Abortion: A Woman’s Private Choice

Abortion rights in the United States are in serious jeopardy. Despite the fact that a legal abortion is medically safer than carrying a pregnancy to term in the United States, that right may soon be more illusory than real. Both before and after his 2016 election as President of the United States, D...

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Published inTexas law review Vol. 95; no. 6
Main Authors Chemerinsky, Erwin, Goodwin, Michele
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Austin University of Texas, Austin, School of Law Publications, Inc 01.05.2017
Subjects
Abortion
Compensation
Emergency medical care
Federal legislation
Hospitals
Law
Medicaid
Political campaigns
Pregnancy
Presidents
Privacy
Pro choice movement
Regulatory reform
Religion
Reproductive rights
Supreme Court decisions
Supreme courts
Ultrasonic imaging
Women
Womens health
United States > US
Texas
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Summary:Abortion rights in the United States are in serious jeopardy. Despite the fact that a legal abortion is medically safer than carrying a pregnancy to term in the United States, that right may soon be more illusory than real. Both before and after his 2016 election as President of the United States, Donald Trump expressed the view that Roe v. Wade should be overruled. Mr. Trump predicts that the Supreme Court will reverse itself on abortion rights, and after, states will determine women's access to abortion; some states will ban the procedure and others may allow abortion services. Such a system would undoubtedly produce a two-tier system of abortion access, causing significant health burdens for women generally and reifying fundamental inequities in society, particularly for low-income women. In a nationally televised interview, President Trump dismissed such concerns, stating: "Yeah, well, they'll perhaps have to go, they'll have to go to another state."
ISSN:0040-4411
1942-857X