The article, “Aborting Roe: Jane Roe Questions the Viability of Roe v. Wade”, was written by Andrew A. Adams. Mr. Adams is an attorney in Houston, Texas and is on the Board of Directors for the Texas Review of Law and Politics. In this article, Mr. Adams’ discusses the reasons that Norma McCorvey, (formally known as Jane Roe), now wants the Supreme Court’s decision to be overturned regarding a women’s right to have an abortion. Mr. Adams’ creates a thesis in his article that he feels support the reasons why Roe v. Wade should be overturned. Adams’ main thesis and focus regarding this article is that, abortion actually causes more harm to women than good and that the Constitutional basis regarding abortion is political fiction. In the article the author questions at what point is a human life a citizen and when does a human life have a right of its own? The author believes that an unborn child should have the same protection of all other humans. …show more content…
To better understand McCorvey’s concerns it is easiest to begin by pointing out the reasoning behind the case of Roe. The two are completely opposite in the way they have changed the direction of each argument, regarding the right to protect women’s health issues. In 1973, Roe v. Wade refers to a Supreme Court ruling that a women’s right to an abortion fell under the Privacy Act of the U.S Constitution under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Roe argued that the right to an abortion should be allowed to protect the health of women and the potential of a human life and that this falls under the constitutional right to protect the freedoms and privacy of all