EOC WEEK 2

EOC. Week 2 -Supreme Court

Abortion

Abortion’s is back on the Supreme Court Docket. There are 2 cases that are back on the Supreme Court docket right now. The one that interested me is McCullen v. Coakley. This involves the clash and differences between freedom of speech and the right to have an abortion without obstruction. This case has a buffer zone law, which prohibits protesters to be within 35 feet of abortion clinics. And it will discuss about the difference between free speech rights with the antiabortion to the right for women who seek abortion services without feeling harassed and any type of physical threat. They are saying that there is a thin line between freedom of speech before in turns into harassment.“Do you have the right to speak with a bullhorn right up to someone’s face?”  “At some point, speech becomes intimidation and harassment.

I think this is a hard and interesting case. I am pro choice but I also believe in freedom of speech.  I understand that people are against it, but I also think that it is every women’s choice to decided what she thinks is good for own body and what would be the best choice for her and the unborn child n the future. I could see how it would be intimidating to go a make such a hard life decision with angry protestors yelling at you who may not even understand what they are going through.

Works cited:

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/abortions_back_on_the_supreme_court_docket_20131008