Feminism And Abortion

Before women had rights to decide whether they could keep their baby, some states didn’t allow abortion, therefore requiring women to give birth to their child. In today’s current issues, abortion is still a controversial subject with millions of people supporting it or not supporting it. Every woman has the right to make changes to her own physical body, and those rights should not be taken away, according to the constitution. In the very famous case in 1973, “Roe v. Wade”, the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion throughout the first trimester of pregnancy. In the article, “Roe’s Pro-Life Legacy”, it is explained how after this movement, the right to abortion, lives have changed and led to lower abortion rates (Sheilds 2013.)

Abortion continues to make a profound impact on public policies and remains one of the most controversial debate of our time. Though abortion continues to be a debate, it was not always a problematic one. Abortion has been present throughout history dating back to the ancient Egyptians, Greek and Roman. Before abortion became a crime in the 19th century, abortion was a womans choice. “Before abortion became the object of law, it was a subject of everyday life” (Roe v Wade BOOK p. 11). From early civilizations to today, abortion was and may still serve as a form of birth control. It has been observed that through abortion those of upper class avoided “unwanted childbearing and the lower classes used it to limit family size when 1 or more child

The issue of abortion is one of the most controversial topics of our time, but recently the amount of public interest has grown exponentially. A number of bills regarding this policy issue such as Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 and Child Interstate Notification Act have both greatly influenced the public’s opinion of abortion. Although, the issue of abortion hasn’t always been like this; according to Timeline of Abortion Laws and Events, an article from the Chicago Tribune, “The earliest anti-abortion laws were intended to protect women from untrained abortionists.” (Timeline) Since the 1973 passing of the Supreme Court Case, Roe V Wade, women have been able to obtain the abortion procedure in all 50 states, 46 of which were

In this this political science paper I will go into depth on the book Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood to discuss Kristen Luker’s central argument about why people are prolife and prochoice today. Some argue that the central disagreement between prochoice and prolife activist is when life actually begins. As the argument goes, if the country could agree on when that occurs then the argument over abortion would end. I’m going to discuss Luker’s central argument first then demonstrate my knowledge of Luker’s argument based on the justices’ argument, ideas, and comments. After that I will show how we see her argument play out in the Slate magazine article about the Supreme Court.

Adams, E. Jill. (2005). THE ABORTION RIGHTS CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA: A LEGAL READER. Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, 20, 308-320. Retrieved on February 26, 2017, from EBSCOhost database

Women’s reproductive rights have been endangered from early history. A woman’s job included housework and child birth. Around 1920, women started receiving their choices and rights. In the 21st century, women are looked at with fairness and receive equal opportunities, but there is one right being stripped from women: the choice of using birth control and aborting pregnancy. Society frowns upon aborting a fetus in the womb, but it fails to realize the circumstantial standing each woman is placed in and should accept the decision a woman decides for her future whether it is to use birth control or abort her pregnancy.

Abortion is the practice of termination of a human fetus within the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion has been around since at least “ancient times”. Women have been receiving medically-induced abortions since the 1800s. Before then, women were given abortions by ingesting mixtures of herbs, being impaled by a sharp object, or by having pressure applied to the abdominal area. It was not until the mid-1800’s that abortion was deemed illegal. After abortion was outlawed, women resulted to receiving illegal abortions, also known as “back-alley” abortions. “Back-alley” abortions were also a great resource for women who did not want to bear the stigma of abortion and did not want to be stereotyped. The abortion stigma and stereotypes weighs too heavily with negative connotation. The abortion stereotypes and stigma manifestations must be reduced and stopped because it is indispensable to women’s reproductive health.

The right to legal abortion began with the landmark case of Roe vs. Wade; however, there were several cases before that, dating back to the mid-1800s, when state legislatures moved to ban abortion despite this nation’s history since colonial times of allowing abortion prior to “quickening” (Gold, 80). They believed that abortion is immoral and mustn’t be legalized. Between 1967 and 1973, four states — Alaska, Hawaii, New York, and Washington — repealed their abortion bans, while 13 others enacted limited reforms (Ibid). In Griswold v. Connecticut (1968), an appeal of the criminal conviction of the executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut for providing contraceptives to married couples, the Supreme Court found that a state statute making it a crime to use birth control violated married couples’ right to privacy (ibid). On Friday, October 17, 2014, thousands of anti-abortion protesters descended Washington, even as abortion-rights activists loudly bemoan a rising mountain of state restrictions (Ibid). If the legal issues regarding abortion have been in the country for so long, why do some scholars advocate for

Abortion is one of the most talked about topics in teenage pregnancies. When researching abortion, you find many different view points and ideas to the situation. Some of the more obvious view points are those that are well known such as pro-life and Pro-Choice. Although people have abortions they don’t understand the side affects that come along with them.

As a trusted health care provider, Planned Parenthood has promoted an approach catering to women’s heath and well being respecting an individual’s right to make inform decision about health, sex, and family planning. Abortions only account for 3% of the overall services that this organization provides. From a human rights perspective, abortion is seen as the opportunity to give women control over their body and destiny (Pearson and Sweetman, 1994). In its decision, Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion (Planned Parenthood, 2014). Before abortions were legal, the failure to provide safe abortion procedure forced women to seek unsafe methods. Women who undergo unsafe abortion are at a higher risk of complications related to chronic morbidity, infertility, or psychological problems (Pearson and Sweetman, 1994). After the legalization of abortions, the U.S. seen a decrease in deaths from abortions from 3.4 deaths per 100,000 abortion to 1.3 by 1977 (Planned Parenthood,

Abortion is a process of when women doesn’t want or couldn’t afford to support the baby so she would try to terminate her pregnancy by going through abortion, however this isn’t a process that can be easily done, instead the process of abortion has many complications that affect women. There are both side for abortion either to be pro- choice or pro- life, both have organization that has complicated, reasonable, and strong views on abortion. Such as NARAL a pro- choice organization that has strong views of women having rights to choice to abort, in fact a article stated that “95% NARAL member approve legal abortion when there is a strong chance of a serious defect in the baby, when the woman is married and wants no more children, when a

Abortion is something that is constantly talked about by political leaders, religious leaders, single women, married women, the young, the old, and most everyone in between. Abortion is a topic that is sweeping through our nation on the tip of everyones’ tongues. Perhaps the largest debate about this is whether or not is okay to have an abortion. If it is only a fetus, is it murder? S.L.E.D. is a method demonstrated across the nation by Scott Klusendorf, in the case against abortion.

The few women that were allowed to have an abortion were also restricted by regulations that were “tailored” made by the facilities. Which means that less facilities were providing women with abortions and in some occasions women were forced to seek help in facilities that have less resources. On a research conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, “90% of abortions were performed in non hospital facilities: 64% in abortion clinics, 22% in other health clinics, and 4% in physicians’ offices” (Russo, Horn, & Schwartz, p. 186). These facilities often put women health at risk because sometimes they do not have other tools besides the ones needed for abortion. Not only were women constitutional rights being violated but, their privacy.

No longer should the typical feminist agenda main concern be abortion and whether or not birth control is covered by health care, but with the much bigger problem that exists in the world of almost every woman. The subconscious misogyny present in the thoughts and actions of all women should be the main concern for not only the women who identify as feminist, but every woman in the world. There ideals include the belief that only men should be allowed the freedom to be as emotionally and sexually expressive as they please, while a woman should only expect what is given to her by a man. When a woman goes against this idea and fights for her right to be expressive, she is

Abortion has been one of the hottest topics concerning women’s health care and reproductive rights. Tune into any presidential debate and you’ll notice candidates spending as much time discussing the topic as immigration, foreign policy, climate change, and gun control. There are a lot of misconceptions about the pro-choice movement but it can be explained in very simple terms. Being pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion, it simply means accepting that women have the choice to choose what they do with their bodies, not the government or anyone else. I believe strongly in this issue and believe that we should look at our past and not go back to a time where women did not have the same rights as men over their bodies. We are trying to become equal, not return to an era of submission. No man or government should have the power to control a women’s body; every person has a right to his/her own body. Abortion should be kept an easy, accessible, safe, and legal option for all women regardless of beliefs. We should be taking strides forward toward equality, not steps back. In the mid-twentieth century, second wave feminists saw major struggles of women and sought to radically improve and change the security of women and reproductive rights. We have fought hard for many of the rights we have today, but everyday we are challenged by those who want to oppose and erase our efforts.