PROBLEMS OF LOGIC

There were several logical inconsistencies made by the Court in subsequent cases in the abortion area. Apparently forgetting that the right was initially predicated upon marital privacy, the Court went on to hold in a later case that a state could not constitutionally require parental consent prior to the performance of an abortion on an unmarrie minor! Where is the "marital privacy" where there is no marriage? The Court also held that a husband can have no say in the abortion decision. One might wonder how this involvement in such a decision could possibly infringe upon the privacy of a marriage to which he is, after all, a party.

[From 'A Resource Manual']