Misogyny And Abortion

When you tell a toddler that they can’t have a cookie, even though they initially did not care about whether or not they could consume the cookie, suddenly they cannot stop thinking about that cookie they can no longer have. This is natural human response occurs in adults as well as children. So as you would expect, although 47% of women have declared themselves pro-choice (Saad "Americans Misjudge U.S. Abortion Views"), according to a study in 2011, only 1.7% of women aged 15–44 had an abortion (Jones and Jerman "Abortion Incidence and Service Availability In the United States, 2011"). These statistics show that even though most women who support the pro-choice movement are unlikely to have an abortion, they still believe that those women who choose to have an abortion should have the right to make a decision for her own body. A woman should have the right to make choices for her own body because separation of church and state prevents religion from being used as a way to limit women 's rights and no one, especially not men or the government, is as qualified as a medical professional when it comes to making medical recommendations and diagnostics. Even though there could be an argument that fetal personhood is subjective based on religion as to whether or not abortion can be considered murder, philosopher, Immanuel Kant can dispute that argument with his moral theory on what makes someone human.

Worldwide, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for women; is the leading cause of cancer death for women between the ages of twenty and 59; one in ten of all new cancers are female breast cancers; and the highest incidence of breast cancer in the world is in North America (Lanfranchi et al. 110). In light of these upsetting statistics, if studies had found a potential risk factor that may substantially increase a women’s risk of developing breast cancer, then women should be informed about this risk factor and the topic should be researched more thoroughly. This potential risk factor is not simply a hypothetical scenario, however; this has actually happened. The potential link some researchers believe to have found is between having an induced abortion and an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The first epidemiological study that claimed to find a positive link between abortion and increased risk of breast cancer dates back to the late 1950s. Although when the theory was first proposed is irrelevant to whether the abortion-breast cancer link (ABC link) is a reality or merely conjecture, some have not heard of the link regardless of the fact that the hypothesis has been debated for 50+ years. A personal survey conducted on November 28th, 2017 revealed that out of 100 respondents, only 60 had heard of the abortion-breast cancer link (Bertsch).

According to bbc news “Planned Parenthood is a healthcare non-profit-making group with 59 affiliates and 700 clinics around the US, some of which provide abortion services” (Lussenhop, 2015). To expand on this quote, nonprofit is exactly what it sounds like. It is an organization that did not establish for the purpose of money making. This group was organized to provide advice and even offer abortion services to women all around the United States. In recent news abortion has stirred up many controversial arguments. Within these controversies on the media, people have cited with pro-choice and pro-life parties. Each side argues for themselves. Pro-life is opposing abortion, meaning they do not believe abortion should be a choice. Another party we will be looking into is the pro-choice side of the war. “The pro-choice movement and abortion providers are in the business of protecting and respecting women 's human rights, their moral autonomy, and their choices”(Arthur, 2000) Pro-choice is the exact opposite of pro-life and they believe strongly in letting people decide for themselves. Manipulation of language is something to really take into consideration when reading about the different parties within Planned Parenthood.

The fear of a change in racial hierarchy and the rise of power among women in society, due to the election of America’s first black President Barack Obama in 2008, the ideal of a woman as head (Hillary Clinton), and the belief in a woman’s right to choose have significantly increased voter participation among southern, bible carrying, poor, and uneducated white men. Was this Presidential Election a way to keep White Supremacy intact? How has religion and views towards abortion affect the election? Was the fear in the changing of gender roles and racial hierarchy the real reason Donald Trump got elected?

The Problems associated with abortion can easily be categorized into five facets, The laws concerning abortion, contraceptives, human rights, philosophy and the start of life. Based on both statistics and claims associated with morality, a large amount of views regarding legal restriction on abortion has become crucial to most Americans. Advocacy groups define their stance on abortion by taking into consideration its constitutionality and the moral views that are shared among them, politicians however define the issue by party lines, generally liberals are “pro-choice” and conservatives are “pro-life.” The media defines the issue by taking into consideration the moral aspects, The media mostly presents to the nation the stances of various pro-life and pro-choice organizations with almost no statistical evidence from either side. The many different positions that can be taken on this issue can be divided by positions that are supported by statistic and moral assumptions. However, the all these different viewpoint are largely focused on new laws tailored to the regulation of abortion.

We can find how for many years females have been leaving in a tough life in a society were men dominated in every aspect, from a family circle to politics. Meaning that women’s did not have the opportunities of freedom of expression and other activities, such as working, living independently, expressing their thoughts, and having the same right and opportunities as men’s. These oppressions against women’s in a patriarchy system push females to create a feminist movement, for the fight for equality between men and women. We can find how feminism has been vulnerable against the strikes from a patriarchy system that doesn’t support the fairness between both sexes. Knowing that feminists that support the ideology of feminism’s, these people contradict

One major problem in society is the confusion about what feminists stand for. I believe that this issue is of utmost importance, and it is imperative that people continue to be educated about equality. Teaching people what it actually means to be a feminist is of utmost importance to me. In other words, I feel it is my duty to clear up misunderstandings about what feminists all over the world are actually fighting for.

The modern definition of feminism: “an ideology that, in its most basic form, directly opposes sexism by supporting gender equality and portraying women and men as equal.” (Finsterbusch 59). This definition was the early direction towards treating women like human beings rather than a housebound body, and this is why feminism should not be viewed as a harmful ideology. By exemplifying the importance of the ideology of feminism, by refuting those who claim that women have used feminism to exploit their personal wants and desires, and by presenting women’s first hand encounters of inequality, case studies, sound arguments and documented research one will be persuaded that the ideology of feminism is not

All around the world people are affected by problems in our society; social problems. Social problems are defined as being, “ Some aspect of society that concerns people and would like to be changed.” Depending on values and regions of the world you live in, these aspects and values vary. What one country views as an issue may not be the same for a different country, and so on and so forth. Research has shown that one problem still remains constant all over the world, and that is the societal issue of abortion. What is abortion?

People have many misconceptions about feminism. A main problem is that the media misrepresents feminism. The media bases the information it releases about feminism on the second-wave feminist movement that took place from the 1960s-1970s. Due to this distortion, there are myths that feminists are only fighting to make women more equal to men and that feminism liberates women at the expense of men. However, the truth is that feminism not only liberates women but also liberates men. Feminism breaks down standards that are put up for both men and women by society and fights for people of every “[color, class ethnicity, nationality, religion, and cultural background]” (McCarty, 467). Early last year, the Fawcett Society designed a t-shirt that read, “This is what a feminist looks like” as a movement to empower women.

Abortion should continue to be a legal choice for women. This issue has become a social debate. More people seem to care about morality rather than respecting a woman’s independent decision concerning the welfare of her own life. Ultimately, any decisions made regarding a woman’s body should be her personal choice without the interference or dictation of the state or federal government.

Even though religion has been used to make abortion an issue of morality, which fundamentally it is, we have to keep in mind how central the topic of abortion has been to the political atmosphere throughout the United States and more so, in Capitol Hill. The Republican’s counterpart, Democrats have accepted importance abortion has across party lines, as highlighted by Politico : “the politics of abortion are already vexing vulnerable senators from both parties on the 2018 ballot” (Schor 2017). More over, Democrats distinguish themselves from Republicans as they presume that women have the ability to legally chose what they do and do not do with their bodies since “choice is a fundamental, constitutional right,”(Democratic Party on

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.

Abortion is one of the most debatable and controversial issues that exists in our society. An abortion is a medical procedure that terminates a pregnancy before 24 weeks. People who call themselves Pro-Life feel that it is the government’s responsibility to preserve all life, regardless of concerns for the pregnant woman’s health, or for the quality of the life of the child. The Pro-Choice argument feels that a woman should have the choice when it comes to what they wish to do with their own reproductive organs.

Rebecca West once said, “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.” This definition of feminism encapsulates the ideals of the feminist movement in America today. Women in America face inequality and stigma across varying social and economic domains. Social norms and stringent expectations limit the freedoms of women in America and force them to conform to expectations that have proven to be detrimental to their health. Thus, many women and men see feminism as an important tool to promote equality between all genders in America, where feminism remains a very important movement.