NARAL Case Study

Another pro-life group is known as the Pro-life Action League. This group holds prayer vigils outside abortion facilities and provides sidewalk counseling to women and/or couples seeking abortions. The goal of this is to provide abortion alternatives, counseling, access to pregnancy resources, etc. This group is also involved in public protests to raise awareness of the injustice of abortion; they participate in marches, pickets, prayer vigils, and also raise awareness by holding large abortion pictures on busy streets to show what the end result of abortion is on an unborn child. They also hold a monthly protest at Planned Parenthood in Aurora, one of the busiest Planned Parenthood clinics, and protest pro-abortion politicians and other public figures that oppose the rights of unborn babies. Some of the other objectives of this group are to confront abortionists, abortion promoters, infiltrate pro-choice group meetings, and provide training to pro-life activists to help them organize effective programs and become successful pro-life leaders. I have discussed four very different groups, half are pro-choice and half are pro-life. While researching groups actively participating in rallying for or against abortion, there were so many with different tactics and resources available for both sides of the abortion debate.

This current debate whether Planned Parenthood should be funded by the Federal Government is a hot issue in the current election. It has become, not only a nationwide issue, but also worldwide where people from all around the world are able to put in their input on the argument. There are many people who

- In New York Times of February 27, 2016, similar to ones around country, the 2013Texas’ law was written by anti-abortion activists with only one purpose of shutting down clinics since its two main requirements have nothing to do with protecting women’s health. First, admitting privileges are often hard for doctors to get for bureaucratic reasons. Second, ambulatory surgical center standards are prohibitively expensive to meet and medically unnecessary due to the fact that abortion is one of the safest of all medical procedures, with a complication rate less than one-tenth of 1%. (The Editorial Board,

They are an organization that "specializes in investigating reporting and providing fresh analysis about the abortion industry..."("live action". n.p. Web. 3 Sept. 2015). This particular ad is Pro-Life and the web site is all about promoting life and protecting human rights. It is obvious that the picture is trying to create some kind of reaction. The ad relies on the sole effect of Pathos. The ad portrays pathos because it is targeting a very diverse audience, that being said it is meant to spark a reaction in both pro-life and pro-choice advocates. The audience is prone to disagree with the reaction of the ad but the point is very clear. The main appeal of the ad is to try to change the minds of the pro-choice believers in to not aborting and keep the pro-life believing that abortion is a mistake. By adding a picture of a fetus they are personalizing it and making the viewer not only see a fetus but they are making it seem innocent in a sense that plays well with their words. Anyone who sees this ad can understand exactly what it is trying to say. The word choice was made very clear so that the audience was not

Interest groups have become integral in the development of policies that give women the right to have an abortion and some that restrict access to the procedure. Legislators on both the federal and state level have been struggling for power over this issue and have been fighting over who has jurisdiction over this area of public policy. The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of abortion access while state governments have attempted to mandate transvaginal ultrasounds and place safety restrictions that cause clinics to close and the debate has raised questions about the moral foundations of America and it’s citizens. Behind the scenes of all of this chaos none of these entities are fully in control because interest groups are motivating them to behave in ways they may not even realize.

”The rate of sterilization found in this study was twenty-three percent overall, is slightly less than the twenty-five percent rate found in the previous similar study” (Boroditsky, Fisher and Sand). “Minority women, who more frequently experience unintended pregnancy, may choose tubal sterilization in response to prior experiences with an unintended pregnancy” (Unintended Pregnancy …). Doctors should not sterilize anyone who is not able to make the decision on their own and let them decide for them self. “Take steps to ensure all women enjoy full sexual and reproductive rights and have access to full range of acceptable reproductive health service” (Forced sterilization).

NARAL pro-choice America is an organization made up of pro-choice women and men that was founded in February of 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. This organization supports legislations to protect access to abortion and bring awareness to reproductive issues. From the “NARAL Pro-Choice of America” from the Salem Press Encyclopedia, this organization’s goal is to guarantee reproductive health which includes the right to have safe and legal abortions to end pregnancy. This group also advocates safe sex education, birth control, quality prenatal care for future mothers or adopters, and fights for paid family leave for new parent(s). This groups are created so abortion is available to any woman, that wishes to end the pregnancy and is another reason on why abortions are important for women and their right to choose it to end pregnancy, and being pro-choice is important so people can support women and their reproductive rights.

Nurses work in situations that are driven by political decisions and are directed by healthcare policies which are political in nature (Des Jardin., nd). Political Activism in Nursing includes Policy, Politics and Power. However, health and nursing are political and nurses should advocate to be political activists (CNA, 2000). Nurses advocating on behalf of clients or allow them to take actions on their problems/ issues. Nurses participates in unions, and workplace committees to influence healthcare reform, workplace violence and collective bargaining. The Canadian Nurses Association is the national professional voice of Registered Nurses in Canada. Lillian Wald, Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton are few of the many political

In the article, “Closing Of Planned Parenthood clinics a victory for Iowa women”, they start out telling which facilities will be closing and which ones will be staying open at this point in time. They explain the reason for closing some facilities; those reasons are because planned parenthood offers abortions. Maggie states some pros and cons about the facilities and the minimal research that people did around the community. Along with that is stated the resources that planned parenthood offers to people who need it. The article states the motto of planned parenthood and then

American Birth Control League’s name changed to Planned Parenthood, which enabled the organization to encompass a new image and justify funding from the government and wealthy donors (Perry 1). The agency has influenced the birth control of the poor and the upper-class citizens of society. Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, viewed poverty, illness, and strife caused by the fate of being in a large family. She saw small families

They scream at Congress to legalize abortion in all states. The thousands of women that die from back alley abortions and suicide because they have no access to abortion clinics are unnecessary deaths. They also provide hard facts and statistics showing the legalization of abortion lowers crime rates, is safer than natural pregnancy, and has little to no side effects (physiological or psychological) on the woman undergoing the procedure. They want to make sure every woman has the choice, whether it is to remain abstinent, legally abort, or keep her child. Rape and incest are strong focal points of the pro-life mission statement. No woman should be forced to go through 9 months of pregnancy if it is not her choice to do so.

Of all the legal, ethical, and moral issues we Americans continuously fight for or against, abortion may very well be the issue that Americans are most passionate about. The abortion issue is in the forefront of political races. Many people in society today choose to be pro-choice because they want to support women of their choice and right to have an abortion and that sex education that promotes abstinence is not effective. According to “Abortions: every Woman’s Right” by Smith S., the article discusses about how women couldn’t be equal to men because they don’t have the same rights to reproductive rights of their own even if though they are advanced in the job market or have a higher education. Even socialist argue that women deserve to have rights over their body without interference. Part of NARAL’s impact to

had become a ASA boardmember as a result of his research on abortion. Ruth Smith,

Women make up just slightly over half the U.S population (US Census Bureau, 2010) and should not be even considered a part of a minority group. The female population should acquire the same equal research attention as men do, especially when it comes to health issues. The unavoidable, yet quite simple realities of breastfeeding, menstruation, menopause, along with pregnancy require special scrutiny from medical experts. Those medical specialties are generally referred as gynecologists or obstetrics, who focus on the exclusive needs of a female’s reproductive health throughout their lifespan. Historically, the health needs of women have been disregarded as well as their fundamental rights. However, over the past few decades, it has grabbed the media and the government’s attention causing some major changes in support of women’s rights and health care.

The National Abortion Federation is an organization that supports all of the above views and more and publishes numerous resources covering a wide range of subjects related to abortion for health care providers, medical educators, patients and the public. In face of myths and misinformation about abortion, NAF's resources provide medically accurate information that enables women and the public to make informed choices. Their policy focus on the importance of women having access to safe and legal abortion options. They believe that in recent years Congress has made this impossible by banning safe abortion procedures, voting to make a fetus a person for the purposes of federal criminal law, and restricted access to abortion for federal employees, military dependents, Native Americans, and low-income women. They quote the fact that during his eight year stay in office President Bush has nominated over 200 anti-choice judges to the federal bench, has made a host of other anti-choice appointments to non-judicial posts, and has signed anti-choice legislation passed by Congress, and has used his administration to further policies limiting access to safe and legal abortions. Their view is that abortion providers offer quality care to woman in the face of hostility, harassment, and threats of violence. They advise that reproductive health care providers undertake comprehensive security measures to keep staff and