Originally Posted by student2009

Hi,

I am a current high school senior that is taking a college prep Government class this summer. We have discussed a lot of issues including the Supreme Court class Roe v. Wade.

The class is made up of liberals and there is only a few conservatives. I personally am socially liberal but business wise I am conservative.

We've also discussed Plessy v. Ferguson, another famous Supreme Court case. Here is why I do not see abortion ever being illegal. Plessy v. Ferguson was decided in 1897 that made segregation legal. Many prominent black attorneys up until 1950 tried to have the law overturned and it was not until Thurgood Marshall and some really unforeseen events that it was overturned. I know, two different issues but each time it was brought to the Supreme Court they just stated "Plessy v. Ferguson". I believe that if someone even tried to bring the abortion issue back to the Supreme Court they would state "Row v. Wade" and not even consider overturning the ruling.

Now, here is why I do not think abortion should be illegal. Let me start off by saying that if I got a woman pregnant I probably would ask her not to have an abortion but I understand that ultimately it is her decision. There are a lot of people who believe abortion is not right; however, I do not think this justifies making it unavailable. People should be able to make there own decisions on what they want to do. Sure, you can have your opinion but that does not mean that it should be banned for everyone. It should not be unavailable.

One thing I also want to say is I realize Jon McCain in pro life. I respect Jon McCain very much and I have read his story in Vietnam and appreciate what he did for our country during that time but I truly believe that he is pro life only publicly. In a private situation I believe he would be pro-choice.

These are my opinions and I know some people maybe flaming after reading this post but please, post your views because I would love to read them.

Thanks