wn and that women have the right to choose. The majority of the Court lead by Blackmun took the decision out of the states hands and put it back into the woman’s. The Court could not recognize a potential child as an actual child. The right to privacy was upheld in the majority decision. The majority decided that the quality of life will increase and there would be less unwanted children. The Court deemed freedom to our own bodies above a fetus life.With more than 1.5 million abortions carried out in the United States each year you can see that Roe V. Wade has not been over turned. The cases that have come after Roe V. Wade such as Doe V. Bolton (1973) have left their mark. In Doe V. Bolton a seven to two decision concluded that a woman could have an abortion from six months to the birth of a child if a physician thinks it necessary. In a Webster V. Reproductive Health Services (1989) a five to four decision changed the basic standard of Roe V. Wade. A Missouri statue made restrictions on abortions. A twenty weeks test was enforced. Missouri thought of human life as starting at conception. Missouri made testing for late term pregnancy a must. Missouri also stated that it had a great interest in preserving all life. Roe V. Wade was not completely over turned but was changed to a stricter set of circumstances. Planed Parenthood V. Casey (1992) the five to four decision made a mandatory twenty-four hour waiting period for those individuals who wanted to have an abortion. This waiting period would give individuals a time to think about their actions and decide if an abortion was really what they wanted.With the right that the Roe Court bestowed upon Americans to have freedom over their own bodies and to make their own decisions the statue will be hard to over turn. Although there have been greater restrictions put on abortion laws we still have a right to an abortion. Whether or not the Constitution states it directly or...
