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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.
Associate Justice Potter Stewart concurred with the Court's majority opinion on the basis that liberty extends to a women's right to [[Pro-choice|"choose"]] to end her pregnancy through abortion. Stewart cited the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] to further argue that the woman's interests should be protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade/Concurrence_Stewart]</ref> However, Stewart had only interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment in a very biased manner to support his personal opinion, as the phrase "no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law" should technically apply to unborn children and not just the mother.
Associate Justice [[Potter Stewart]] concurred with the Court's majority opinion on the basis that liberty extends to a women's right to [[Pro-choice|"choose"]] to end her pregnancy through abortion. Stewart cited the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] to further argue that the woman's interests should be protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade/Concurrence_Stewart]</ref> However, Stewart had only interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment in a very biased manner to support his personal opinion, as the phrase "no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law" should technically apply to unborn children and not just the mother.
Associate Justice [[William O. Douglas]] noted in his concurrence that legalizing abortion is part of "protecting privacy" and that sometimes these decisions need to be made by the mother, as he listed pregnancy discomforts, supposed higher mortality rates, mental and physical health burdens, and even lifelong stigma as possible reasons for allowing abortion. Rather than give much rational nor logical explanation, Douglas exaggerated the notion of constitutional rights and offered examples of possible incidents to support his biased opinion.<ref>[http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/pdf/Roe_Douglas_Concurrence.pdf]</ref>
Associate Justice [[Thurgood Marshall]] also concurred with the Court's majority opinion<ref[https://www.lifenews.com/2010/05/19/nat-6347/]</ref>, though any possible documents of his statements regarding his opinion have yet to be found.
===Dissents===
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