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One of the basic questions every society mustface is which areas of behavior to leave to private choice and which to regulate in the interest of public good. It has been already been decided by the Supreme Court in Roe v.s. Wade that "the fundamental right to privacy protect6ed by the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment is broad enough to encompass a qualified right to abortion". Abortion is a very serious and complex

issue. The issue will not just disappear with legislation. The fact of the matter is regardless of it's legal status abortion is still going to

exist. There will be women who are still going to seek them, there will be men who will help arrange them and doctors, some not qualified who will still perform them. This is evident because before 1973 thousands of women died from back alley abortions. Legalizing abortion will allow women to have safe conditions, with qualified doctors and proper care. The government will still be able to uphold basic legal principles. As you can see abortion is much more than a woman's issue. Anytime a person's right

to act in their personal life without fear of prosecution is endangered it becomes a human rights issue. When the government takes away that right or interferes in this area that is the end of substantive due process. Once the government gets the right to tell you what you can and can't do with your own body that is the end of personal liberty. This intrusiveness will not end will abortion either it already has gone into marriage and other areas it does not belong. There also a definite question of human life. What happens when the mothers life in endangered or if a woman is raped or if the baby will have severe disorders? These are unfortunate things but they must be taken into account. Granted who is to make a decision about the quality of life ? Within parameters which I agree must be set it

is up to the individual. A personal feeling on...