...Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood federation of America (PPFA), better known as Planned Parenthood, is a non-profit organization that provides healthcare and family planning services. Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate (Planned). Planned Parenthood receives federal funding to help practice the services they provide, but some groups believe that funding this organization is morally wrong. Critics of Planned Parenthood say the Government should not continue to fund this organization because of the certain services they provide. To cut funding from this organization would be wrong and would absolutely jeopardize individuals and families who seek assistance from it. Planned Parenthood is an affordable healthcare that provides services that other healthcare companies do not provide. To defund the organization would cause harm and leave many people to go without their essential services, which is unjust. Margaret Sanger was the founder of Planned Parenthood in 1916, with the opening of a birth control critic for women. The opening of the clinic ended soon and that lead to her incarceration (Planned). By 1952 the organization became one of the founding members of the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (MSPP). Richard Nixon was an important advocator of women being able to attain contraceptives at an affordable price, and from that he signed a law passed by congress known as the Title X of the Public...
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...particular obstacle that has created barriers for women is the means of acquiring abortions and access to women’s health care without criticism. Anti-choice policy makers’ claim that restrictions are necessary in protecting the well-being and health of women, their pregnancies and their children (Burns, Dennis, Douglas-Durham), these claims are part of the hindrances of providing safety in women’s health care. What we are dealing with is policy makers putting many obstacles up for caregivers and patients to acquire safe and healthy means of terminating pregnancies that are unwanted, whether it is the fully mature female who did not have contraceptive or the 13 year...
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...Pro-Abortion There are many women in the world that decide to have abortions for their own personal reasons or reasons that may affect the unborn child’s life. We live in a society of unwanted pregnancies and where people are either Pro-life (against abortion) or Pro-choice (for abortion). I consider myself Pro-choice and believe that abortion should not be controlled by the government. Pro-choice groups believe that woman should be free to follow their own ethical beliefs concerning the termination or the continuation of a pregnancy (Wikipedia). Many recognize that their different beliefs about abortion access and that the state should not attempt to enforce a common belief system on all pregnant women who decide to terminate their pregnancies. The legalization of Abortion started in 1973 with the Roe vs. Wade case. This made abortion legal in all 50 states. Abortion is safe because we know the risks involved in an abortion are very low relative to other surgical procedures, and the risk of death from an abortion is one-tenth that of childbirth (Abortion Access). There are many different reasons that people fight for and against Abortions. You have those whom think that terminating a pregnancy is murder and the parent and doctor are committing the crimes. The situations where woman should have the right to abortion are where they have been raped, their health or life is at risk, contraception was used but...
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...National Abortion Federation: Abortion is about a Women’s Right. | | | 3/8/2011 | | National Abortion Federation: Abortion is about a women’s right. The controversy of Pro Choice vs. Pro Life plays a strong role in society. This has further drawn attention from the National Abortion Federation (NAF). The NAF interest group favors Pro Choice taking pride in educating women on abortion as well as allowing them the freedom of choice. There are two kinds of abortion options that the National Abortion Federation supports in the U.S. – in – clinic abortion and the abortion pill. Statistically more than one million women choose abortion each year. Abortions are so common that 1 out of 3 women in the U.S. participate in the termination of a child before the age of 45. Each woman has a different case with a unique story, and due to this a women has the freedom to choose depending on their personal situation. Due to this, approximately 20 to 30 legal abortions are performed each year. The National Abortion Federation provides women strength, information, safe procedures and a referral program to put each woman in front of the right doctor. The federal judiciary is the most crucial battlefield in the current fight to preserve women’s reproductive choices The National Abortion Federation is fiercely fighting for what they believe in, Pro Choice; Freedom of Choice. As of February 18, 2011 the newly elected leaders in the House of Representatives voted 240 to 185 in favor...
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...McKay titled “Stars Bemoan Plans to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding”. This article focused on the debate over funding for Planned Parenthood and the response of celebrities. The article talked about the House of Representatives passing a bill to cut millions in federal funding for women's health care centers. This bill has enraged many people including many Hollywood movie stars. Some of the Hollywood stars speaking out include Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rachel Bilson, Gabrielle Union, Julianne Moore, Dana Delany, Amber Tamblyn, David Eigenberg, Alan Cummings, and Jason Alexander. Even 17-year-old teen sensation and “iCarly” starlet Miranda Cosgrove is not happy with the situation. Former American Idol judge also shared her opinion about the proposed cuts. “I don’t think it’s a good thing to cut those budgets. It’s hard because we are going through a tough time economically, and sometimes they cut money from things that we really need to keep”. Scarlett Johansson was also very outspoken regarding this bill. "The House passed a bill to eliminate our country's family planning program and to stop Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money to provide life-saving preventative care. That means no money for cervical cancer screenings and breast exams. No money for testing and treatment of STDs, not even testing for HIV. No money for birth control… For many people, especially those with low incomes, Planned Parenthood is their only source of health care...
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...sex education vs abstinence only programs work better for educating the youth about sex education. My role in this debate will be playing the role of Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood. How I will go about playing this role is i will explain the services that planned parenthood offers- everything from birth control to abortions. I will also utilize a PowerPoint to help back up my presentation and use visual aids such as charts or graphs to talk about statistics. Planned Parenthood of America, or referred to simply as Planned Parenthood, is a non-profit organization that provides reproductive health as well as well as maternal services in the U.S and other countries around the world. Planned Parenthood is one of the nation's leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care for women, men, and young people, and the nation's largest provider of sex education. Planned Parenthood works with many international organizations around the world to ensure that people are...
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...This document of SOC 203 Week 1 Quiz includes answers to the next questions: 1. In the 1992 Casey vs. Planned Parenthood decision, the Supreme Court struck down a Pennsylvania law that required, among other things, a 24hour waiting period between the confirmation of a pregnancy and an abortion. 2. In what year did the Supreme Court rule that abortions were legal? 3. The 1992 Supreme Court decision in the Casey vs. Planned Parenthood case upheld a Pennsylvania law that placed which of the following restrictions on abortion? 4. In 1973, abortion became legal in the United States by virtue of 5. The Hyde Amendment, passed by Congress in 1976, 6. A researcher asks, "What is your relationship to the people you are living with?" He provides the following list of choices: parents/relatives, friends, spouse, living by myself, other. What method of gaining information is being used? 7. A social problem for some may be a solution for others. 8. The first state to define abortion as a private, noncriminal act was Alaska. 9. The text argues that one of the ways that sociologists can promote a better understanding of social problems is by 10. In Kristin Luker's study of an abortion clinic, she found that many unmarried women who obtained abortions had not used contraceptives because they did not want to confront the fact that they were sexually active. 11. One of the major advantages of using openended rather than closedended questions is that ...
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...Abortion has been a medical procedure for in the United States since as early as the 1880s. Historically it has been a medical procedure that was used when a woman’s life was in danger for medical reasons, rape, or incest. The Landmark case that set a new standard for Abortion in the United States came in 1973 in the state of Texas. “On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Roe v. Wade, a challenge to a Texas statute that made it a crime to perform an abortion unless a woman’s life was at stake. The case had been filed by “Jane Roe,” an unmarried woman who wanted to safely and legally end her pregnancy. Siding with Roe, the court struck down the Texas law. In its ruling, the court recognized for the first time that the constitutional right to privacy “is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy” (Roe v. Wade, 1973). Roe has come to...
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...Savan Patel The most common and unnecessary form of infanticide is an abortion. The abortion rate of America alone is shockingly high and yet increases every year. So why are so many women choosing to end the lives of unborn babies that weren’t even given the chance to live? For most women, the reason is social issues: they may not feel ready or prepared to have a baby, they may be too young or they just view their pregnancy as a mistake. No matter the reason, abortions are not acceptable and we, as Americans, should fight as hard as we can to diminish them just like we would, murder or terrorism. Since abortions have become such an everyday procedure, scientists and physicians have developed many ways to perform them. One way, if the fetus is 12 to 14 weeks old, being through the use of vacuum aspiration equipment. After the women’s cervix is dilated with steel rods, the surgeon forces the cervix open little by little until it is wide enough for contents to be removed through it. A syringe especially designed for these procedures creates a vacuum inside the women and the suction pulls the contents out of the uterus, including the fetus, so that it is on the outside. For the last step, the physician makes sure to scrape the walls of the uterus using a curette and once he is finished, the women is once again without child. Performing an abortion anytime after this period can be dangerous because by this time the uterus and blood vessels are much larger, and if these fluids...
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...Abortion is defined as: "the termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival." However, if only the debate over the abortion issue was as simple as the definition provided above. Much like every aspect of human life, a statement is neither right nor wrong, but simply left open for interpretation. There is no black and white in life, only gray areas. Some issues tend to provide us more gray areas than others. Abortion is a prime example of that. Those who refute abortion claim that it is the murder of a helpless baby who has not yet had the chance to live and function as a human being. However, the debate opposite it is just as fervent: it is a woman's right to choose what happens to her body, and if she decides that she is not capable of bringing a child into this world, than she shouldn't be forced to out of nature. Where do we draw the line between humane and inhumane, necessitated death and murder? When does a woman's right over her internal reproductive organs become that of the government's? Is abortion wrong or is it right? Are rape, incest, and potential fatality to the mother exceptions when abortion is "okay"? Are there truly any at all? So many questions are raised by such a fervent debate, that we must look at both sides of the issue to better understand it in a general, but yet thorough approach. As expected, there are...
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...Abortion: A Never Ending Controversy Approximately 205 million abortions occur each year worldwide. Over a third are unintended and about a fifth end in abortion. What is abortion? Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus prior to viability. In other words, it is when a mother decides she doesn’t want to go through with her pregnancy. Abortion in today’s society has become very political. You are either pro-choice, pro-life, and there doesn’t seem to be a happy medium. As we look at abortion and research its history, should it remain legal in the United States, or should it be outlawed, we must consider both points of views. November 14, 1979, with the temperature outside at fifteen degrees, a two pound baby girl was found in a field wrapped up in a wet, dirty, old shirt. The umbilical cord was still attached, and the baby had been aborted twelve weeks prematurely. With little chance of survival, the baby was taken to a medical center. The little girl survived surgery and other efforts to save her. The baby was later adopted by Susan Morrison, one of the nurses who attended to her. The baby was named Christelle, and now she and her mother talk to thousands of people about abortion and the pro-life movement. There are 1,600,000 other abortion stories every year in the United States. “Abortion is the termination of pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by death of the embryo or fetus. Because...
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...The aim of this paper is to clear up any misconceptions about the issue of abortion in order for people to be able to make a clear, conscious decision regarding the issue while taking into consideration both sides surrounding the argument. In today’s world many teenagers engage in the act of sexual intercourse without taking any of the consequences into consideration. This results in many unplanned pregnancies and teenagers need to have the option to have a way out and not cut their lives short. Instead of resorting to dangerous, illegal methods of aborting the baby, abortion should be legalized so that these future mothers feel safe enough not to have to risk their lives in order to avoid a possible disaster. If abortion isn’t made legal we are risking the health and well being of our future generations simply because the public is too close minded to consider the positive outcome of such an action. Abortion is a very controversial topic in the world of today. Pro-choice and Pro-life both have considerable arguments. What is abortion? According to the Webster dictionary, abortion is “the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus.” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). Abortion of course, as opposed to a miscarriage is purposely induced. Some people view abortion as a violation of God’s gifts to humans, which is birth, while others claim that it’s a personal choice for those who are faced with certain situations...
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...resorted to back-alley abortions. Since the criminalization of abortion in 1910 1.2 million women per year committed illegal abortions resulting in many deaths and thousands harmed. Though the court case Roe vs Wade helped legalize abortion all across the U.S, Certain States have placed regulations that restricts women on have abortions. Because of the unconstitutional bans, restrictions on medicaid funding, and a bill that would contributes to the outlaw of abortion in america which negatively affects women. Roe vs wade was a milestone for abortion activists. In 1969 Norma McCorvey sought to terminate her unwanted pregnancy but at that time abortion was only legal for women if their life was in danger. Mccovey proceed to file a lawsuit against henry wade, the district attorney of dallas county. The infamous court case recognized a constitutional right to privacy, which is...
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... PRO-CHOICE Abortion is the termination or premature ending of pregnancy by removal or expulsion of a fetus or embryo from the uterus. An abortion can happen spontaneously because of complications for the period of a pregnancy, or the abortion can be induced. A therapeutic abortion is an induced abortion, which is carried out to save or preserve the health of the mother. An elective abortion is an abortion carried out for any other reasons. Therefore, abortion refers to the induced abortion of pregnancy. Abortion is generally used to mean an induced termination of pregnancy whereas a miscarriage is generally used to mean a spontaneous termination of pregnancy. In abortion, the termination is intentional while in miscarriage, the termination is not intentional (Naden, 2007). Pro-choice abortion is the conviction that all women have the absolute right to choose to whether to abort a baby from their bodies. The paramount view of the pro-choice is that a baby ultimately does not have any human rights within its mother’s womb. A Pro-choice abortion allows women to have a choice on how to abort the unwanted child. Characteristically, the method of abortion is ultimately determined by the fetus age. During the first trimester of the fetus growth, a woman can choose to have a Suction Abortion or to use pills popularly known as the morning after pill or. On the start of the fourth month, the abortion is more often than not performed by Dilation...
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...Illegal Abortion is a topic that gets a lot of attention but it often misinformed about. What is abortion in definition form? What are the ways abortions are performed? How do we as a country, try to limit them?What are the ethics of abortion? 2015 Dakoda Breanna Schoolman Grace College 6/17/2015 Murder in the Womb : Why it Should be Illegal Abortion is a topic that gets a lot of attention but it often misinformed about. What is abortion in definition form? What are the ways abortions are performed? How do we as a country, try to limit them?What are the ethics of abortion? 2015 Dakoda Breanna Schoolman Grace College 6/17/2015 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Body 1 What is an abortion? 1 History of Abortion Laws 2 Roe vs Wade 3 How Harmful Abortion is to the Mother 4 Is Abortion Murder? 5 Is Abortion Morally wrong? 6 Is Abortion the Best Option? 7 Development of Babies 8 Ways to Avoid Pregnancy 8 Closing 9 Dakoda Breanna Schoolman Professor Richard Bragg English 1100 20 November 2014 Murder in the Womb: Why it Should be Illegal Introduction Imagine you have a teenage daughter. You have coached and explained to her the consequences and how you should wait to have sex till after you are married. One day she comes to you crying and upset. She tells you that she broke your rule of no sex before marriage and says that she is pregnant. What would you want her to do? Would you tell her to go have an abortion so that she...
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