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Norman Abortion Poverty

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Abortion, Poverty, and Rights Abortion was legalized in the United States of America on January 22, 1973 with the help of Roe v. Wade, giving women the freedom of choice and with the help of privacy to seek the termination of an unwanted pregnancy. Before this life changing court case, abortion was illegal in the United States of America. It was during the 1850s, that the heads of the American Medical Association (AMA) that made abortions illegal in the first place to assert their authority as the head doctors of the United States (Reagan 2012). For over one hundred and twenty years, American women did not have any access to a safe abortion unless she can prove in front of a board of male doctors that she will face serious health …show more content…

Norma questioned and went to her lawyer about why she cannot get a safe abortion in Texas if it is her right. All she received back was that abortion kills babies and it is a crime. Norma wanted to have an abortion and she scoured through the state of Texas to demand one. Why should the government place their priorities on something who has not breathed on earth over a woman who cannot raise a child in an unstable environment? She had no one to depend on, but herself. The fact that she could not attain a job because of her pregnancy makes it harder for her to make a living. She knew adoption was an option, but she already put her second child out for adoption and she does not want to do that again. As her options were limited, a lawyer told her about two young female lawyers that are looking for someone like her to represent a case for overturning the abortion laws in Texas. Norma passed her name to them and after a few weeks met with them to help her get her …show more content…

It leaves the risk or either looking for an illegal abortion or having to raise a child with difficulties surrounding you. Women denied abortions are more likely to go on welfare assistance, starting or continuing the cycle of poverty. Research revealed that one of the main reasons women seek out for abortions in the first place was for monetary reasons. Not every woman like Sarah has the means to travel to a place to get a legal abortion and not everyone can afford an abortion. Most women seeking are unemployed, on public assistance, or making below the poverty line (Sankin, 2012). Having this rejection of an abortion would leave women unable to have an abortion with the choice of either adoption, done by eleven percent of women, raising another child digging deeper into debt, or having to rely on the government for more monetary assistance. Why would the government deny someone the right to have an abortion if not having the child would save America the extra of not having to take care of another? Not regarding the one who wants to keep his or her pregnancy in the first place, why force a woman to raise a child she does not want? Unless the government feels that if they are providing welfare, it gives them a reason to intervene into personal

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