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1. Research a statute, administrative rule, or court case that is not included in the textbook or in
the lecture slides/lecture notes.
I decided to research the court case Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade was an important court case that
brings up many questions still to this day. Speaking of current trends, Roe v. Wade has been a
crucial topic brought up recently this year.
2. Provide a brief summary (a paragraph is sufficient but the more explanation the better):
(2)(a) What is the statute, administrative rule, or court case?
(2)(b) What subject or textbook chapter is the statute, rule, or case relevant to?
(2)(c) What is interesting about this statute, rule, or case to you such that you think it should be
included in the course content?
(2a) Roe v. Wade was a court case that had the right to an abortion brought up. The states now
could regulate abortion, and characterized abortion as something that was covered under
constitutional rights of privacy. The U.S. Supreme Court made the decision that the Constitution
of the United States protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without
excessive government restriction. The woman who challenged the right to terminate an unwanted
pregnancy was Jane Roe. Jane Roe was a woman who had two other previous children who she
had to give up for an adoption because she couldn’t support them. On the other hand, the man
who disagreed with Roe’s challenge was Henry Wade. Henry Wade tried prosecuting Jane Roe
for seeking an abortion when state law permitted termination only if the woman’s life was in
danger.
(2b) I’d say this court case is relevant to how women prevent pregnancy today. There are now
forms of birth control, IUD’s, and other methods of preventing a premature or unwanted
pregnancy. Back to when Roe v. Wade was relevant, women didn’t have many options of
preventing an unwanted pregnancy. They would more often than not have to go on with giving
birth to the child, then eventually giving it up for adoption. Women could typically not afford one
to many children back then, as they can today. An abortion today is way more common than it
was back then, and that’s where I see the changes of women being able to decide their future on
the matter.
(2c) I find it interesting that women had little power over the decision to give birth or not.
Typically, it should be the woman who’s giving birth the choice whether or not to keep it. There
are many factors that play into whether that child will have a supportive life or not. If the woman
giving birth couldn’t afford the child, take care of the child, or provide the daily needs for the
child then there’s a decision on whether or not the kid could survive this life. On the other hand,
if the woman could support it, take care of it, or even have enough money to afford it then they
should have the choice on whether to keep it or not. I feel as if we could learn that men were
trying to tell women that they couldn’t decide what to do for their own bodies, which led to a
huge argument. We need to learn how women and men handle situations that’s out of one's
control or not.
3. Provide a citation to the statute, rule, or case as well as any article or material you used in your
research (include hyperlinks).
Citation: History.com Editors. “Roe v. Wade.”
History.com
, A&E Television Networks, 27 Mar.
2018, https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/roe-v-wade.
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