ABORTION LAWS IN THE US

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Abortion laws in the US

Women’s rights have, most of the time, not been upheld. However, it becomes essential to look at this whole phenomenon from a different perspective with individuals like Blackmun. Since it informs us of how important women’s rights are and how they should always be upheld, and that women should not be looked down upon when expressing such desires and wishes like planning an abortion. According to Blackmun, their lives are theirs to manage, and they can do whatever they want with them. Blackmun was the judge during the case of roe V wade, and he was one of the judges who were involved in making a conclusive judgment about this case which was about abortion and if it was illegal or legal (Levine, 1999).

Therefore, the court ruled that it was upon the women to determine their extent of what they wanted to do and that the states and the federal government were not to impose their desires and their restrictions on women and what they were able to do. In planned parenthood, V Casey supreme court also upheld the decision made for Roe V Wade (Devins, 2008)). This was that the abortion laws were upheld, and a woman could procure an abortion in certain circumstances and a general manner without government restrictions. Justice Blackmun is one of the major forces within the American court system. Therefore, he provides the American culture with a lot of case judgments full of wisdom, which causes him problems as after Roe V Wade’s case, he finds himself being attacked and even being given death warnings by different people.

In becoming a justice Blackmun, we see how it is a complex situation to be working with the judicial system. This is because even legal cases could lead to personal setbacks and the creation of distant friends or even enemies. For example, justice Blackmun’s friend justice warren becomes almost a stranger due to the stand of justice Blackmun about the different cases he listens to and decides (Greenhouse, 2007). References

Devins, N. (2008). How Planned Parenthood v. Casey (pretty much) settled the abortion wars. Yale LJ, 118, 1318.

Greenhouse, L. (2007). Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun’s Supreme Court Journey. Macmillan.

Levine, P. B., Staiger, D., Kane, T. J., & Zimmerman, D. J. (1999). Roe v Wade and American fertility. American Journal of Public Health, 89(2), 199-203.