In a recent case before a Pennsylvania Court, the plaintiff and ex-boyfriend of a 22-year-old woman attempted to prevent her from having an abortion. Sylvia Law, a Professor of Law at New York University, made the following comments on the case. "The law on the question of fathers' or husbands' capability to veto a woman's ability to have an abortion has always been that it's completely
unconstitutional." She concludes by noting that the case was "straightforward" and should have been rejected out of hand. What inferential assumption does Professor Law make? (Source: New York Times, 8/6/02)
a. If it is constitutional to allow fathers or husbands to veto a woman's ability tohave an abortion, then her constitutional rights are in jeopardy.
b. There are no constitutional grounds for courts to veto a woman's ability tohave an abortion.
c. Regardless of what the constitution says on the matter, an ex-boyfrienddoes not have the legal standing to prevent a woman from having anabortion.
d. If it is unconstitutional to allow fathers or husbands to veto a woman's abilityto have an abortion, then it certainly unconstitutional to allow an exboyfriend to veto a woman's ability to have an abortion.
d
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