade?
(3) Is this Texas law just, and does it infringe on a woman’s right to choose? Be insightful. Conduct some research.
Explanation / Answer
1). Yes, the State of Texas infringing on a woman’s Right to Privacy by making abortion difficult to perform in the state. There is no particular legislation to protect the women's right to abortion if necessary.
A person with "right to life" have to exhibit certain properties, i.e. the consciousness (at least the capacity to feel pain), reasoning, self-motivation, the ability to communicate, and self-awareness. However, Warren proposed that a fetus may not exhibit all these qualities to qualify the "right to life," but if exhibits only one or none of them does not make them qualify. So, abortion is morally permissible as the fetus qualifies only one criterion (consciousness).
So, according to Warren, aborting the fetuses during the early days of pregnancy is morally permissble, on the other hand, unwanted pregnancies severy affect the women's health and life (they may become a financial burden, stigma of being an unwed mother, and psychological burden).