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1.819 documents for fourteenth amendment and abortion

- Federalism, Abortion, and the Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment Enforcement Power: Can Congress Ban Partial-Birth Abortion After Carhart?
Those reasons, according to the judgment of Congress and most of the populace, alleviate or remove altogether her blameworthiness. Because a physician who performs a partial-birth abortion does not face the same personal health and emotional difficulties that a pregnant woman faces when considering an abortion, attaching liability to the physician makes more sense.
- Texas Review of Law & Politics
- Vol. 13 Nbr. 1, October 2008
- Embodied equality: debunking equal protection arguments for abortion rights.
...: The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is the proper constitutional ground for ...
- Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Vol. 34 Nbr. 3, June 2011
- Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
... constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribe procuring or attempting an a... infringing those plaintiffs' Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The court ruled the Does' compla...
- U.S. Supreme Court

- Party Platforms Make Nov. 4 Decision Clear
The new platform supports Family and Medical Leave Act expansion, paid sick days, international family planning, disability rights, affirmative action, hate crimes legislation, ending violence against women, and promoting women's rights around the world. The Democratic Party also strongly supports access to comprehensive affordable family planning services and age-appropriate sex education which empower people to make informed choices and live healthy lives.

...Support for the Equal Rights Amendment, which would put women into the U.S. Constitution ... stands firm on reproductive justice and abortion rights:. The Democratic Party strongly and unequiv...Wade, and legislation granting Fourteenth Amendment rights to "unborn children," which would...
- National NOW Times
- Vol. 40 Nbr. 2, October 2008
- Conforming to the rule of law: when person and human being finally mean the same thing in Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence.
... a result would not return the matter of abortion to the states. The Fourteenth Amendment, properly ...
- Issues in Law & Medicine
- Vol. 22 Nbr. 2-3, September 2006
- Greenville Women'S Clinic; William Lynn, Md, on Behalf of Themselves and Their Patients Seeking Abortions, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Charleston Women'S Medical Clinic, Incorporated, Plaintiff, v. Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control; Governor of South Carolina; Charles Molony Condon, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Defendants-Appellees. Greenville Women'S Clinic; William Lynn, Md, on Behalf of Themselves and Their Patients Seeking Abortions, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Charleston Women'S Medical Clinic, Incorporated, Plaintiff, v. Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control; Governor of South Carolina; Charles Molony Condon, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Defendants-Appellants., 317 F.3d 357 (4th Cir. 2002)
... the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment; and that it is void for vagueness. The district c...-12 placed an undue burden on a woman's Fourteenth Amendment due process right to choose whether to s...
- Federal Circuits
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
... are five provisions of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982: § 3205, which requires that ... of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Neither the Bill of Rights nor the spec...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Three concepts of dignity in constitutional law.
...Privacy 2. Sixth Amendment Right to Self-Representation 3. Ordered Liberty 4....Self-representation e. Abortion f. Bioethics B. Dignity and Social-Welfare Goods C... of fundamental liberties under the Fourteenth Amendment, the scope of such liberties is often re...
- Notre Dame Law Review
- Vol. 86 Nbr. 1, February 2011
- Texas Medical Providers, et al v. David Lakey, et, (5th Cir. 2012)
...TEXAS MEDICAL PROVIDERS PERFORMING ABORTION SERVICES,. a class represented by Metropolitan OBG... four provisions for violating the First Amendment and three others for unconstitutional vagueness. W... and were thus permitted by the Fourteenth Amendment. Id. at 882, 112 S. Ct. at 2823. The req...
- Federal Circuits
- American Right to Life Rejects Ron Paul's Pledge
Paul Actually Opposes Personhood For Kids in Pro-Choice States DENVER, Dec. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Right To Life calls it politics as usual when Ron Paul tried to mislead pro-life voters by signing a pledge that he actually rejects. Just in time for the 2012 Iowa caucuses Paul pledged that he will "endorse legislation to make clear that the 14th Amendment protections apply to unborn children." But then he contradicted his pledge by stating, "I can't agree that the Fourteenth Amendment has a role to play here."Shockingly, Ron Paul agrees with the central finding of Roe v. Wade itself," says Darrell Birkey, director of research for American Right To Life, "that the constitutional protection of human rights does not apply to unborn children." And Birkey adds, "Ron Pa...
- U.S. Newswire
- December 28, 2011