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On The Issue Of Pro-life And Pro-choice

Posted on:2013-04-29Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2246330371499699Subject:Legal history
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All along, the abortion debate in Western societies, the United States especially. The issue of abortion from the beginning of a single medical problem, gradually evolved under the influence of religion, legislation, social environment, has gradually become issues of common concern for the political, legislative, religious, social life, the debate increasingly the more intense. Prior to the1970s, U.S. law provides:"Where abortion shall be guilty of an offense, unless by the doctors recommended an abortion to save the life of the mother."But the court declared that the U.S. Supreme Court in1973on the Roe case decision, causing an uproar in the American society, gradually formed for and against women enjoy the right to abortion "pro-choice" send "pro-life" faction. Life faction believes that human life begins at conception, to allow abortion is to allow the murder, which is obviously absurd and ridiculous. Choose to send that abortion rights are part of the female reproductive autonomy, and belonging to a part of the privacy law should protect women’s abortion rights, like protection of privacy, to give women the democratic equal respect. This paper introduced at the source of intense debate of the United States the issue of abortion, leads to the analysis Roe case historical background, details of Roe case case, and to critically analyze the view of the Roe case "select school" and "life school" controversy, which introduced the right to abortion in Roe case is correct and should be kept continued down the Roe case decision in line with the legal interests also in line with the moral interests, and also obtained the right to abortion to be the implementation and restricted. Roe case case, taking into account the moral, ethical, legal, both to protect women’s reproductive autonomy, privacy, right to choose, also phased the concern of the embryo all the interests of value, attention to ethics, reflects the social value of life, the most basic respect, and moral right people the basic requirements for the community to specify the path of development. Roe case verdict on American society caused a great deal of influence on the subsequent decades, the emergence of the Akron case, the Webster case, the Casey case, Madsen case that successive governments on whether to allow abortion numerous attempts, made a number of laws and constitutional amendments to support the recommendations of the Congress on the restrictions on government-funded abortion, and called for the protection of the unborn baby’s right to life. Roe case, as a new breakthrough of the feminist movement, feminism has achieved the victory in the fight for women’s abortion rights. Also makes the rescue movement and the upsurge of violent attacks, and also the previous presidential campaign issues can not be avoided. Obtained by the above analysis:abortion legislation is always rooted in a country’s political, historical, religious background, human environment in different countries The attitude of the people for abortions vary widely. Because of this, we want to learn from the United States the right way on abortion in light of China’s national conditions, from the concept, legislative, judicial, law enforcement to a cautious attitude towards abortion the issue, change the Chinese society is no abortion restraint, no respect for life, within the legal system to define the chaos of embryonic value, reflecting the respect of the value of life and respect for the right of women to choose, respect for humanity, respect for life, in order to find compromise.
Keywords/Search Tags:United States, Roy v. Wade case pro-choice, pro-life, women’s reproductive autonomy
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