The Constitutional Morality of Abortion

Abstract

This article is grounded on the continued existence of a constitutional right on the part of women to make procreational choices, including, to at least some extent, abortion. Given that foundation, the purpose of the article is to examine the issue of abortion from a perspective that is typically ignored or misapplied in constitutional analysis, the morality of abortion. Indeed, in the debate over the legality of abortion, both proponents and opponents of abortion rights often seem to struggle unsuccessfully to fit their arguments concerning the morality of abortion into an appropriate constitutional context.