When a fetus is removed from the uterus before it gets the chance to live outside of the mother’s womb is called abortion. There are two types of abortions, one that happens spontaneously also know as a miscarriage or an abortion that is done intentionally or induced (“Abortion”). There are many reasons intentionally induced …show more content…
In 1973 a supreme court case came about known as “Roe v. Wade”, making abortion legal (“History of Abortion”). After the case there were decreases in pregnancy related injuries and deaths. Jane Roe was the woman that stood for all the women who wanted to get an abortion legally without interference. She was twenty-one years old and pregnant. Henry Wade was the Texas attorney who defended the law to make abortions illegal (“Roe v. Wade”). The Supreme Court ruled that Americans had the right to privacy. This included women, a woman had the right to decide if she wanted children and for her and her doctor to be able to make that decision without the state interfering (“Roe v. Wade”). This case made a huge impact on the health policies. The idea of abortion has been performed for over thousands of years. It has been legal ever since the earliest settlers arrived in the United States. In the 1800’s many states began to pass laws that made abortion illegal. The reasons for the laws varied from state to state. The fear of the population being over ruled by children of immigrants and that the rate of birth was greater than Anglo-Saxon Women, were some of the reasons abortion started becoming illegal. “Between 1967 and 1973 one-third of the states repealed their criminal abortion laws”. Women in America had the right to have an abortion performed in 1973 when the decision on the case “Roe v. Wade” was made …show more content…
It is the killing of an innocent human being. Although people think differently on topics like this, we should all come together and think of the best outcome. In my opinion the best outcome is to just make abortion illegal everywhere. Therefor if it is illegal the women would not have to go through the consequences abortion brings, families that can not have children could enjoy the option of adoption, and foster families can have a chance to raise lovely kids who can make a difference in the world. We as a developing society, welcoming new things need to stand up to abortion and make it