QEP ASSIGNMENT FOUR

Final Film Critique

Martin Gutierrez

[Institutional Affiliation(s)]

Author Note

QEP Assignment Four

Regardless of a person’s caste, creed, gender, nation, religion or economic status, every person receives human rights. These rights are known as moral principles that show certain standards of human behaviour. Rights are important for the good standard of living, as they secure the interest of people. There is a great controversy going on in some states of America. A law states that no state can deprive any person of liberty, life or property, but recently in the state of Texas and Alabama, a bill was introduced which states that women are not allowed to have abortion in any case except to save the life of a pregnant woman. It was also said that any woman who seek the procedure of abortion could be prosecuted for murder and for that she will be sentenced to death ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"0YTLWzNg","properties":{"formattedCitation":"({\\i{}Texas Constitution and Statutes - Home})","plainCitation":"(Texas Constitution and Statutes - Home)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":87,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WcSf8WB9/items/8G94RL5N"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WcSf8WB9/items/8G94RL5N"],"itemData":{"id":87,"type":"webpage","title":"Texas Constitution and Statutes - Home","URL":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",10,14]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Texas Constitution and Statutes - Home). It was also said that the person who will perform abortion will be fined and imprisoned according to the law. This affected women a lot and it created a great controversy in the country.

There are a number of hurdles that stand in the way of abortion bill and one of them is the constitutional law which holds human rights. According to the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction, the equal protection of the laws ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"70fi7uRA","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}14th Amendment\\uc0\\u8221{})","plainCitation":"(“14th Amendment”)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":83,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WcSf8WB9/items/SFS8II7J"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WcSf8WB9/items/SFS8II7J"],"itemData":{"id":83,"type":"webpage","title":"14th Amendment","container-title":"LII / Legal Information Institute","URL":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv","language":"en","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",10,14]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“14th Amendment”).” Clause of fourteenth amendment clearly says that no state is allowed to enforce a law which shall crop the privileges of citizen. However, the abortion bill states that if the doctor performs an abortion, it would be unconstitutional and strict action will be taken against him. It includes that a person who is involved in abortion will be fined and imprisoned. Doctors are very much concerned about their jobs and life as according to the bill. Physicians who perform abortions could face up to 99 years in prison. The bill is affecting women and physicians equally. But women on the other hand can claim that their constitutional right is being violated if the doctor refuses to do the process of abortion as constitutional law secures privacy rights and right of freedom. The constitutional law gives “Right to privacy” to people. As every person has right to privacy, so getting pregnant or having abortion is something personal and private to a woman, but the abortion bill is somehow interfering in the private life of a woman. Some of the women believe that abortion is health care and banning abortion is like a war on them and they have to fight for their rights. To carry a baby is an individual’s decision as part of the individual rights guaranteed by the constitution, so women can use this as their legal right to take action against a doctor who will refuse to perform abortion.

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References

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY “14th Amendment.” LII / Legal Information Institute, https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv. Accessed 14 Oct. 2019.

Texas Constitution and Statutes - Home. https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/. Accessed 14 Oct. 2019.