You have a right that they decided was protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. This affected forty-six of the fifty states, and all were required to change their laws to accommodate the court's ruling in Roe v. Wade. Justice Blackmun wrote the court's majority opinion (Roe v. Wade, LII). However, Judge Rehnquist wrote the dissenting opinion in this case. It states that Judge Rehnquist “however fundamentally disagrees with those portions of it which invalidate the Texas statute in question, and therefore dissents” (Roe v. Wade, LII). You further state that you respectfully dissent and disagree with the court. This ruling expanded women's rights to terminate a pregnancy during the first trimester. It has affected many women who have or have had unwanted or unexpected pregnancies. Many women today have abortions, however it is still a very controversial topic. A popular view held by many scientists is that life begins at the first heartbeat, although many continue to hold that life begins at conception. This causes controversy because if life begins at conception then many murders have been committed.