(July 1, 2014 at 6:02 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(July 1, 2014 at 5:53 pm)blackout94 Wrote: As a law student, I don't consider abortion a right per se, but a requirement to complement the Right to Family Planning. In other words, family rights is a principle and the right to abort is a sub-principle.
Sure, that's how it may work where you live, but it is not so here. It is absolutely a right (and that may even mean something different here than there - here it carries the meaning that the state cannot prevent you from getting an abortion, not that the must provide the means to do so).
(July 1, 2014 at 5:53 pm)blackout94 Wrote: I had an idea it was illegal in some states. Is it really legal just because the woman wants? In any circumstances?
Yes, up until a certain point, which varies by jurisdiction.
Logically, usually abortion is not allowed past a certain number of weeks (I think it goes from 12-20 according to each State's jurisdiction). Here you have the right to family planning, this includes contraception and abortion since having an unwanted child will go against your family plans. It makes sense. So if there are no clinics how does a woman abort? If it's legal there should be at least private entities providing it.
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