Student Jane Doe had an abortion after signing consent forms herself on April 10,1986. The father of the aborted fetus was a fellow student John Doe. Jane father and Johns mother brought, on the behalf of both students, a civil right suit against the Escambia County (Alabama) Board of Education and against guidance counselor Kay Rose and Vice Principal Melvin Powell. The heart of the suit was that “Rose and Powell forced or compelled Jane to have an abortion and compelled Jane and John to refrain from telling their parents of the pregnancy.” The court found in favor of Board of Education of Escambia County, ALA. The case concluded that the students freely made the decision to have the abortion. Noddings and the Law can be read as being similar …show more content…
Board of Education and Noddings agreed that those who are directly involved should have the say in whether to abort the fetus or not. They both agreed that the decision shouldn’t be made alone. Noddings writes “The decision for or against abortion must be made by those directly involved in the concrete situation, but it need not be made alone” (Noddings, 2005). Similarly, the Court noted “Jane sought additional advice from others, including the counselor Rose, the vice principle and the father of the fetus John Doe” 1989. The Jury agreed that Jane didn’t make the decision alone. Despite both having parents, Jane and John felt safe sharing the information with Rose the counselor instead of their parents,“... suggest a brief and direct form of counseling in which a young expectant mother could come to grips with her feelings ”( Noddings, 2005). Plainly, Noddings would concur with the Court’s decision that Jane and John didn’t make the decision alone and asked for help in advice before acting upon the …show more content…
As such, I find Noddings and the Court’s decision to be more different than the same. In this case the one-caring held the fetus and one-self best interest rather than the one cared for. Not all parents are ideal parents. Some parents bring more harm to their children than good. This case showed me that even though some parents fail to provide their children the help and support they need, there are adults out there who devote their time and life providing help and support to those neglected children. For example, one of my closest friend had parents that were very old school and strict. In our language, we have a word for that people because there are a lot of them. They’re called Jahil. Protectiveness, a restrictive lifestyle and a certain level of Jahil thinking in elders leads to them emotionally damaging their children. Most Jahil parents don’t realize it due to the time and environment differences. My friend self-esteem suffered because her parents constantly called her dark and weak and had restrictions on things that were accessible to other teenagers her age. She knew this was no reason to act aggressive towards them or disrespects them. They didn’t think their Somali sayings about
There are many factors that are taken into consideration when determining if abortion is morally permissible, or wrong including; sentience of the fetus, the fetuses right to life, the difference between adult human beings and fetuses, the autonomy of the pregnant woman, and the legality of abortion. Don Marquis argues that abortion is always morally wrong, excluding cases in which the woman is threatened by pregnancy, or abortion after rape, because fetuses have a valuable future. Mary Anne Warren contends that late term abortions are morally permissible because birth is the most significant event for a fetus, and a woman’s autonomy should never be suspended.
The moral status of her one living child was not taken into much consideration. With physicians and authorities jumping to conclusions, the time taken to respond to this case was perceived as relatively short. When it comes to moral status of a human being, one must consider whether someone qualifies for moral consideration. In this case, twin B’s moral status was not taken into consideration. The rights of pregnant women, is an everlasting controversy, “when physicians’ concerns about fetal well being are allowed to supersede both a woman’s judgment about what is best for her family and her right to safeguard her bodily integrity, then this is no principled limitation on state power to police pregnancy and punish pregnant women” (Minkoff, Paltrow, 2013). With that being said, the physicians in this case did not express concern for the fetal well-being, and even the well-being of twin B when she was born. The clear evidence that Melissa did not receive immediate treatment for her concerns should have been a red flag for the physicians from the beginning. In her case, it was clearly stated that the well-being of her other children was significantly poor. Also, that Melissa was unstable. Yet, Melissa received lieu of her imprisonment and was given her surviving child for the time being. Until, she failed to perform simple probation stipulations. Sadly, in my opinion, the surviving twin
Throughout the years, modern medical technology has resulted in the recent legalization of abortions throughout many countries in the world. However, the process of terminating a pregnancy has been around since the time women were able to have babies. Though the court has permitted selective abortion, many believe that it is murder and disagree with anyone with a “pro-choice” view. Sidney Callahan, the author of the article “Abortion and the Sexual Agenda” fights all points made by Harrison and Petchesky and believes pregnant women do not have the right to control another body. In a case study about a family who finds themselves unexpectedly pregnant with their third child, Callahan would support the pregnancy and agree with Bob Thompson in
In 1971, Norma McCorvey or Jane Roe, filled a case against the district attorney of Dallas County, Henry Wade, because he enforced a Texas law that prohibited abortion unless the abortion was needed medically, to save the mother’s life. Being a single, pregnant woman , Roe did not have the choice to have an abortion because the pregnancy was not endangering her life. Plus, Roe could not afford to travel to have the operation done safely. As a result, Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington, two lawyers that graduated from the University of Texas Law School, claimed a lawsuit against the abortion laws in Texas because they violated Roe’s constitutional rights. Besides Roe’s two laywers, Hallford, a licensed physician, and a childless married couple known as the Does supported Roe’s case. The lawsuit against Wade was filed in a Texas Federal Court. The Texas Federal Court heard the case on December 13th, 1971 and again, on October 11th, 1972. After the examination of Weddington and Coffee’s argument against Jay Floyd’s, the lawyer for Wade during the first argument, and Robert C. Flower’s, the lawyer for Texas in the second argument, the court ruled in Roe’s favor by claiming that the law did violate the Constitution. Consequently, Wade appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
a right to an abortion if she and her doctor decide upon it". (pg. 105,
January 22, 1973, a monumental ordeal for all of the United States had come about, which was that abortion was legalized. It was the Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade that made us take a turn into this political issue. In this case Jane Roe (Norma McCorvey) was an unmarried woman who wasn’t permitted to terminate her unborn child, for the Texas criminal abortion law made it impossible to perform an abortion unless it was putting the mother’s health in danger. Jane Roe was against doing it illegally so she fought to do it legally. In the court cases ruling they acknowledged that the lawful right to having privacy is extensive enough to cover a woman’s decision on whether or not she should be able to terminate her pregnancy.
In general, the debate over abortion can be attributed to conflicting opinions about morality. Pro-life advocates believe terminating a potential life is immoral, whereas pro-choice advocates consider restricting the rights and freedoms of a mother is the greater evil. Morality, however, is not the power that rules over this nation – the law is what determines what actions are and are not permitted. Consequently, since the...
In 1973 Roe v. Wade case decision gave woman the freedom that they deserve, weather to keep their baby or choose abortion. This is a case that is 50% right and 50% wrong. Many people believe it’s killing a person, while other believe its protecting potential life. I favor both arguments depending on the reason. Therefore I think parents shouldn’t be judged on their decisions if we don’t know the behind scenes to the decisions. Abortion is a right to privacy without regard United States Supreme Court made a great decision for all the woman in the United States. This decision should be private for the parents not a decision controlled by constitution.
This was soon modified into language that has remained substantially unchanged to the present time....Jane Roe, a single woman who was residing in Dallas County, Texas, instituted this federal action in March 1970 against the District Attorney of the county. She sought a declaratory judgment that the Texas criminal abortion statutes were unconstitutional on their face, and an injunction restraining the defendant from enforcing the statutes.Roe alleged that she was unmarried and pregnant; that she wished to terminate her pregnancy
Each day throughout our world, medical professionals suction thousands of babies from their mothers’ wombs through a procedure called abortion. The law protects and provides consent to both the mother and the medical professionals for these procedures. However, the babies seemingly have no right to protection or life themselves because of the argument regarding when a fetus is determined be human and have life. Pro-life author, Sarah Terzo, in a LifeSiteNews.com article, relays the following testimony supporting this from a medical student upon witnessing his first abortion, “Rejected by their mothers and regarded as medical waste by their killers, society allows these babies to die silently, with no recognition or acknowledgment of their humanity” (Terzo).
An issue that has flared up in today’s society, abortion is a highly debated topic that has sparked some of the most violent discussions. The rapid growth in teenage pregnancy has only increased the amount of attention that has been drawn to abortion and whether it is ethical or not. While some say that a woman is in power of her own body and can make choices based on her best interest, some take much offense to that and demand that a baby is a baby no matter how small it is and that abortion is never okay. It is important to know going into this debate that to argue one side, one would have to be 100% consistent with that decision because of all of the grey areas that come up regarding abortion. With that being said, I still believe that a mother should take responsibility of the situation and recognize that, even though it is minuscule, a baby is a person the moment it begins to develop inside of her.
Women and Abortion, Prospects of Criminal Charges Monograph, American Center for Bioethics, 422 C St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, Spring 1983
In June 1969, 21-year-old Norma L. McCorvey discovered she was pregnant with her third child. She returned to Dallas, Texas, where friends advised her to assert falsely that she had been raped in order to obtain a legal abortion,with the understanding that Texas law allowed abortion in cases of rape and incest. She attempted to obtain an illegal abortion, but found that the unauthorized facility had been closed down by the police. So she was then referred to the following attorneys, Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington. She would have the child before the decision was made. The constitutional issue involved with this case is as follows, the legality of a woman's right to have an abortion. This be reminded that an abortion is the deliberate termination of a
Abortion has become the common focus of diverse and influential debate in various societies, especially the U.S. One of the most confrontational topics argued is whether or not abortion is morally ethical. More than forty percent of all women will terminate their pregnancy by abortion at some point in their reproductive lives (Stacey OL). In spite of disagreement by many people, abortion is one of the most widespread medical procedures performed in the United States every single year. Eventhough abortion is opposed by many people, it should stay legal, because it is the right of a women to control herself or her body (Swomley, 1991).
The information Eboni presented to the social worker indicated that both her mother and her father suggested different alternatives for the pregnancy. Her mother supports having an abortion why her father upholds the position that abortion is murder. Both views are contradictory