Abortion clinics tend to center around women only and have the men sit in the waiting area while the female goes through the process for the abortion. Meanwhile, the men sit silently alone with no service alone with no service or counseling provided in the waiting area. Men should feel welcomed and having pamphlets or brochures to help educate them and learn to cope with healing process after and during the time the make a decision to go through with the abortion. Men should feel equally treated and should be allowed to go through the decision with the women (Papworth 2011).
Nixon states, “There was a man name hunter who experienced going to the abortion clinic with his girlfriend. Hunter decided to walk outside for a second not knowing that his partner came out looking for him because she did not want to do the abortion. However, since he was not in the waiting area, she went ahead with the abortion. This made hunter leave feeling guilty. There are some men who sympathize with the female wishing he could have had the abortion for her. Some men go as far as distracting their partner from signs that talks about abortion or pregnancy. There has been men who look into help that is provided for women to get counseling because they are suffering emotionally as well. (Nixon, 2005)
Society has limited men into thinking they only should be involved in helping to produce the baby, give support, and be tentative to their partner
According to Ives, “…to be a father-as-carer a man has to take on a variety of social roles. The roles associated with the father-as-carer includes disciplinarian, breadwinner/provider, guardian, moral compass, sex role model, guide and friend” (Ives 78). To have a father-as-carer in an offspring’s life gives a woman no reason to disregard the male’s thought. Females that have control over her decisions in sexual acts should not only acknowledge her point of view, but also the fathers. The woman is consciously aware of the outcomes of intercourse when willingly performing in such an act. In “Rethinking Roe V. Wade” Manninen states:
In the news article “Abortion: Every Woman’s Rights” Sharon Smith wrote an article about women’s rights to get abortions prior to the hearing of the Planned Parenthood v. Casey court case, “which threatened to severely restrict women access to abortion” (Smith). Women wanted reproductive control over their lives and felt that they were not equal to men no matter what advances they got at work and how high their level of education was. The women’s right movement wanted women to have the choice of abortion for all women, the rich and the poor. In the US, thirty- seven states did not provide
When Roe v Wade (1973) concluded that women were able to have a legal abortion, abortion rates soared (New, 2011). When the provisions from the Pennsylvania Abortion Control act were put into law, abortion rates declined. Between 1990 and 2005, the legal abortions declined significantly by 22.22 percent (New, 2011). It was deemed unconstitutional for men to know about their wives abortions, contemplating that it may lead to abuse (O’Brien, 2011). Men have an ethical argument that questions, is a wise decision for men’s rights to having children?
For years, the mother-to-be was, and still is, the sole decision maker of the choice to terminate the pregnancy, whereas the father has little to no say in the matter. In most relationships the decisions are two-sided, parenting included, so why is the choice to keep or abort the fetus one-sided? Men and abortions have never been addressed positively or addressed at all. The stereotype of men wanting an abortion solely to relieve himself of his parental duties is perceived as a norm in today’s culture that generalizes all men. It is essential that the woman and the man involved in the conception of the fetus come to a mutual agreement on whether or not to have an abortion. Every choice up until the point of conception, throughout the pregnancy,
There are many current issues in Congress, especially after coming off of the brief vacation. With the election approaching quickly, Congress has its priorities jumbled up. With the short time to solve multiple conflicts, Congress is trying to focus on the partisan banter over the funding for the Zika virus. Republican's want to spend less money on funding, whereas the Democrats want to spend and give more to the CDC. James Arkin shared, "Republicans scoffed at President Obama’s $1.9 billion request, but agreed to fund $1.1 billion". The CDC and the Planned Parenthood Clinics already have funding for such viruses, which means the addition of more money would be unnecessary. Even though the disease clinics have shown to be running out of funds,
Despite already being legal, most states have many restrictions that make it a complicated process to get a safe abortion. Government officials who are pro-life are trying to create more restrictions because of ethical and moral factors. Making abortion illegal won't stop women from getting abortions, it will only make them unsafe. We need to remove the restrictions and create more funding so clinics can stay open and available to women all around the United States. Planned Parenthood in the U.S. has had approximately 2.5 million clients in the last year and with more and more of these clinics closing down, it’s becoming more risky to get an abortion and it is also getting harder for women to get mammograms, birth control, and
According to RRA, the state Statute violates the U.S. Constitution on five separate ground, as follows:
The Abortion stigma and healthcare disparities have always existed amongst low income African American adolescent women in the U.S. society. The abortion stigma has been described as a negative attribute associated with women who seek to terminate a pregnancy that marks them, internally or externally, as inferior to ideals of womanhood (Walden, 2011). The experience of stigma can depend on individual characteristics, such as religious beliefs, cultural values, but most importantly, economic status (Dehlendorf, C., Harris, L. H., & Weitz, T. A., 2013). This research paper will specifically examine the disparities and associated stigmas within African-American adolescent women having selective abortion in low income communities. It is important
The issue of abortion is notoriously controversial. Since the Supreme Court’s 1992 ruling in Casey v. Planned Parenthood, states have enacted different restrictions on the procedure. These restrictions vary from state to state. Nineteen states currently have laws prohibiting partial-birth abortion, and forty-one states strictly prohibit abortions except in cases of life-endangerment. One particularly incendiary area of abortion law is that of public funding. However, as of this year there are only seventeen states that cover abortion procedures through public funding. In this paper we will discuss federal abortion legislation, while describing the laws and political ideologies of the following states: Texas, California, New
In “Kentucky Could Become The Only State Without A Clinic That Performs Abortions”, an article by Sarah McCammon, address the issue of Kentucky’s only abortion clinic is at risk to be terminated. Gov. Bein has attempted to shut down the clinic once before by telling the “clinic that it was failing to meet state health regulations requiring clinics that provide abortions to have transfer agreements with local hospitals and ambulance services in case of medical emergencies.” During the process of the legal action that seemed to come “out of the blue”, the clinic came very close to being forced to close. While speaking Brigitte Amiri, an attorney representing the clinic, she says the “stakes are very high” causing the reader to feel empathy for
Women that push for an abortion do not always have a partner that agrees and supports their decision for terminating the pregnancy. If the father is willing to support and care for the fetus, it is wrong for a woman to go against his wishes and follow through with an abortion. For a father to want to be involved in the fetus’s life means he is willing to take on the responsibilities of having a child so he should have a say if his fetus should be terminated or not. The Becoming A Father/Refusing Fatherhood article states, “To be a father-as-progenitor a man simply has to provide the sperm that leads to conception, whereas to be a father-as-carer a man has to take on a variety of social roles. The roles associated with the father-as-carer
Your term paper provides an in-depth discussion on the geographic disparities in access to abortion care services. The paper duly distinguishes between provinces and territories disparity, as well as, rural-urban difference. Your paper also discusses the limitations of the literature reviewed. However, it offered no discussion on the theoretical framework used - feminist theory of health and healthcare. Although you state this theory informs the organisational framework, the discussion did not elaborate on the theory and its relation to the access disparities to abortion service. You did Your term paper provides an informed discussion on the mental health care in rural Canada. The paper highlights the differences in observation among researchers.
The abortion wars in America are typically cast as a battle between choice and life, with one side arguing that a woman's decision about her own body is paramount, and the other, that a developing baby's life trumps all.
Abortion has always been a controversial topic in the United States for decades. Abortion is like taking the life of someone without their permission so it is technically “murder”. There is no such thing as an unwanted child, millions of families in the United States are always willing to adopt. On the other hand, there are circumstances where a woman can barely care and sustain herself so chances are that she will not be able to take care of her child. Or when a rape occurs, having an abortion is not as bad as when a woman has sex without protection and knows she has the chance to get pregnant.
In “We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Tale” by Sallie Tisdale, the readers are given a reflection on the experience of working as a registered nurse in an abortion clinic. In the text, Tisdale is very descriptive of how it is like to work in an abortion clinic through the use of imagery. Tisdale portrays a certain level of disconnectedness to the whole procedure itself in how she uses strictly scientific language in order to give insight as to how the procedure is carried out, along with providing thoughts and feelings based on observation, internally. On the other hand, in “The Condition of Black Life Is One of Mourning” by Claudia Rankine, it is started off with a mother, having just given birth, already fearing the day her son could be