VICII: Roe v. Wade - A Victory for Women and Girls

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"Roe v. Wade decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1973 was a victory based on the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, Roe guaranteed that "persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States and that 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.

Under this historic amendment passed during Reconstruction after the Civil War in 1868, which guaranteed to freed formerly enslaved persons citizenship, women being born are persons and therefore citizens of the United States and the State in which they reside and are therefore entitled to have their rights to life and liberty respected and guaranteed by the State. Roe v. Wade stated that women and girls were moral agents and citizens who had the right to make their own medical decisions free of government interference.

Justine Snow, Esq., is an attorney and Public Defender in Florida. She is a graduate of Burlington College in Vermont and a graduate of Southern Coastal Law School in Florida. She is a scholar who studies the Constitution and practices law to make constitutional liberties a reality."

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Production Date: 02/09/2022
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Series: VICII
Length: 00:54:59
Town: Burlington
Geography: National
Event Type: General
Content Type: Other
Live Type: Web

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