Constitutional Amendments Relating to Abortion: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on S.J. Res. 17, S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 19, and S.J. Res. 110 ... October 5, 14, 19, November 4, 5, 12, 16, December 7, and 16, 1981, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - Abortion |
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... estimate that it costs taxpayers $ 75,000 to raise a child on welfare . We urge the Committee to recognize the benefits of the Roe v . Wade decision . Judith Senderowitz Executive Director Center for Population Options Statement ...
... estimate that it costs taxpayers $ 75,000 to raise a child on welfare . We urge the Committee to recognize the benefits of the Roe v . Wade decision . Judith Senderowitz Executive Director Center for Population Options Statement ...
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... estimated that about 200 fetuses showing signs of life were born in the United States in 1974 after medical induc- tion or hysterotomy . An estimated six or seven infants may have sur- vived ( Bok , 1976 ) . Reliable statistical data on ...
... estimated that about 200 fetuses showing signs of life were born in the United States in 1974 after medical induc- tion or hysterotomy . An estimated six or seven infants may have sur- vived ( Bok , 1976 ) . Reliable statistical data on ...
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... estimated from the percentage of respondents answer- ing " yes " ( P ' ) according to the fol- lowing formula : P = 100P ' ( 100 Q ) P " Q p " is the proportion of respond- ents born in March , which is known to be , say , 8.3 percent ...
... estimated from the percentage of respondents answer- ing " yes " ( P ' ) according to the fol- lowing formula : P = 100P ' ( 100 Q ) P " Q p " is the proportion of respond- ents born in March , which is known to be , say , 8.3 percent ...
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... estimated within narrow limits . The major shortcoming is the occasional occurrence of ex- tremely high values for certain subpopulations , such as older women . Abortion ratios per 1,000 known pregnancies can never exceed 1,000 and are ...
... estimated within narrow limits . The major shortcoming is the occasional occurrence of ex- tremely high values for certain subpopulations , such as older women . Abortion ratios per 1,000 known pregnancies can never exceed 1,000 and are ...
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... estimates have ranged up to 55 million ( IPPF , 1974 ) , corresponding to an abortion rate of around 70 per 1,000 women ... estimated 50,000 in 1969 to around 200,000 in 1970 , with most of the increment in the second half of that year ...
... estimates have ranged up to 55 million ( IPPF , 1974 ) , corresponding to an abortion rate of around 70 per 1,000 women ... estimated 50,000 in 1969 to around 200,000 in 1970 , with most of the increment in the second half of that year ...
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Page 672 - We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights— older than our political parties, older than our school system. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
Page 372 - Amendment's reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
Page 476 - The present case, then, concerns a relationship lying within the zone of privacy created by several fundamental constitutional guarantees. And it concerns a law which, in forbidding the use of contraceptives rather than regulating their manufacture or sale, seeks to achieve its goals by means having a maximum destructive impact upon that relationship.
Page 314 - In view of all this, we do not agree that, by adopting one theory of life, Texas may override the rights of the pregnant woman that are at stake.
Page 19 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 471 - We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, at this point in the development of man's knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer.
Page 80 - ... (b) For the stage subsequent to approximately the end of the first trimester, the State, in promoting its interest in the health of the mother, may, if it chooses, regulate the abortion procedure in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health.
Page 695 - Even so, they are not of the very essence of a scheme of ordered liberty. To abolish them is not to violate a "principle of justice so rooted in the traditions and conscience of our people as to be ranked as fundamental.
Page 654 - In a line of decisions, however, going back perhaps as far as Union Pacific R. Co. v. Botsford, 141 US 250, 251 (1891), the Court has recognized that a right of personal privacy, or a guarantee of certain areas or zones of privacy, does exist under the Constitution...
Page 654 - These decisions make it clear that only personal rights that can be deemed "fundamental" or "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty" are included in this guarantee of personal privacy. They also make it clear that the right has some extension to activities relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, and child rearing and education.