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Originally Posted by Kevin
The trimester framework was thrown out in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In that case, the Court retained the viability aspect of the test but made it something of a moving target. They said that prior to the point of viability, the woman has the right to make decisions regarding her own body [I paraphrase], after the point of viability, however, the state's interest in protecting life kicks in and the state can do whatever it deems necessary, even proscribing abortions altogether. The Court, of course, left us with an exception which probably eats the rule -- when the health of the mother is in question, the state's interest in protecting life yields to that. What this "health" interest is, no one really knows.
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I usually will hesitate to disagree with MC on legal issues, but this was my understanding as well, that the plurality in
Casey threw out the trimester framework. Other than what you've posted, though, I don't think a whole lot more came out of the case (as noted by your last sentence).
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Originally Posted by Thetagirl218
I have a problem with this thread and that goes beyond the original horrific story.
This country has been divided along lines of Pro Life and Pro Choice since the Roe v. Wade decision so many years ago.
honeychile stated her opinion and she has been picked on ever since. We all have a right to believe what we believe and should be able to state that belief without being picked on.
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A couple of things on this:
1) The country was already divided before
Roe v. Wade. All you have to do is look at the
Griswold decision, or the immense amount of press and publicity prior to
Roe to see that this has divided the nation for a number of years. I would agree that it's become even more of a public issue since
Roe (especially with the ridiculous tradition of screening Supreme Court justices by their views on abortion).
2) Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see where honeychile has been picked on in this thread. Were posts deleted? In any event, I think any time you express your opinion on something as controversial as abortion, you have to expect that you'll be "picked on" to some extent, because people are so polarized on the issue.
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