First this prove that over half the population still believes this is true. The majority of polls show that 60% of people believe that abortion should not be allowed on demand but only to save the life of the mother and in the cases of rape and incest.

Second, the issue of Roe v Wade is not settled, if it were, there would not be the large amount of discussion about the case. Nor is Roe v Wade settled law. Roe v Wade has been the precedent for 33 years, although that may seem a long time, remember Separate but Equal was the law of the land for 58 years before being overturned by the Supreme Court.

Part of living in a society is accepting the beliefs of others sometimes as law. People believe that drugs are harmful and should not be legal and they are illegal. People believe that it is wrong for a woman to sell her body as in prostitution and thus it is illegal. This is part of society, weighing the benefits of the most sometimes at the expense of the least. Furthermore this is not about imposing beliefs, but rather about a civil right, do we as a people have the right to deny rights to an entire class of citizens?? As time has shown us, eventually the courts have come around and ensured that this has not happened, perhaps one day they will do so again. The Declaration of Independence listed life as the first inalienable right.

In the year prior to Roe v Wade there were 41 deaths from abortion, not the thousands that we so often hear about. If abortion were made illegal, perhaps the culture of free sex would change, and people would be more willing to control their urges for self-gratification at all costs. Furthermore, many conservatives believe that this is a decision that should not be made by the courts and the federal government but rather by the states. California and New York allowed abortions prior to the passage of Roe v Wade.

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