21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving KEITH ARNETT GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY CWV 101 Professor Evans

Abortion has been one of the biggest controversies in our nation. America legalized abortion in1973. Pro –choice Activist they believe that a woman should have the right to do what she wishes with her body, including to give birth or not to give birth. Pro-life supports believe that abortion is murder and is against Gods will. One question is when does life begin and when the fetus is consider having life, is it at conception, or is it after birth? According to (www.prolifeaction.org) Life begins with fertilization or conception as some people call it which occurs 8-10. After the egg and the sperm unite. There has been many heated discussion as to why abortion should/should not be legal. Back in the 1820s there where some laws that established that prohibited abortion after the first four months of pregnancy. And by the year 1900 abortion was altogether banned, because of the American Medical Association and the lawmakers who were against it, because it was unhealthy for the woman’s body. By 1960 the United States had out lawed abortion, but some stated did have an exception to policy, unless the female was raped or the child was a product of insist, or if the baby was already deformed, or if it endangered the life of the mother than and only then will the abortion be granted. In 1973 a woman by the name of Jane Roe over turned the Supreme Court decision and made abortion legal in the United States. The Roe vs Wade decision, says that a woman, with her doctor could have an abortion whenever she sees fit, due to the privacy act. This decision made a lot of people angry, and some people were for it, and this formed to groups of people. Pro-life they believe that life starts after conception, and that abortion