Essay On Taking A Stand In History

The Roe v. Wade law disallowed abortion by fabricated means aside from when the mother's life was in jeopardy. The act was translated as a “nearly complete ban on abortion.” (Hoffer, Peter. Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History, 2nd Edition (Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Kansas: University Press of Kansas. 2010. Print.) Roe believed that a woman had the right to end her pregnancy, while wade believed that our State had a responsibility to defend that unborn child . Disputed from the point it was discharged, Roe v. Wade politically separated the country tremendously, and keeps on to inspire intense discussions, legislative issues, and even brutality today.

It was 2052 and the government was cencholing everyone. No one was happy because they was canceled by the government and they couldn’t go anywhere unless they tell the government . The government wouldn’t let you live unless they know where you are going. And if you didn’t tell them where you was going they would hurt you. No one would stand up for what they thank because they were afraid they would be beat.

Even to this day, women have not reached maximum equality, but the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade has helped the women’s equality movement drastically take a step in the right direction. Prior to the case, women had their rights very limited and restricted. Everyone was and still is entitled to their basic rights, however pregnant women were not. Their first, fourth, fifth, ninth, and fourteenth amendment rights were violated and were not addressed until Jane Roe testified in court. The decision made by the court still has a lasting impact even to this day. The landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was not just a win for Jane Roe, but a win for all women as it helped break the barrier that surrounded women’s equality.

For Cause and Comrades by James M. McPherson consists of mostly of soldiers’ diaries and letters home as to why the men were fighting the Civil War. The initial motivation the union and confederacy sustain throughout the story proves that personal honor is valued more than their lives.

Should people have to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? I believe that people should have to stand for the Pledge, but being forced to say it is wrong. America has given you the great opportunity of living in a free country. Though you should still be involved in their traditions just to show that you enjoy being here, and that you care about the people who have given you that opportunity to live here.

Wade Clarke D. Forsythe also does a great job with his style and methodology of writing. As it was mentioned before, he is very aware of his audience who are reading this book and how not everyone is as knowledgeable in legal terms and procedures as he is. He goes step by step in detail into how the Justices made their mistakes throughout this whole process leading up to their 1973 decision. He starts with cases leading up to Roe v. Wade. For example, in the first half of the book, he goes through three important cases leading up to Roe. According to Forsythe, “the desire of a 4-3 bloc of Justices to sweep aside the procedural issues to create a right to abortion in December 1971 is better understood by three cases that preceded Roe v. Wade: Griswold v. Connecticut, Eisenstadt v. Baird, and United States v. Vuitch” (pg. 24). Another thing that the author does a good job with when he describes what is happening in the case, then he will explain the mistakes, but then back it up with varies sources from other scholars, researchers, and other organizations. For example, he uses Howard Moody, the founder of the Clergy Consultation Service when discussing poll statistics about

The topic I wanted to focus on for my iSearch was abortion and how people can advocate. My inquiry question was; How can I support a woman’s right to choose during this administration? The goal I had was to learn about ways I can advocate, without flying across the country to attend a march or doing something that would take too much time away from school. The main topics related to my iSearch were the history of abortion rights, whether or not the leaders of our country support abortion or not, and easy ways people can advocate in their daily life. What I learned from researching my topic was that when the earliest settlers came, abortion was common, legal, and advertised and the main reason it was made illegal was because doctors wanted to keep untrained practitioners from taking their patients.

Roe v. Wade was then as it is now, a hot subject button. Women were still fighting for equal rights in society. The issue at hand was a woman able to make decisions if they could terminate a pregnancy, and if not, was it considered taking a life. The case was somewhat settled by a decision from the Supreme Court.

In the 1970s, the supreme court made a momentous controversial decision, determining that the death of a placenta is decided by the child carrier. Due to this decision abortion seemed like a way to get rid of unexpected pregnancy, determining whether you have a disabled child or not, and much more. During this time, a nurse named Sallie Tisdale wrote the essay “We do Abortions Here: A nurse Story” which is based on her own personal experience in the world of medicine. Sallie uses many emotional techniques to evoke a response from her audience, yet Sallie never lets the readers know her side to this issue by addressing both sides equally. In this essay, Sally explains the emotions and thoughts she experiences working as a nurse in an abortion clinic, showing her dual side perspective in the process. Sally argues on two sides, “Pro-life” and “Pro-Choice”, she speaks about both sides evenly to allow the audience to make a choice with no external bias.

The movie Rebel without a Cause presents the social issue that both teenagers and their parents in the time struggle for locating themselves into the right and appropriate social identities, yet they also have the difficulty of facing this issue. For the adults, they tend to dodge the fact that they should undertake the responsibilities of guiding their children during the awkward and confusing period of growing into adults. On the other hand, the adolescences often behave radically and dangerously in order to fight their places in the society and caught up parents' attentions. The film illustrates the conflicts on genders ideologies by presenting the constant argues between Jim's parents and even his grandmother. Additionally, the film questions about the correctness of the role model from the teenagers' perspectives.

Book March three is about making history. On how some people were willing to do anything to get their right for everyone? It also about bringing people together to end measly to say it wasn’t an easy task .March book three details the racisms and how people dealt with-it.

When I first heard the theme for this years History Day, People Who Took a Stand, I had no idea who to choose. I struggled with choosing someone because I couldn’t find a person who really captured my attention. That’s when my teacher suggested William Wilberforce, and after brief research I instantly decided I wanted to do my report about him! I ultimately chose to do William Wilberforce because his determination to take a stand really intrigued me.

‘The History Boys’ written by Alan Bennett is a play that explores the theme of love between the characters. The action of the play takes place in all-boys grammar school in Sheffield, in the 1980’s where it focuses on a group of sixth intelligent boys with fighting for the chance to gain scholarships to go to either Oxford or Cambridge. Bennet gives an insight of what the education was like in the north of England in the 1980’s. During this time the play was originated under Thatcher’s conservative regime. Throughout the play Bennett shows the relationship between Hector one of the teachers and his students.

Today women have more rights than they have ever had, but it came at a price. Over 40 years ago a case brought before the U.S. Supreme Court laid the foundation for women who wanted to have a choice, this choice was abortion. The famous case Roe v. Wade paved the path for women all over the United States to make their choice in the matter of pregnancy. However, there have been several activist groups that feel no matter what this is wrong, these groups result to violence that have been said to be a form a domestic terrorism. In 2003, Norma McCorvy, know has Jane Roe in the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, changed her

According to brainy quotes, David McCullough an american author and historian once said, “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are” (“History Quotes”). David Mccullough is saying that history is about us, it’s a part of everyone, it’s a part of who we are. Howard Zinn says that history is about the future it’s about us. Though some might see that his interpretations are saying that our history doesn’t matter and isn’t about us today. Because Zinn reveals that we need to see all sides of history because it is about our future, which evokes the idea that history is about us today.