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    Topic: Pro Abortion Names of All Coalition Members: LaCresha Blair, Jessica Bradford, Garrett Thompson, , , Kaitlin Piekarsky, Richard White, Patrick Cronin, Abigail Zenman and Loryn Ensminger, Autumn Minter Coalition Policy White Paper GOVT 2306, Fall 2015 I. Introduction: Abortion the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion is still legal in the United States because there are huge discrepancies on what constitutes human

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    Executive Summary The purpose of this policy paper is to address the egregious violation of rights that Ireland has submitted it’s citizens to by outlawing abortion procedures. This proposal calls primarily for a decriminalization of abortion and for the government to examine the religiosity of both Ireland’s political administration and the cultural view of abortion. The 2013 Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act fails to protect the maternal health of woman and is failing due to the vagueness

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    client, there appears to be a lack of policies and laws required for women who are post-abortive. Some of these abortion policies, laws, and restrictions that are currently in place will be explored briefly, starting from the beginning. In 1973, elective abortion was decriminalized in the United States in the milestone Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade (Ely & Dulmus, 2010). Then, in 1992, the decision in the Planned Parenthood v. Casey case established that abortion restrictions cannot create an “undue

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    enact laws, make policies, and allocate resources. Public policy can be generally defined as a law systems, strict measures, courses of action, and funding issues that about a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or its representatives. Abortion is one issue that has been a matter of subject in government and citizens concerning its public policy. Over years the government has made decisions concerning the policy towards abortions in the United States of America. Abortion plays a major

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    Who Really Decides Abortion? The advocates for legal abortion, or pro-choice believe women should have the right to abortion at any point during a pregnancy. On the other hand, those against pro-choice advocate that any abortion should be considered murder, and want to protect human life. The landmark Supreme Court case Roe v Wade (1973) allowed women the right to make their own personal medical decisions regarding abortion, and pro-choice women were then protected by a Constitutional Right to

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    Today many people are against women having an abortion, no matter what situation they are in, the point of women having their own rights should include whether they choose to have their own kid or not. The United States today is very divided on the whole abortion issue, typically republicans are against it calling theirselves “pro-lfe” and democrats are typically for abortion and they call theirselves “pro-choice.” Abortion had been practiced in the United States ever since 1880, but it wasn 't

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    are democrats, and they choose to be of this political spectrum because they feel like the Democratic Party represents them. They feel as they stand for policies that will better them as people. With me, I am my own person so I take in the considerations of my parents’ choice, but also make my own decisions. I do believe in some of the policies and ideas of the Democratic Party, but disagree on

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    Abortion is a current social problem that has affected the lives of many women, their friends, and their families. Numerous policies have been implemented in regards to the legality of abortion, the timeframe in which abortions can occur, required services prior to receiving an abortion, the funding sources for abortion, and requirements for facilities providing abortion services. These policies may vary from state to state, but are similar in that they attempt to dissuade a woman from aborting and

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    Millar Happy Abortions – Our Bodies in the Era of Choice Zed Books Ltd, London, UK, 2017. 339 pp. ISBN: 9781786991317 Abortion is commonly addressed in public discourse as a choice that women face with difficulty, one that negatively marks their experience of femininity and may lead to painful, even traumatic repercussions. Happy Abortions – Our Bodies in the Era of Choice challenges this normative view by revealing how specific emotions have evolved as “common sense” discourses of abortion, reinforcing

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    Abortion: Unconstitutional State and Federal Laws Abortion for many years now has been a very controversial topic politically and culturally. Democrats are considered to be pro-choice for women rights to abortion, while the Republicans are against abortion due to their conservative culture. Women's right to have abortions have been violated by both state and federal government laws. Laws regulating women's right to an abortion is unconstitutional because the laws prohibits women from making their

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