Abortion Essay
Courtney Trnka
Mrs. Farren
American Studies, Period 3-4
8 May 2012
Outline for Her Body, Her Choice!
Issue statement: The legality of abortion is a controversial issue.
I. First, one side supports abortion being illegal
A. Women’s health
B. Adoption
C. Murder of an innocent child
D. The God card
II. On the other hand, another side supports abortion being legal.
A. Women are endangered
B. It’s the mothers choice
C. A woman is more than a fetus
D. Rape
III. The arguments to keep abortion legal prove stronger than arguments against it.
A. Murder of an innocent child
B. The God card
C. It’s the mothers choice
D. Women are endangered
Her Body, Her Choice!
The debate over which abortion should be legal or illegal has been around for the longest time. The abortion debate deals with the rights and the wrongs of intentionally ending a pregnancy before regular childbirth, killing the fetus in the process. The two main groups in the debate are: the pro-life movement (emphasizing the right of an unborn child being born) and the pro-choice movement (emphasizing the right of a mother to choose whether to bring the fetus to term). Each movement has wanted to influence public opinion and to achieve legal support for its position. Behind the debate of abortion is the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade; this is the act that legalized abortion in 1973. Roe was based in part on the Fourteenth Amendment’s right to privacy, “which the Court ruled was broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy” (Lynette). According to the court’s decision, a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion outweighed the rights of a nonviable fetus. Then in 1992 the Supreme Court reconfirmed Roe in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, continuing any woman’s right to have an abortion. In spite of the longtime debate between members of the
Mrs. Farren
American Studies, Period 3-4
8 May 2012
Outline for Her Body, Her Choice!
Issue statement: The legality of abortion is a controversial issue.
I. First, one side supports abortion being illegal
A. Women’s health
B. Adoption
C. Murder of an innocent child
D. The God card
II. On the other hand, another side supports abortion being legal.
A. Women are endangered
B. It’s the mothers choice
C. A woman is more than a fetus
D. Rape
III. The arguments to keep abortion legal prove stronger than arguments against it.
A. Murder of an innocent child
B. The God card
C. It’s the mothers choice
D. Women are endangered
Her Body, Her Choice!
The debate over which abortion should be legal or illegal has been around for the longest time. The abortion debate deals with the rights and the wrongs of intentionally ending a pregnancy before regular childbirth, killing the fetus in the process. The two main groups in the debate are: the pro-life movement (emphasizing the right of an unborn child being born) and the pro-choice movement (emphasizing the right of a mother to choose whether to bring the fetus to term). Each movement has wanted to influence public opinion and to achieve legal support for its position. Behind the debate of abortion is the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade; this is the act that legalized abortion in 1973. Roe was based in part on the Fourteenth Amendment’s right to privacy, “which the Court ruled was broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy” (Lynette). According to the court’s decision, a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion outweighed the rights of a nonviable fetus. Then in 1992 the Supreme Court reconfirmed Roe in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, continuing any woman’s right to have an abortion. In spite of the longtime debate between members of the
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