PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Issue, Bernard Nathanson, Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Stuart Chambers

Document Summary

Abortion laws (19th- 20th century)- british, american, and canadian cases from religious biases to secular perspectives: lord ellenborough"s act (1803): abortion after quickening (i. e. when movement is felt at. 16-20 weeks) was a felony carrying the death penalty, but pre-quickening abortion was a. -1(cid:890)(cid:891)5 (cid:523)no abortion even to save women"s life(cid:524) Trial for life pro-choice (henry morgentaler: bodily control. Women are the primary host and, therefore, have the right to dictate over body: legal personhood. Every person receives legal rights (fetuses not legal persons: verona parkinson. Abortion was necessary to protect life and health of mothers (cid:523)morgentaler was a (cid:498)good. Framers of the constitution meant that personhood meant (cid:498)everyone(cid:499) possesses legal rights (including fetuses). Mrs. k: she felt that an abortion was psychologically damaging to her. Court"s decision influence by: the badgley report on the abortion law. July 1, 2008: morgentaler, now 85, receives the order of canada.