...1803 through the case of Marbury v. Madison. Since then the Court has ruled on the constitutionality of laws throughout the United States. Two more recent landmark cases are Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. These cases focused on women’s reproductive rights, such as abortion and a state’s rights to restrict abortions based on the constitutional rights. Roe v. Wade took place in the early 1970’s. The 1960’s were a time of hippies, peace and “flower power.” Going into the 1970’s women were demanding respect and equal rights. (“Roe v. Wade.” United States History) Norma McCorvey, also known as...
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...the child and the quality of life that you can provide them at this point in your life. What do you do? No matter your decision, the fact is that you should have a choice and not be controlled by the government on what you want to do with your body. This has been an issue in our society for many years and will continue to be around for many years to come. Our government should not be able to make the these kind of decisions for women in which they will have to live with for the rest of their lives. Women must have the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion because of the circumstances surrounding the pregnancy, the constitutionality of the issue, and the health concerns of the mother and baby. During a lifetime, people encounter an infinite number of circumstances, some of which they cannot control. Circumstances surrounding a woman’s pregnancy become the basis of her decision whether or not to have an abortion. Some women grow up in dysfunctional homes, where they are subject to sexual abuse by family members. Many times, this sexual...
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...Abortion Abortion always has been a touchy subject for people to speak of. There are groups who believe in pro-choice and groups who believe in pro-life. Whichever side is chosen, people are entitled to their own opinions. There are arguments for both sides that support personal, religious, and cultural beliefs. My views on the subject is pro-choice. All women should be able to decide what happens to their bodies and no person or government should be allowed to force that decision upon us. According to the article in the New York Times, “Voters Speak on Abortion Rights,” “Florida voters rejected the proposed amendment to the State Constitution that would prohibit abortion coverage as part of the health plans for state workers and Medicaid recipients” (The New York Times, 2012). By prohibiting abortion coverage, once again the government is forcing their beliefs on women. Without coverage, it will be difficult for women to decide what they want to do with their bodies because they will not have access to insurance coverage and will not be able to afford an abortion. We were born as United States Citizens and we were given the rights to be protected by discrimination. Taking our rights away by not allowing us to choose what happens to our bodies is discrimination against all women. Whether women believe in abortions or not, their rights against freedom of choice is unquestionably violated. The credibility, reliability, and validity of this article is dependable...
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...Abortion is one of the most persistently controversial and debated issues in American politics, culture, and media today. While it is depicted as a two-sided argument, with constituents being either prochoice or prolife, the debate over abortion is overwhelmingly multifaceted and involves an extensive look into the healthcare, biology, ethics, morality, and constitutional rights that affect the issue. It is definitively impractical to generate a logically consistent position on abortion without being subject to abandoning another beliefs, let alone attempting to find a middle ground. Yet with any heated debate, the issues cannot methodically be traced into the confines of black and white. In trying to vindicate or denounce abortion, it is often necessary to observe the grey as we attempt to deduce whether, if ever, abortion can be justified. The abortion debate begins with the moral status of the fetus If the fetus has no rights then the abortion is not an issue, but if the fetus does indeed have rights, then abortion does not solely concern the freedom of the mother, rather it constitutes the deliberate destruction of a human being with personal freedom. However, in the cases of self-defense, just war, and capital punishment, don’t we a society allow the murder of human beings, each with their own set of personal freedoms? Implicit in the claim that it is unethical to kill a human being deliberately is the idea that we have rights because we are human beings therefore can...
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...In a battle of morality between the right to life and the right to choose, which outweighs the other? Some claim that without rights, it is as though one’s life is forgo-ed. Yet others advocate that certain decisions and needs go beyond the freedom of choice. This controversial debate of freedom of choice extends across many issues, ranging from the choice to commit suicide to the abortion of the baby. Here in lies the problem for abortion: what right does one have to determine whether another should live? It’s no longer just one life that we’re dealing with, but the life of an innocent victim. Steven Poole mentions in his book ‘Unspeak’, about the idea of complex messages in terms used. Also could be known as the ‘reading between the lines’ that we rarely do. He brings up the example of ‘pro-life’ versus ‘pro-choice’. The previously known ‘pro-abortionists’ changed their names to ‘pro-choice’, using a softer tactic. This appealed to the idea of giving women the rights and individual responsibility on whether or not to have the baby. More importantly, it subtly cast the opposing team in the negative light-as dictators that are ‘anti-choice’. The opposing team was quick to catch on and swiftly reformed themselves as ‘pro-life’. This automatically placed their adversaries in the position of ‘anti-life’ or rather ‘pro-death’, appealing to the innate and sacred value of ‘life’. Poole very aptly points out that in a ‘conceptual battle’ of morals between life and choice, ‘life’...
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... ABORTION-PRO-CHOICE ESSAY As American’s and women we have the right to freedom and independence, with that concept, I believe that our government needs to trust that women have the capability to choose what is best for their future. Our society should respect women’s independence and grant them the freedom to decide what is right. This issue is important to me because history has shown that restricting abortions, not only undermines women, but can also be very dangerous. I believe that a woman should be able to abort under reasonable circumstance and during a certain time. A woman has a right to choose, No one should not be able to control what a woman does with her body. By granting women the right to choose, this does not permit her to kill, but to decide what is best for all persons involved. Many situations show that abortion may be the best for the parents and the unborn child. Situations such as rape or incest prove that it is not the woman’s fault and not fair to the mother or the unborn child to pay for it. There are other situations such as if the mother carries a disease it can be passed on, or if the parents are unfit to raise a family at the time. Any case however, should be between the two individuals involved and not the government. In the past, there have been many cases when abortions were restricted, and women went ahead to find other ways to get it done. Women had to have abortions done in unsafe alleys by complete...
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...Rewards of the Student of Midwifery," but the last portion of the lecture also dealt with the sharp increase in induced abortion and with what David Humphreys Storer argued was a direct result, the increase in women's diseases. David Humphreys Storer's son, Dr. Horatio Robinson Storer, is credited as the founder of the "physicians' crusade against abortion," and Horatio repeatedly credited this lecture of his father as the stimulus for his crusade. The Introductory Lecture was traditionally published as a pamphlet, and this was true for David Humphreys Storer's Lecture, as well. However, at the request of Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, Professor of Surgery at the Medical College, the abortion portion of the lecture was omitted from the pamphlet. Unnecessary abortion was a taboo and controversial topic in 1855, and one reason for suppression was that publication would lead to the condemnation of New England because induced abortion was prevalent. It also was believed that publication would reflect badly on the Medical College and cause fewer students to enroll, reducing the fees students paid directly to their professors. Although the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal was typically controlled by the Medical College, its editors, William W. Morland and Francis Minot, bravely criticized the medical school faculty for suppressing the anti-abortion segment of the Introductory Address. One passage from their December 1855 editorial on the Introductory Lecture read: ...
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...ENGL 1001 – 22 Catherine Joseph September 25, 2012 Annotated Bibliography Abortion: Parental Consent Abortion is defined as the removal of a fetus or embryo from the uterus or a termination of pregnancy. The abortion debate is full of controversy as two opposing groups (pro-life/pro-choice) argue about the legal and ethical issues surrounding the debate. Sarah Glazer, author of the article “Roe v. Wade at 25,” discusses the 1973 Supreme Court cases that legalized abortion, which thus sparked unprecedented social change and the unsettling debate of abortion. One major aspect regarding this issue is parental consent; it is still undetermined [on both a state and federal level] whether parents should be involved in a minor’s decision to terminate a pregnancy. The following sources provide both pro-life and pro-choice perspectives over whether parental consent should be required or not. Many of the sources supported the idea of parental consent through a pro-life perspective. In Charles S. Clark’s article titled, “Teenagers and Abortion,” he expresses the idea of how parents have the right to be involved in any medical decisions regarding their child and suggests that teens may be too immature to make a grave, life-changing decision on their own. Hyman Rodman, author of “Should Parental Involvement be Required for Minors Abortions,” expresses the idea of how parental consent can benefit teens as they are able to make a better decision about their pregnancy with the input of...
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...In his article “Abortion and Infanticide”, Michael Tooley offers an extreme, pro-choice argument that abortion is morally permissible at any time. According to Tooley, a fetus lacks a right to life throughout an entire pregnancy. In addition, after birth there is a period of time in which an infant lacks a right to life as well. Infanticide is morally permissible if nobody wants to raise the infant who has recently been born. Tooley believes that it is a requirement that we must desire life in order to have a right to live. He offers only a few exceptions, including: indoctrination, suicidal depression, and temporary unconsciousness. Tooley supports his argument with various premises, but ultimately backs his case with the fact that self-consciousness is necessary to having the right to life. Tooley argues that there is a strong connection between the rights that we have as individuals and the desires we possess. Simply stated, rights secure for individuals the things that they desire. For example, as individuals we desire life, liberty and happiness. Our very own Declaration of Independence states that we have “a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” There can’t be a more clear-cut example to demonstrate Tooley’s connection between rights and desires. If an individual desires something, then as other individuals we have an obligation not to deprive them of it. However, only those who have experiences and other mental states are capable of having desires...
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...To have human nature on earth, one needs to have human body and human soul regardless of how minimal it is. 5 MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF ABORTION… Abortion is when a pregnancy is ended so that it doesn't result in the birth of a child. Sometimes it is called 'termination of pregnancy'. There are two types of abortion treatment, 'Medical' and 'Surgical' abortion. Medical abortion makes use of the abortion pills. Some women feel that a medical abortion is a more natural process. While surgical abortion involves a quick, minor operation. Sometimes abortion happens on its own. In this case it is called miscarriage or spontaneous abortion. But women can also choose to end a pregnancy by getting surgery or taking medicine....
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...The debate over abortion has been the cause of many a heated discussion among conservatives and liberals for many decades. With the advent of the American feminist movement in the 1920s, women have been engaged in the effort of having and maintaining control over their sexual and reproductive rights. Abortion itself was banned in the U.S. from the beginning of the 20th century until the early 1970s, which meant many women resorted to the dangerous option of having an abortion performed out of sight of the law. In 1973, the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade overturned laws prohibiting abortion performed during the first trimester. Despite this court ruling, abortion still remains a contentious subject to this day. In recent years, there have been several underhanded attempts to all but reverse the rights for which the Roe v. Wade decision paved the way. We have seen a dramatic rise in state provisions enacted to restrict women’s access to abortion: In 2012, 43 provisions in 19 states were enacted, the second highest number of new abortion restrictions in one year, next to the whopping 92 provisions that were enacted in 2011. On July 18th, Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) signed House Bill 2, which could mean the closure of all but five abortion clinics in the state. One of the provisions of the law requires that all clinics must become ambulatory surgical centers, even if they do not provide surgical abortions; it also requires that abortion providers have admitting privileges at...
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...There have been many disputes over the question of legalized abortion. What I believe is, abortion is considered as killing. Every day, a hundred and fifteen thousand children are dying though abortion, a hundred and fifteen thousand. That means that five thousands children would die every hour. All those live, gone; all those potential, gone; all those hope in the future, gone. What is your baby is another Einstein or Michael Jackson? You just killed a genius and you don’t even know. But you know what? There are still many people out there are waiting for adoption. There are many women that are willing to get pregnant but they can’t, and there are many gay couples who would like to adopt a baby too. Now you probably think: “oh come on, you are only pro-life because you are a Christian.” Yes, there are many pro-life people that believe in a religious. For Christian, according to Bible: “Abortion is not a matter of a woman’s right to choose, it’s a matter of the life or death of a human being in God’s image”. But if you don’t believe in any religious, you only care about the baby’s life, than you should have noticed, telling the government to stop abortion by pushing them did not work. Because those people, they are still going find a way, even in a worse way. Those women, they still can find a doctor to do for them, and this doctor might be an illegal doctor. I read a quote online, “Any country that accepts abortion, is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to...
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...into the office where you work seeking birth control pills and advice?You know that her mother does not know that she is sexually active and is Catholic. Cindy is also 4 weeks pregnant and seeking advice about an abortion; she is 17-years old. I think that if i would be the one that is dealing with her, I would have to treat her as i would treat any other patient. I would tell her about the risks and outcome of having a abortion and the use of using birth control phyiscally and mentally. I know as a medical assistant that i would not be allowed to tell her what to do just inform her of the birth control and the advantages and disadvantages. As for the abortion topic i could give her information to read about it so she can think about all the pros and cons then decide based on that. You can not tell her what to do but just give her knowledge of using birth control and consequences if you don't protect yourself. Also you can tell her to learn more about abortion before making such a big decision. I would have to watch what i say to her friend because of the hippa laws and risk a lawsuit. What role does Roe v. Wade play in your assessment of the legal and ethical factors of this situation? Roe v. Wade did not legalize abortion. Before Roe, abortion on demand was already legal in several states, while it was available under restricted circumstances in many others, and all states recognized an exception to save the life of the mother. Roe v. Wade gives every female...
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...Universidad de las Américas. Mayor in R.R.I.I. EN361-22 Hills Peter Matthew Gálvez Manuel 76251 Abortion Controversy September 22, 2014 Abortion Controversy. Abortion is a very sensitive issue. Many people are constantly debating whether abortion should be allowed or not. Some people think abortion is very bad and that it should not be allowed at all. They think abortion is like committing murder as it is killing the human fetus. Others feel that the parents should have the right to choose and it is not murder until the baby is born. People who think it is bad say that the fetus is something alive, a human being who is partly formed and to do abortion is to kill it and commit murder. The people who think it is ok say that it is not murder until and unless the child is born. I think that abortion has to be seen about which stage the fetus is in. If it is in the very early stage, then it is not murder. But if it has already developed into a larger fetus, it can be considered as murder. There are other times when abortion is also fine. For example if there is a complication in pregnancy and the mother can suffer because of the child, it is ok to do abortion. It is important to understand the various ideas that go behind abortion. The right of an abortion for a mother should be left on her own decision as the mother knows best about her condition. She is going to be the 'host body' for the baby, even though her own, for nine months and according to Thompson, the mother...
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...Abortion is a very controversial social issue that has existed for many decades. The controversy behind this issue is caused by the different views that people and societies have regarding abortion. The social science disciplines of political science and religion will be used in getting a better understanding of the opposing views of abortion. In discussing the religious aspects of abortion, this paper will focus on the Jewish and Catholic views of abortion and how the two faiths effect an individual s decision upon having an abortion. When discussing the political controversy regarding abortion, this paper will discuss the abortion laws in Canada and the United States as well as the pro-choice and anti-choice movements of abortion. Society is greatly affected both socially and politically by abortions due to the different moralistic views regarding abortions and the controversies surrounding abortions. What are the views of the Catholic and Jewish religions on having abortions and how do their different views effect society? How is society effected by the political controversies behind abortions? Religion and Abortion Abortion is an issue that causes extreme divisions among various religious groups due to the laws of the religions, in particular, those of the Jewish and Christian religions. The Jewish religion is based on the belief in one G-d as well as respecting the laws that G-d imposed on the Jews. The Jewish people are expected to do what is just and merciful in the...
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