By Lex Cornell
The First Amendment states that no part of congress or government can make laws with the regard of religion. When we take a look at many of the abortion laws we will see a lot of them stem from religious beliefs, specifically The Texas Heartbeat Act, which went into law September 01, 2021. Currently, the abortion laws within Texas are the most ruthless. Texas Right to Life, a Christian group, was also quick to celebrate the court’s move. “This is a tremendous victory,” Elizabeth Graham, vice president of Texas Right to Life, said in an interview. “We hope that pregnant women will have all the resources they need to be empowered to choose life. We are celebrating this and thanking God for the blessing of this law.” Her group has already created a ‘Pro-Life Whistleblower’ website that encourages users to supply anonymous tips about people they believe have violated the law. Faith-based perspectives are forcing their beliefs that abortions are wrong in “God’s” eyes and that those people are blessed to be with child. Based on the “Pro-Life Whistleblower” website they make it very hard for women to get abortions because if they get the abortion or attempt it they could get sued for $10k and have to keep an unwanted fetus. Relating back to the laws around abortion, “The new law that came into effect in September outlaws most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is usually around six weeks into a pregnancy. There are exceptions for medical emergencies, though those are not clearly defined in the law, and no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.” To break this down, in Texas they outlaw abortions before most mothers even know they're pregnant and they make it impossible for the mother to make the choice even in cases of rape or incest. This means that people who’ve already gone through a very traumatic event can’t get the help they need which will result in the fetus being a reminder of the event or to the mother attempting a “home-made” abortion. Relating back to religion and abortions, people think that abortion laws are unrelated to religion. Rather, they are related to many religious beliefs, which in the end violates our First Amendment rights.
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Lynn Girven
11/28/2021 02:13:58 pm
This is such an interesting position. Abortion laws actually fall under the 9th amendment and privacy, and that women can decide what to do with their body without anyone knowing. In fact during the Griswald v CT case, it was illegal to give contraceptive information to families that did not want more children. It is such a controversial issue, and thank you for a different perceptive of the issue in terms of amendments.
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