摘要
Dear Editor,In Roe v.Wade,Jane Roe,a rape survivor filed an abortion petition by challenging the constitutionality of Texas criminal abortion laws which imposed a complete ban on abortions except mother’s life was endangered.Further,the Texas District Court held that those abortion laws violate the petitioner’s fundamental right to privacy guaranteed under the USA Constitution;however,the said court rejected the interim injunction since the petitioner can obtain the relief as the abortion statutes were struck down as unconstitutional.In appeal,the Supreme Court of the United States(SCOTUS)held that the USA Constitution guarantees women’s reproductive rights until fetal viability(fetus’s ability to survive outside the mother’s womb,i.e.,before 24 weeks of pregnancy)under the substantive due process clause that protects citizens’fundamental rights from the government’s interference.[1]Further,the SCOTUS recognized the trimester system of abortion rights,i.e.,women have absolute abortion rights for the first trimester,states may impose certain limitations during the second trimester,and the states may restrict or ban abortions during the third trimester except when the mother’s life was endangered.
