Not just liberty, Roe v. Wade legitimised extinguishing the American woman’s right to life

In a country where 20 percent of pregnant women face violence, and several are prone to life-altering injuries and health conditions, pregnancy must be examined as an inherently violent circumstance, posing fatal consequences to women, globally, everyday. In the post-Roe U.S., we must collectively acknowledge that this is not a simple contest between the foetus’s right to life and women’s right to liberty and privacy. It is the woman’s survival that is on the line.
Not just liberty, Roe v. Wade legitimised extinguishing the American woman’s right to life
Hannah Zobair

Hannah Zobair is a third-year law student at the University of Chicago Law School.

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