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Dawn Johnsen is a distinguished American lawyer and legal scholar, recognized for her expertise in constitutional law and public policy. Born on August 14, 1961, she has made substantial contributions to the legal field and has been actively involved in various legal and public policy issues throughout her career.

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“The woman is constantly aware for nine months that her body is not wholly her own: the state has conscripted her body for its own ends. Thus, abortion restrictions 'reduce pregnant women to no more than fetal containers.'”

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“Statutes that curtail her abortion choice are disturbingly suggestive of involuntary servitude, prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment, in that forced pregnancy requires a woman to provide continuous physical service to the fetus in order to further the state's asserted interest.”

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“Progressives must not portray all abortions as tragedies. . . Senator Hillary Clinton, in a 2005 speech commendable for setting forth a prochoice, pro-prevention, pro-family agenda, took the aspiration a step in the wrong direction when she called for policy changes so that abortion 'does not ever have to be exercised or only in very rare circumstances.”

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“The experience is no longer traumatic; the response of most women to the experience is relief.”

Response Relief

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“The argument that women who become pregnant have in some sense consented to the pregnancy belies realityand others who are the inevitable losers in the contraceptive lottery no more 'consent' to pregnancy than pedestrians 'consent' to being struck by drunk drivers.'”

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“The 'terrorist' behavior of petitioners is remarkably similar to the conspiracy of violence and intimidation carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.”

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“Abortion restrictions 'reduce pregnant women to no more than fetal containers.'”

Abortion Pregnant Restriction Containers Pregnant Women

Author:Dawn Johnsen

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Born: August 14, 1961
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