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Line 24: − ====[[William Rehnquist]]====+ − William Rehnquist cited his dissent in Roe v. Wade on the argument that Roe's complaint does not justify nor give the court power to outlaw abortion restrictions in every state. He also listed 36 states with abortion restrictions to further argue his point in the general sense that powers not given to the federal government should be left to the states (also known as the [[Tenth Amendment]]).<ref>[https://college.cengage.com/polisci/eduspace/sources/civil_liberties/hmps_roevwade_dissent.html]</ref>+ − ====[[Byron White]]====+ − Byron White's dissent in Roe v. Wade was owed to his findings that nowhere in the Constitution supports the majority of the Court's opinion. He is known to have said: "The Court simply fashions and announces a new constitutional right for pregnant mothers, and, with scarcely any reason or authority for its action, invests that right with sufficient substance to override most existing state abortion statutes." White also concluded that the Court's majority opinion values convenience over potential life and that its ruling in prohibiting the protection of that potential life was unacceptable to him.<ref>[http://www.americasfuture.net/2001/jan01/01-0121a.html]</ref>
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The "health of the mother" was defined to include the physical, psychological, and emotional health of the mother. There can be no requirement that the abortion reason be reported to anyone. The upshot is that any pregnant woman could get an abortion for any reason throughout the entire nine months as a constitutional right, provided that she could find an abortionist to do it.
The "health of the mother" was defined to include the physical, psychological, and emotional health of the mother. There can be no requirement that the abortion reason be reported to anyone. The upshot is that any pregnant woman could get an abortion for any reason throughout the entire nine months as a constitutional right, provided that she could find an abortionist to do it.
===Dissents===
===Dissents===
[[William Rehnquist]] cited his dissent in ''Roe v. Wade'' on the argument that Roe's complaint does not justify nor give the court power to outlaw abortion restrictions in every state. He also listed 36 states with abortion restrictions to further argue his point in the general sense that powers not given to the federal government should be left to the states (also known as the [[Tenth Amendment]]).<ref>[https://college.cengage.com/polisci/eduspace/sources/civil_liberties/hmps_roevwade_dissent.html]</ref>
[[Byron White]]'s dissent in ''Roe v. Wade'' was owed to his findings that nowhere in the Constitution supports the majority of the Court's opinion. He is known to have said: "The Court simply fashions and announces a new constitutional right for pregnant mothers, and, with scarcely any reason or authority for its action, invests that right with sufficient substance to override most existing state abortion statutes." White also concluded that the Court's majority opinion values convenience over potential life and that its ruling in prohibiting the protection of that potential life was unacceptable to him.<ref>[http://www.americasfuture.net/2001/jan01/01-0121a.html]</ref>
==Subsequent jurisprudence==
==Subsequent jurisprudence==