Examples Of Civil Disobedience In America

Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines as a peaceful form of political protest. During the time period in which the film SELMA was based, Civil Disobedience was mostly used when protesting colored people's rights to vote. In today’s society, one of the most controversial topics in America, is Abortion. Both abortion and the voting rights of colored people have been, and are still, two of the most controversial topics in America today. Many people believe that there are only two sides to every argument. Those who are for it, and those who are against it. However, there is also a third party. Those who are both for and against it, or neither. Abortion was made legal on January 22, 1973 when Jane Roe (Norma McCorvey) wanted to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. However, at the time abortions were only used to save the mother's life if the pregnancy endangered her health. McCorvey was unable to have the abortion she'd wanted, and now she says what she did was wrong, and that she should have never fought to make abortions legal. Those against abortions are called “pro-lifers”. The way they use civil disobedience to protest abortion, is by peacefully blocking abortion clinics. Those who are pro-abortion believe that they
For example, the topic in which SELMA was based on could be fixed with a simple law, but the people that were against it made it so hard for that one law to be made possible. All the people wanted was the right to vote like everyone else, and all they needed was one law. Abortion on the other hand, has so many outcomes revolving around it. People's lives are being taken, before they’ve even started. The people involved in the Selma March chose to be there, and chose to fight for what they believed in, but these babies don't even get a chance to decide for themselves on whether or not they want to be here, those babies don’t get to