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Abortion And Pro-Life

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Throughout this entire course we have learned about several different issues that women have faced for several years and that they still face even today. One of the lessons that stood out the most to me was the one about abortion. This is not just an issue that affects women but this issue affects men as well. Abortion is a major topic in today’s society. You have a great number of people who against it and there are also some who support it. There are many different situations that a person takes into consideration before making their decisions. I believe that the article “And So I Choose” by Allison Crews that we read in class was a major eye opener for many people. Though I am pro-life, I learned a lot from this particular piece. I think …show more content…

Wade. According to the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, “The Roe v. Wade case was decided on in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. This decision legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. It was created from two different cases. hat of an unmarried woman from Texas, where abortion was illegal unless the mother's life was at risk, and that of a poor, married mother of three from Georgia, where state law required permission for an abortion from a panel of doctors and hospital officials. While establishing the right to an abortion, this decision gave states the right to intervene in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy to protect the woman and the potential life of the unborn child” ("Roe V. Wade"). According to CNN Library, “The Court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy (recognized in Griswold v. Connecticut) protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman a right to abortion during the entirety of the pregnancy and defined different levels of state interest for regulating abortion in the second and third trimesters. The ruling affected laws in 46 states” ("Roe v. Wade Fast Facts - CNN.com"). There were also several other court cases about abortion that followed the Roe v. Wade case.
Allison Crews, the author of this article, was much like us. She grew up in a pro-life home and that was all that she knew. Her mother was very active in helping young women make the decision to not have an abortion. She protested with her mother and that is the day that her life was forever changed. Shortly after she became pregnant at a young age and fought the urge to have an abortion and refused to have an adoption regardless of what every one else wanted her to do. She became pro-choice and gave us readers a whole new definition of what pro-choice

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