Abortion & The Husband's Right To Know
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...the Supreme Court acknowledged that the state had an "important and legitimate interest in potential life," but did not define that interest as a moral one. On the contrary, it went to great lengths to disavow any interpretation of those words that might seem even vaguely moral. The Court majority ruled that during the first trimester a woman had an unqualified right to terminate her pregnancy at will; during the second trimester the state could regulate abortions only to protect the mother's health; and during the third trimester, when the fetus was viable, the state, "in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life," might choose to forbid abortions, unless the woman's health or life were at risk. Now, if the Court were concerned about protecting life on moral grounds, one might suppose that it would not only allow a ban on third-trimester abortions but would insist upon it. But no. In fact, by defining "health" to mean a woman's "well-being," the Court virtually assured that any state law that tried to ban even thirdtrimester abortions would be open to challenge. The reason seems clear: if the Court's position were to be even arguably defensible on...
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