The Right To Abortion In The United States

Illegal abortions made up one sixth of all pregnancies in 1965. In the 1971 case of Roe v. Wade the supreme court confirms that the legality of a woman's right to have an abortion is under the Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. This case was a major landmark in history because, it changed the way the population viewed abortion, however  I am in partial agreement with this case.

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.

In 1973, the Supreme Court legalized abortions in the case Roe v. Wade. Throughout the years, the topic of abortion has continued to divide the United States. In the 2016, presidential campaigns voters shared their concerns about the topic with both parties. When President Trump came into office he began to sign legislation banning abortions for some organization. The actions President trump has and continue to take toward ending abortion have created fear for those who support abortion. This paper explores how abortion became legal and the actions of those who oppose abortion.

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

“The 27-year-old Salvadoran garment worker and single mother had miscarried without ever knowing she was pregnant….hospital staff had suspected her of inducing an abortion and reported her to the police.. A judge sentenced her to the maximum punishment for murder: 40 years in prison” (Albaladejo, A Witch Hunt Against Poor Women,27). This tragic story is sadly not the only one that has happened in countries where abortion laws are not as free as those of the United States, which since the Roe vs. Wade has confirmed women’s rights to abortion. Domestically, the United States seems to be progressive compared to other countries such as Nicaragua, Chile, and Haiti who according to Albaladejo “Have complete bans on abortion” (A Witch Hunt Against

For the better, since this those who have passed due to abortion-related situations have significantly decreased

Over the past few centuries state and federal laws concerning a females reproductive rights have changed dramatically. The female population has been greatly affected by many laws regarding their reproductive rights and their ability to make educated decisions about family planning. The 1973 case Roe vs. Wade set the motion to allow women to control their bodies and their decision to end a pregnancy through abortion. Prior to this case, in almost all 50 states abortions were deemed illegal.

The issue of abortion has always been rising throughout the years. Is it power to the fetus or to the women? The famous Roe v. Wade trial, which was supposed to settle the idea and was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that was supposed to decide the issue of abortion. It was ruled in 1973, that the right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, extended to a woman’s decision to have an abortion, but that the right to privacy must be balanced between the woman’s and the state’s interests in regulating abortions: which is to protect prenatal life and protecting the woman’s health. Roe v. Wade reshaped the nation’s politics and divided the country into pro-choice and pro-life sides, while at the same time, it also created hostile states toward abortion clinics and creates the challenge of getting an abortion more difficult.

As defined by the 2012 Merriam-Webster dictionary, Abortion is "the termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival." Those who are against abortions says that it is the murder of a baby who has not yet had the chance to live and function as a human being. Some believe that it is a woman's right to choose what happens to her body. So many questions are raised by

Abortion is an important yet controversial topic of discussion in the US today. In Oklahoma, 8% of all pregnancies were aborted, and 76% were live births. Nationally, 18% of 6 million pregnant women chose to get abortions in 2011. Oklahoma accounts for 0.6% of abortions in the United States (“State Facts”). While there are many different thoughts on this issue, most people's opinions fall into two categories, pro-life and pro-choice.

Abortion is a topic that is controversial to many. There are people who believe that abortion is a sin and that women who do this, are vile and sickening humans. Women get abortions for many different reasons and that should be their choice. It is no one else’s decision because it is not their body that is going to have to go through that.

Abortion has impacted society and statics show that the split is almost even, however the pro-choice is the majority. The important cause of this controversy is the point at which a fetus is considered human is debated. It is far-fetched that an answer for this questionable ethical and moral issue can be found. With 47% of U.S. adults describing their views as "pro-choice" and 46% as "pro-life," which continues showing a pattern seen since 2010 (“Abortion”). While 80% of women in the United States are pro-choice, only 60% of men join them in their support of the legal right to an abortion (Urao.) A compromise is impossible with stakes so high.

The right of this issue is the Right to Obtain an Abortion. The right at issue is whether or not unwed mothers under 18 should have parental consent to have an abortion. There is an unremunerated right at issue in this situation because the Illinois Law doesn’t explain if they requires both parent’s consent or just one parent or if the mother is under 18 and married, will she need the father’s permission to obtain an abortion. This is a substantive due process because this law is interfering with your individual privacy rights. The case ruling of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the court reaffirmed its 1973 decision on Roe v. Wade, which established its constitutional right to obtain

Abortion rights in the United States are, the abortion ethics debate has kept end of pregnancy in the courts and media since the landmark decision in Roe v Wade. The original ruling was fairly straightforward, legally checking a woman's right to a private medical decision when selecting a medical procedure (abortion) As the debate has raged and the medical matters have become more complex, rulings in the courts and in the legislatures have long beyond this simplistic question to restrictions on gestational age, capability determinations, spousal and parental consents, enforced waiting periods, required language in consents, application of worker skills, the right to use fetal tissue for research or medical treatments, the rights of providers

As Hillary Clinton once said, “You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.” She is just one of million women fighting for their right to safe abortion and non-harassing environments around their abortions. Some can argue that having an abortion is killing an innocent life, but however women should have the safe, legal right to have an abortion because mental health risks affect many insufficient mothers, teen moms are more likely to have medical complications and unsafe abortions lead to death of hundreds of women every year.