Abortion: A Demographic Study

Over the years women have struggled with wanted and unwanted pregnancies. Planned parenthood and not ?planned parenthood? has become a choice for some women. Variables will come into affect for each of theses women and certain circumstances will effect their decision to have an abortion or not to have an abortion. The populations in the research are women from sixteen to twenty-nine with information including ethical dilemmas, society influence, religious backgrounds, health issues, sexual activity, substance abuse, rape, financial issues, family /relationship dynamics, long term implications with physical and mental affects and legal ramifications and acts will be covered in this paper. The research will have statistics, evidenced based facts and legal documented court decisions, physical and mental health issues with interventions. Plan for change will be a consideration to help with this topic of abortion.

The sample will consist of current University of Texas at Dallas students from different classification levels. An estimation of 80-100 surveys will be taken. Demographic collection will be collected prior to administration and will compose of age, gender, and classification level, if they are currently attend UTD, along with whom and where the participant lives.

Dr. Ronnie gave an excellent presentation this past week on abortion and its current laws. We were able to discuss quite a few abortion laws prior to 1952, as well as take a look at some more recent laws. In 2015, Pennsylvania created a bill entitled “HB 1948” which reduced the time frame that a woman could have an abortion from 24 weeks to 20 weeks. Although it didn’t make it past the state senate, it was considered several times. Dr. Ronnie brought up several controversial legislative questions, one of them being, “Does a woman have to be on her deathbed or likely to die to get a legal abortion?” Although the 1967 therapeutic abortion act, signed by Ronald Reagan, said that abortions were only legal if a woman had been made pregnant through

There are many elements that can effect a person’s attitude towards abortion. We will be looking at a few demographics of people who decided to answer the question “Do you believe women should be allowed to have

Abortion has been progressively restricted in many states across America, and this strong push is coming from believers. This act affects The United States in many ways; Amanda Marcotte from Alternet writes, “thanks to increasingly restrictive state and local laws and overzealous law enforcement, we are seeing a return to pre-Roe back-alley abortions and increasingly criminal treatment of women.” These restrictions, promoted by believers, infringe on women’s rights and contribute to danger of female health.

They also found that “the most sub common sub reason given was that the woman could not afford a baby now because she was unmarried (42%)” (SOURCE 8). Over time research has suggested that race and gender is a constant factor in attitudes towards abortion (SOURCE 19-26). Although early studies show that race was heavily influential, it has decreased throughout the

The Abortion stigma and healthcare disparities have always existed amongst low income African American adolescent women in the U.S. society. The abortion stigma has been described as a negative attribute associated with women who seek to terminate a pregnancy that marks them, internally or externally, as inferior to ideals of womanhood (Walden, 2011). The experience of stigma can depend on individual characteristics, such as religious beliefs, cultural values, but most importantly, economic status (Dehlendorf, C., Harris, L. H., & Weitz, T. A., 2013). This research paper will specifically examine the disparities and associated stigmas within African-American adolescent women having selective abortion in low income communities. It is important

Abortion has been and still is one of the most controversial topics in American culture. The reason for the controversy is the different viewpoints of this very personal matter. Some believe that abortion is the same as murder. Others believe it’s a personal choice which only they have the right to make. Due to the nature of the procedure and the concerns associated with ending a pregnancy, abortion will continue to top the list of “touchy” subjects in American politics and culture. As a pro-choice advocate, it is important for the right to have an abortion to be established and protected.

The reliability of the assessment tool was conducted using Cronbach’s Alpha. The reliability tests the internal consistency of the assessment and ensures that test results provide consistent outcome in repeated measurements (Rahman, 2001). The accepted level of Cronbach’s alpha is 0.7 while 0.6 is also acceptable in exploratory studies (Saraph, et al., 1989). The internal consistency of the assessment principles/constructs was measured separately using SPSS. The limiting factor for acceptance used was an alpha level of 0.7. Table 2 presents the reliability test for the assessment tool. The assessment reliability test produced an alpha level of more than 0.7 for all principles/constructs of the assessment.

(Jelen & Wilcox, 2003). However, if the situation presents itself, where an unwanted pregnancy arises, then people’s attitudes could change; therefore, their behaviors can be different than their attitude. Attitudes and behaviors may sometimes contradict themselves. People’s attitudes about abortion can even influence politicians (Jelen & Wilcox, 2003). However, people’s final decision to get an abortion, meaning people’s behaviors towards the topic, can put a woman’s health in jeopardy. Abortion is an interesting topic because a woman's intimate partner can profoundly influence her

The social issue I am exploring is abortion. The two questions I am researching are: “Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain legal abortion if there is a strong chance of a serious defect in the baby” and “Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain legal abortion if the woman wants to for any reason.” This social issue is important because it can be viewed from a legal, moral, religious, and social standpoint. It also has only become a large part of our society, and therefore a largely debated issue, in the last half century. It also is sociologically important because it is a debate over the ideal our country was formed on: freedom.

According to The Catholic Encyclopedia, abortion can be defined as the loss of a fetal life. Today, abortion is a very controversial topic. There are people who are pro-life, and they do not believe in allowing abortion. On the other hand, there are those who are pro-choice, and they believe that a mother should have the choice for whether or not she continues with the pregnancy. I believe the mother should have the right to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy because of the particular circumstance a mother is in.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were several studies of attitudes toward the practice and legalization. These studies were done by Westoff, Blake, Jones, Mileti, and Barnett. The studies that were done focused on the description of attitudes toward abortion and how they changed over time. “The studies purpose was to describe the

The coefficient reliability analysis revealed that all the scales consisting of more than two items exceeded the recommended Cronbach‟s alpha benchmark of 0.70 (Nunnally, 1978).

Abortion is a controversial issue in many countries all the time and there are always two sides of abortion. Pro-life supporters believe that abortion is immoral, so they argue that it should be illegal because an unborn baby is life. However, they do not figure out that woman who is on the inevitable situation such as infection, rape, or extreme poverty would still have the abortion even though the abortion is illegal. Many women die due to unsafe abortion, which is illegal and performed by uneducated people. Therefore, the abortion should be legal to protect the life of ‘alive women’ because women’s life is equal to human’s right. I would like to provide more affirmative bases to support abortion in this paper.