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The Pro-Life movement as of 2022 has a distinct composition, consisting mainly of religious Christians and social conservatives. In the American political arena, opinions on abortion rights are similarly definitive and starkly partisan: the Republican Party and its constituents uphold the Pro-Life platform, while the Democratic Party and its con...

“Does life begin at conception?” Ask this question at a modern American dinner table, and you’re unlikely to leave in one piece. Pro-life supporters will answer with a firm affirmative, while pro-choice supporters will likely place the beginning of life somewhere later in fetal development or even potentially at birth. Regardless, in order to de...

To understand the history of abortion and to understand the grounds on which it is being questioned, it is important to have a basic understanding the U.S. Constitution’s Due Process clause, which appears in several Amendments to the Constitution, but is most often cited in the Fourteenth Amendment.1 This Amendment and the clauses it includes se...

In Justice Samuel Alito’s released draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, he frequently mentions another Supreme Court case pivotal to abortion rights history: Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.1 In this article, I will provide a quick overview of the case, and I will also focus on its historical context, paying special at...

You may be asking yourself: "Sir Who?" Good question. In the draft, Justice Alito cites several interesting sources. Here, I will offer a brief description of three of the men he mentions in this section of the text, and explain their relevance to Roe v. Wade and abortion. Sir Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke became a prominent judge and poli...

In his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade , Justice Samuel Alito references the series of laws criminalizing abortion passed by states in the 19th century.1 Before these laws, however, abortion was legal; women could ask to have their menses “restored” before “quickening,” or when they could feel the fetus moving.2 Morever, even after criminalizat...