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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
Supreme Court of the United States (1988)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS..............................i

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES..........................ii

INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE......................1

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT............................6

ARGUMENT.......................................8

  1. ABORTION SHOULD NOT UNIVERSALLY BE
    DEEMED A "FUNDAMENTAL" RIGHT; ITS
    CHARACTERIZATION AS SUCH SHOULD DEPEND
    ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE
    CLAIMED RIGHT
    .............................8

    In Typical Cases, Where the Constitutional Source of the Abortion Right is the Personal Liberty/Our Process Clause, Its Exercise is Not "Fundamental"

    Abortion Does Become A "Fundamental" Right When It Necessary to Preserve the Mother's Life Or Is Mandated Under Her Religious Beliefs

  2. MISSOURI'S "FINDING" THAT HUMAN
    LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION VIOLATES THE
    ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
    .....................14

CONCLUSION....................................18

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