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Abortion has been part of family planning since ancient times, with natural abortifacients being found amongst a wide variety of tribal people and in all our written sources. Our earliest texts contain no mention of abortion or abortion law. When it does appear, it is entailed in concerns about male property rights, preservation of social order, and the duty to produce fit citizens for the state or community. The harshest penalties were generally reserved for a woman who procured an abortion against her husband's wishes, and for slaves who produced abortion in a woman of high status. Religious texts often contained severe condemnations of abortion, recommending fees but seldom enforcing secular punishment. As a matter of common law in England and the United States, abortion was illegal anytime after quickening—when the movements of the fetus could first be felt by the woman. Under the born alive rule, the fetus was not considered a "reasonable being" in rerum natura; and abortion was not treated as murder in English law.
In the United States we claim to have a seperation of church and state - which means that the U.S. government cannot establish a religion for the nation. However, our abortion laws and laws about women's reproductive health are in question. Review the links below and answer the prompts.
What is Roe v Wade and how does it impact the right of a woman to choose? Name and describe three types of restrictions put on women to remove the choice of having an abortion. Who should have the right to determine what a woman does with their own body? Should religious views impact American law making? Why or why not? Assignment Requirements
80 Comments
Maria Distancia
2/18/2016 10:25:54 pm
Roe V. Wade is a single pregnant woman that according to the article US abortion law she wanted “to prevent him from enforcing Texas' abortion prohibition” (2015). Many women like her can not abort only if they have been raped or if the baby is deformed. If the baby in their bellies aren't seen as something threatening , they can not abort. In my opinion, i agree with the article Congress, Abortion, and the Separation of Church and State when it stated “ It would be equally wise to protect women as they come to their own conclusions and receive medical care” ( Ross,2013). I somewhat agree to what he is saying because each women can be passing through different things and situations.There could be a situation where a women can not be threatened during the 9 months but maybe the baby can be the one in danger in the future. By this i mean that there could be a chance that their family won’t be able to feed and support the kid. In the other hand, i feel like women should have the baby and then put it in adoption as well. Either way, women should be supported in their decisions because they can have their own reasons.
Esmeralda Villanueva
2/19/2016 07:45:30 pm
I agree that a women can put the child for adoption but the process with that is very hard, many parents want a healthy baby and some for example human traffickers are forced to do drugs regardless and then have a baby that can have asthma or far worse and will not even get adopted and will be put into foster care and many children are usually abused. Its sad but if adoption was any choice better for the mother to find someone who will love the unborn child. I just wanted to add to what you were saying.
jeniffer
2/21/2016 07:20:01 pm
i agree with you that they should give the baby up for adoption. But it'll also be hard to leave the baby once they have them since they'll be attached but adoption is the best solution!
Luis Espinoza
2/21/2016 11:16:04 pm
I think that adoption is a better idea than abortion. If a family is not able to provide for a child they shouldn't be bringing the, into this world but once a woman is pregnant she should not abort and instead she should look for someone who will take care of the child and can provide for them.
nalleli Lujano
2/21/2016 11:31:12 pm
I agree with you Maria is not that easy to be a mother at its challenging to maintain a baby and give them everything they need. Some mothers don’t even have a job to take care of the babies, but like what you says its better to have the baby and put it into adoption that way they wont suffer.
Judith Preciado
2/23/2016 09:31:17 pm
I totally agree with your opinion. The baby isn't a threat but the baby will be in very big danger with the future. The may end up in foster or something. Maybe even the baby will end up in bad paths and go through a lot. Woman have the right for their decisions.
Estephany Garibaldi
2/24/2016 08:54:35 pm
I agree that in many cases women have different stories and reasons to their abortion cases. And that sometimes when it comes to rape then we should try to understand the mother in this case. I do agree with the adoption part that is a best solution instead of taking away an innocent life.
Emily Madrigal
3/2/2016 08:07:56 pm
I agree that women may not feel like they would love a child with deformities and would like to abort but they always have the option to abort. I also agree that there may be a lot of different reasons to have a abortion when being pregnant with an unwanted baby for example if they were rapped and or don't feel like its the right time for this big step in ones life. Roe v Wade is a court case in Texas involving a pregnant single woman. The woman was suing Dallas County district attorney,Henry Wade in order to stop him from enforcing the Texas abortion prohibition. The case of Roe v Wade impacts the right of a woman to decide what she wishes to do with her own body. It also restricts the rights of women to chose a decision for themselves. A type of restriction placed on women to remove the choice of having an abortion is state abortion restrictions. State abortion restrictions mean that there are certain requirements to be meet in order for an abortion to receive an “ok. It also depends where you live because every state has different guidelines. Another restriction placed upon women to remove the choice of abortion is that it may only happen if the baby threatens your life, This means if it is not a death threatening situation on the mother’s life the abortion is not to happen. The third restriction placed upon women to remove the choice of abortion is a time period. After a certain number of weeks or days the abortion cannot happen under any circumstance. If the days or weeks extend and there needs to be an abortion, a doctor in some states can not let a woman have the decision to abort. A woman herself should have the right to determine what she wishes to do with her own body. Nobody truly knows you like you know yourself therefore women should have the freedom and right to decide what to do with their body. As well abortions happen for different reasons and women shouldn’t be victimized for taking a decision for them and not to please people. Religious views should not impact american law making. Religion and american law in my point of view are two diffrent things. Religion should not determine a law because every religion is different for starters. At the same time religions have different beliefs and viewpoints on abortion. Religion should not determine a law because the law doesn’t just affect one person but an entire world.
Esmeralda Villanueva
2/19/2016 07:50:16 pm
jeniffer
2/21/2016 07:36:01 pm
just like esme says that last sentence is good it shows that adding religion to law making would be a big mistake since all religions have different views on many things.
manuel romero
2/21/2016 10:29:35 pm
I, personally based on my beliefs disagree with your statement. I believe that women should not abort children. Although many may argue “it is their body they should be able to make their own decision", women know the consequences that come from their actions, and their decisions shouldn’t be the cause of a death because that is essentially what one is doing when getting an abortion, killing a human being.
Saraye ruiz
2/21/2016 11:22:14 pm
I find it so absurd that the law tries to make abortion so hard for women. You're right, religion and laws are too completely different things! Religion comes from culture and belief whereas laws are changeable and opinions vary on what's right. A woman does know her body and should be responsible enough to be able to abort her baby if she knows she will not take true care of it.
Judith Preciado
2/23/2016 09:36:59 pm
I so agree with your opinion Yesenia about religion. Religion should not affect the way laws are made. It should not be about what religion believes and views something. It is a persons decision and not a religions decision. It will for sure not affect one person but it will affect the whole country for it's law that is being motivated by religion.
Judith Preciado
2/19/2016 03:45:05 pm
Roe v Wade is a Texas court case that had involved a single pregnant woman named Roe. The case impacts the rights of woman to choose what to do with their body. In the article U.S Abortion Laws they state, “Since her life was not threatened by her pregnancy, she had no legal basis for aborting in Texas”(2015). The only way the woman can abort are if the baby is deformed or if they were raped. There are three types of restrictions that are put on a woman to remove the choice of having an abortion. The first type is Federal Abortion Ban. The second type is 20-Week Ban. The three type is State Abortion Restrictions. I think woman should have the right to determine what they can do with their body. Nobody can tell them what they can and can’t do with their body because it’s their choice. I don’t think religious views should impact American Law making. In the article Congress, Abortion, and the Separation of Church and State, Ross stated “Congress must not play religious favorites by elevating the teachings of any one faith—in this case, the most restrictive, or their own—above the teachings or conscience of others”(Ross,2013). It should be a decision that is made by the woman's choice because they know what will be the future for the baby.
Maria Distancia
2/20/2016 02:24:25 pm
I would like to agree with you on the part that you said which was "it should be a decision that is made by the woman's choice because they know what will be the future for the baby" because only the woman knows if the baby would be able to have a good lifestyle.
Paola Carrillo
2/20/2016 08:08:53 pm
yes also because what if their not prepared to bring that kid into life and they end up in a worse situation. I completely agree
Marielos Monterroza
2/19/2016 04:25:09 pm
Roe v Wade is a case about a women named Roe who wants to have an abortion and is suing Texas attorney Wade. Roe didn’t want him to enforce the Texas’ law abortion prohibition. The abortion prohibition only allows a women to have an abortion if her life is at risk. Roe’s life wasn’t at risk so she wasn’t able to have an abortion. This law impacted Roe because she didn’t have the ability to make the choice of having the baby or not having it. The law forced her to keep a baby she didn’t want.
Jessica Ramos
2/21/2016 12:24:21 pm
Yes ! I totally agree that politicians should think of the people first and what's best for them, but sadly many politicians are conservative and follow what their religion says. I agree that laws shouldn't be passed on religion because then peoples voices aren't actually heard and in that case there is no separation of powers and no real democracy.
Nalleli Lujano
2/21/2016 11:40:10 pm
I agree with you Marielos women should have total control of their own body. Just like you said what if they were rape and everything brings bad memories and there are many people that have going to situations like this ones. Women should have a voice and not letting the Politian’s decide about their body.
Esther Ramirez
2/21/2016 11:52:43 pm
I agree that women should decide in what happens in their bodies. Although rape is a common reason for abortion, some cases of abortion are of economic reasons and I believe that they should abort because of what they think is the best for all including the baby. Abortion isn’t just getting rid of a thing, it’s letting go of an important aspect of a woman based on the exterior circumstances.
Estephany Garibaldi
2/24/2016 08:58:42 pm
I do agree that women should have right over their bodies because they are the mother but its always with reason. Yes lots of conservatives go with based on religion and don't go with what the people have to say and thats where they are being unfair
Ivan Navarro
2/19/2016 06:18:05 pm
Roe v Wade was a case held in Texas. The Roe v Wade involved a pregnant single woman, who was suing the Dallas County District. She was trying to get an abortion but the state of texas did not let her. Prohibitive abortion laws had already existed in Texas, and they have not changed since 1854. A restriction against abortion was made by the supreme court. It was the first ever federal law banning abortion procedures and gave politicians the green light to interfere in the private health care decisions of women especially and families. Another restriction against abortions was many politicians across the country succeed in restricting access to abortion, women were paying the price. I'm assuming the money went to government. Also there was the 20 week ban, this meant it was up to the doctor and women if they wanted the abortion. I think it depends on the situation when it comes to a woman deciding what she wants to do with her body in case an abortion. Like a woman getting rape, I think in that situation she should do whatever with her body. She didn't want a baby in the first place, she was forced to. In the other hand a women wanting an abortion just because she doesn't want the baby and wasn't raped I think that's wrong. She shouldn't of gotten pregnant in the first place HELLO! there's safe sex. She's not giving the baby a chance to live, see the world and maybe be someone in life. If she doesn't want the baby she should just have it during labor and give it to an orphanage. I know that sounds messed up but it's better than having a dead baby. Also isn't surgery during an abortion the same as surgery during labor. I think religion is stupid in american law making. First of all I think religion is a whole bunch of BS if I offend anyone well that's too bad. Also not everyone in the supreme court or office or whoever makes the laws may not practice the same religion. If they do that is very biased and so is religion on american lawmaking that is biased to.
Aldo Gallegos
2/21/2016 08:13:03 pm
agree with you where you mentioned that not everyone practices the same religion and you can say that for the majority of the United States. The Us is full of diversity thus bringing about the different practices of religion. That is why i think that religion shouldn't get involved with making laws because not everyone follows the same religion and we should not be biased.
Agustin Castellanos
2/21/2016 09:16:28 pm
Hey dude I agree with you on the idea that religion is biased in American Law Making. Every religion has their own opinion, but they always implant their ideal values in them. If they makes laws based on religion then we would live in a country that is ideal for that religion and not based on the peoples beliefs.
Olaf Ponce
2/21/2016 11:03:07 pm
I disagree with you Ivan! I feel like women should have the right to abort if they want or not. I mean maybe she was having safe sex, that doesn't mean that it is a hundred percent safe. What if you were forced to go through the pain of having a baby you don't want to keep just because of other people's beliefs.
Saraye Ruiz
2/21/2016 11:28:15 pm
I agree that the whole religion with laws thing is "BS". We all have different beliefs and views of how our society should be. On the other hand, I agree with Olaf that safe sex isn't always 100%. In addition, a kid that lacks a good mother or figure in his/her life is more likely to suffer emotionally.
Alejandra Saavedra
2/23/2016 11:05:12 pm
I also feel like women should have the right to choose between the option of aborting a child if they feel like they are not going to be able to support it. Also, like Olaf mentioned, beliefs do have a lot to do with the decisions of others because some might feel like abortion is murder while others think that it is appropriate in terms of what is best for the mother and the unborn child.
Mauricio Guerrero
2/19/2016 07:02:51 pm
Roe vs Wade was a Supreme Court case in which Roe a single pregnant woman sewed the Dallas district attorney so they wouldn’t enforce Texas's prohibition on abortion. The only way that you can abort in Texas is if the mother’s life is in any danger, which was not the case. The result of this case was that that you can abort during the first 6 months of pregnancy ,but not during the last trimester.”Third trimester abortions were declared to be legal only if the pregnancy threatened the life or health of the mother”(Abort73,2015). This shows how the abortion laws had allowed women to have more freedom to do what they want with their bodies,but they still had restrictions.One of the three restrictions is the federal abortion ban criminalizes abortions in the second trimester of pregnancy. The second restriction is the twenty week ban which would ban abortions after twenty works of pregnancy. The third restriction are the state abortion restrictions that restrict and even ban abortion on the state level and and would deny women the right to make any medical decision. I believe that women have the right to decide what to do with their own body it’s their body and they should do what is right for them.”We believe that, once a woman decides, she should be able to get the medical care she believes is right for her”(Ross,2013).This shows again how it should be a woman’s decision and she should get the medical care she needs. I believe religious views should not impact American lawmaking because there should be separation of church and State and it’s up to women what to do with their bodies.
Paola Carrillo
2/20/2016 08:12:44 pm
Id like to agree with your intake of having a seperation between the church and state. I think them trying to use this ideology is a mean to try to control the people and their actions
KathyMaya
2/21/2016 10:08:07 pm
I agree with your last sentence. As I previously stated in my response earlier, I agree with abortion not one bit. However, I do believe it should be up to the female in regards to making a decision about another human being. If you really think about it, she's the one that knows best for the child's future. If she gets her desired abortion denied, she can simply cause herself a miscarriage. That only makes the situation worse, as it endangers both of their lives.
Manuel Romero
2/21/2016 10:39:10 pm
I would like to professionally disagree with you sir. In my opinion when one is getting an abortion it is because they cannot deal with the decisions they made, which is getting pregnant. A women knows the consequences of what they do and the effect it can have on them. A women bad decisions shouldn’t result in the death of a human being.
Luis espinoza
2/21/2016 11:01:17 pm
I would kindly like to disagree with you here mate, I don't believe it's right for a woman to abort under any circumstance. It's not right to take away the life of someone. Just because they're not born yet doesn't mean they're not alive. Actions have consequences and they should be dealt with.
Olaf Ponce
2/21/2016 11:01:53 pm
I agree with you Mauricio on the statement about women being able to make their own decision about their health. It is their own body why should anyone else have a say on how they take care of themselves. It is like having laws against going to the gym or on eating fast food, your body treat it how you want.
Esmeralda Villanueva
2/19/2016 07:39:46 pm
Who should have the right to determine what a women does to their own body? Hmm I wonder… Well honestly I believe no one has no right to tell a women what to do with their own body. Because everyone is different and is going through different life experience that maybe others never have.Roe v Wade is a case that I feel strongly about because of my own personal experience that I would never want anyone to go through. Roe is a single woman that want to abort her pregnancy however due to the cost of where she lives in Texas where abortion is prohibited. They have three restrictions that i found in “cases against abortions” which are State Abortion, Federal Abortion Ban, and the 20 week ban. These are restricting women's rights to her body, how can someone restrict you from your own body? So in “case against abortions” said that they made these laws to protect women and the only way to abort is if their lives are in danger. Well did they ever thought about the baby’s life. It hasn't been born and it's already having its life set. And by that I mean that in Texas they want the women to either keep the child or put it up to adoption. However, adoption is a really risky moves if you plan to put a child for adoption it's best to find a family first and go through the process because then it would get tricky.The child will do to foster home to another and who knows may not even get adopted and would have their lives upside down. It bothers me because religious views are impacting our lives and by ours I mean women, there are many rape victims all over the U.S and being pregnant for them can become the worse thing for them. Although they are suffering and are sex slaves to pimps, many religious people blame them for what they are forced to do and say “ well she shouldn't be opening her legs in the first place. Again many religion it's a sin to wear protection, I know that in the catholic religion it's a sin. I once asked a catholic priest why is it so bad to wear protection. He said “ because the lord does not allow that, he gave you life and why are you going to stop another life from coming.” I then asked what if a woman was raped why can she abort? He said “ God gave her a blessing” I wanted to respond back but my dad saw what I was doing and took me away. What does god have to do with everything? I have total respect for every religion but I feel that they only think of themselves. I want someone to tell me why they think that way I want to know why do they imply God so much for everything that is harming others. America is extremely impacted with religious views and makes law decisions with them, there was a time where religion ruled but that time passed and it's time to changed things around.
Paola Carrillo
2/20/2016 08:22:49 pm
Wow that personal example kinds slaps me in the face now that i think about it i see some of the similarities to my church. i see the because of the idea that god did this god did that we try and make each other feel guilty of the desicions that we make
Jonathan Padilla
2/21/2016 11:07:55 pm
I agree with your ideas of who should tell a women about her body. No one but the women herself should be the only one controlling her own body. These laws just kind of take a woman's freedom away from them because they are being restricted from what they want. Their choice is being ignored and laws are just determining of how a women's body should be taken care of. It should not even be a question because like you said each women is different and all off them have different experiences.
Jessica Ramos
2/19/2016 09:15:54 pm
Roe was a single mother who decided that the best route to take was to abort. Roe sued Henry Wade, a Dallas district attorney. He believed that she had no right to abort because her life was not in danger from the pregnancy. Roe’s life was not in danger, but her choice was to abort. The Supreme Court came to the conclusion that the first six months of pregnancy abortion could not be valid and could not take place. The only legal way to have women abort was during the third trimester and that was only if pregnancy was a threat to the health and life of the mother.
Marielos Monterroza
2/20/2016 11:27:31 am
I agree that women shouldn't be shamed or judged for having an abortion because then it affects them mentally. It's a huge problem in our society that women are always made to feel bad about themselves when they should be able to make decisions that are best for them. Politicians shouldn't rely on religion to pass laws because they're beliefs get in the way and aren't thinking of the people. It's true that politicians shouldn't be biased in order to create a fairer country. They should be creating a society where the people can feel protected by the law.
Alejandra Saavedra
2/23/2016 11:13:19 pm
I also agree with you Jessica and believe that women should have the right to their bodies and should be able to do what is right for themselves physically, emotionally, and mentally. When people think of abortion, it tends to be though of as a crime but they don't put into consideration that the woman is making a huge sacrifice because she knows she will not be able to provide the essential materials of survival for the child.
Liz
2/24/2016 10:04:10 am
I agree woman should not be ashamed for having a abortion for only she knows whether she can care for the baby and we do not know the circumstances of the pregnancy, it could've been a result of rape of incest. It is more of a shame to bring a child into this world and not care for it than it.
Yesenia Briseno
2/20/2016 11:06:09 pm
I agree with you Jessica that women should have the right and freedom to do what they would like with their own bodies. Most times when people hear that a woman has an abortion they often name call her and blame her for her decision. In reality people shouldn’t be judgemental because there are different reasons as to why women choose to have abortions. I also agree with the point you made about how counseling is a requirement and that it is biased. Everyone has different opinions and even the same counselors can shame a woman. The reason why counselors are biased is that they extremely favor one decision over another .
Mauricio Guerrero
2/21/2016 06:59:10 pm
I agree that women should have the right to choose what to do with their own bodies and that they should not be shamed because of that. I also agree that laws shouldn’t be tied to any religion thus having the separation between church and state. This will allow women to not have any shame in getting abortions
Aldo Gallegos
2/21/2016 08:30:41 pm
I also agree that there should be more reinforcement when it comes to separating the church and the state. This is because i believe that when religion gets involved with law making this creates bias. Keeping in mind that not everyone in the country practices the same religion. We do have the right to practice whatever we believe in and based, religious laws would not help out everyone.
Esther Ramirez
2/19/2016 09:32:05 pm
Roe v. Wade was a court case in Texas in which the plaintiff was a pregnant woman who sued the Dallas County district attorney. As she was a single woman and her life was not at risk, the state declared that she didn’t have enough reasons to abort. This case was to prevent Texas from enforcing an abortion law that prevented women to abort. This affects a woman’s right to choose because now she would have more flexibility in the reasoning of her medical decision. Although women have more flexibility in deciding what is a valid reason for abortion, some restrictions that came upon women that makes it hard for women to abort at any given time. There are three restrictions; Federal Abortion Ban that criminalizes abortion after second trimester of pregnancy, 20-week Ban which prevents any abortion from happening after 20 weeks, and State Abortion Restrictions that makes a woman go through processes such as “Mandatory ultrasounds before women can get an abortion — this burdensome regulation is sometimes imposed even on victims of rape and incest.”(Planned Parenthood, 2016). I think that it is only right for a woman to choose what happens to her body because the choice she makes is what she believes to be right for her. For example my mother gave birth to my older brother with autism and once she became pregnant of me the chances were that I could’ve been born with a physical or mental discapacity and her doctor advised her to abort but after giving it a deep thought of more than one week she decided she wasn’t going to abort. Women don’t randomly just think “Oh I will abort just because I feel like it”, they think about the well-being of everyone including the child and if they believe that they should abort, then why not let them? I honestly don’t believe that religion should impact American laws such as Rep. Daniel Lipinski states in the 2010 debate,”We believe that, once a woman decides, she should be able to get the medical care she believes is right for her. Judaism, along with other faiths, affirms that a woman’s pregnancy has a moral standing, but her moral standing and her ability to come to an informed conclusion holds higher ground”(Ross, 2013). What he refers to is that a woman’s moral standing is very important and shouldn’t be determined by conservative politicians that are true believers in Christianity that is against abortions.
Marielos Monterroza
2/20/2016 11:11:40 am
I believe you're right because a women does think deeply about having an abortion. Abortion is something serious that a women thinks carefully about and know what is right for them. Women who are raped can't handle the memory or the pain that they feel that an abortion is the right choice. A women should have the ability to choose because it is her body and her own decision.
Liz Guerrero
2/24/2016 10:08:28 am
That's a good example with your mom. I believe that even if a woman is aware of an illness of the child and feels she has the capacity to care for the child she should have every right to.
Agustin Castellanos
2/19/2016 10:06:04 pm
Roe V Wade was a Supreme Court case that was over abortion laws. Roe was a single mom who was pregnant, Who lived in Texas. She made a Law Suit against Texas's abortion laws that prevented her from proceeding with the abortion process. Wade was the defendant District Attorney. Fortunately Roe won the case. This case impacts the right of a woman to choose to abort or not because it became a stepping stone to remove Abortion Laws for good in the US.
Maria Distancia
2/20/2016 02:28:27 pm
I would like to agree with you when you said that "Despite what religion has to say about abortion, the woman has the last say to whether to abort or not" because somethings for a lot of women out there, aborting is the best option for them and the baby.
Ivan Navarro
2/21/2016 04:35:33 pm
I agree with you dude about the fact that no one should have control of your own body. It's your body do whatever you want with it. I don't get why people have to worry about what you do with your body. It's your life live it the way you want.
Kathy Maya
2/21/2016 10:12:54 pm
I agree with what you're saying about women having the last word of the final say in regards to their own abortions, but you kind of lost me in the part where you're talking about at least letting religion get involved equally. In my opinion, if religion does get involved, it simply won't be fair. We all know how hypocritical religion can be and how politicians will simply use it for their own benefit and not for truly believing in the religion itself. Its best if we as citizens don't just turn the other way and pretend we don't know whats going on. That only gives the few politicians more power to do what they want.
Saraye Ruiz
2/19/2016 10:10:28 pm
Roe vs. Wade was a case that started in Texas and eventually worked its way up to the U.S Supreme Court. Roe was a single pregnant woman that was denied her medical right to abort, due to the abortion laws in Texas then. In result, she continued fighting her case and on January 22,1973, made history when the Supreme Court ruled that the right to privacy protects a woman's medical decisions. Many laws like the one Roe was fighting include not being able to abort due to the fetus providing no medical threat against her body while pregnant. On the contrary, Abort73.com found that, “According to Justice Harry Blackmun's majority opinion, a woman's health includes her "physical, emotional, psychological, (and) familial" well-being, and should include considerations about the woman's age.4 "All these factors may relate to health,".(Abort73.com,par.3). Nevertheless, recent laws are making it even more difficult for struggling woman by banning abortions in the second trimester. After reading these articles, I have changed my mind and personally believe women should make their own decisions because many health problems may arise, not only for the woman but for the child. According to the Planned Parenthood website, “Despite abortion being safe, legal, constitutionally protected, and consistently supported by a majority of Americans, opponents of women’s health have made it increasingly harder for women to access it.”. I was surprised to learn that the majority of americans actually support abortion but are having little affecting on the law making. In addition, religious views affecting present law making is simply unconstitutional because all americans have different beliefs.
Jessica Ramos
2/21/2016 12:19:23 pm
I agree that many health problems arise and in addition mental health problems can arise when women aren't getting the treatment and support necessary. I agree that religion affecting law making is basically unconstitutional because the government is no longer taking into consideration the people, but instead the church.
Esther Ramirez
2/21/2016 11:37:42 pm
I also was very surprised when i saw that there were many people that supported abortion. The main problem that I see is that there are many influences that are against abortion, making limits and restrictions that are very conservative. When I was reading about the restrictions and what they meant, I saw that they were based off christianity because of the religious views and morals as the government calls them. Additionally I agree that the women should have the right to decide over what happens to their bodies. If they can’t choose over what happens to them it can affect their well being both physically and emotionally.
Francisco Zamora
2/22/2016 12:08:02 am
I agree with your last idea. Most Americans do have different beliefs. After all, we are the most diverse country in the world. Even if we did try to mix the church and the state it would be a complete mess. What religion would we focus on? There is no possible way to make that work out.
Kathy Maya
2/19/2016 11:10:36 pm
Roe v Wade was a Court Case that started in Texas and led up all the way to the Supreme Court. It was accompanied by another case, Doe v Bolton. Roe v Wade, was a about a single mother who was suing the Dallas County District. This case impacted the rights of a woman to choose in many different ways. One of the major ways in which were impacted was the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban. This made it illegal to abort a human fetus and would incarcerate the doctors who did it. Other restrictions were the State Abortion Restrictions. This meant that the states could add restrictions to abortion laws. With this opportunity, it meant that states could make simple rules such as having a specific width for hallways a requirement, otherwise the center would be shut down. They would be able to request anything they wanted, even if it had nothing to do with the abortions itself. The last one was the 20-Week Ban. Women would not be able to abort a fetus within the first or second trimester of her pregnancy. I she were to do it, it’d be considered illegal and she would have to assume the consequences.
Agustin Castellanos
2/21/2016 09:23:22 pm
I respect your opinion of abortion, but I really do agree with your opinion about allowing women to have control of their own body. No one else is in charge of your body and it should always stay that way.
Aldo Gallegos
2/19/2016 11:10:48 pm
Roe v Wade is a court case that took place in Texas in which a pregnant, single mother Roe was trying to sue the district attorney, Wade to stop him from using Texas’ abortion prohibition. This impacts the women's rights to choose because like Roe they are denied the chance of having an abortion unless they met certain requirements. “Georgia law allowed for abortion if the life or health of the mother was threatened, if the baby was seriously deformed, or if the pregnancy was a result of rape”(Roe v Wade 2016). Three types of restrictions were put against women in order to prevent them from having the choice to abort. The First one is the Federal Abortion Ban in which it gave the right to politicians to get involved in the health care decisions for the women. The second one is the 20-week Ban that in the District of Columbia you can't abort after 20 weeks. The last one are the State Abortion Restrictions are series of attempts that try to prevent abortions at state level. I strongly believe that it is up to both the women because it's their own body. laws can endanger women so they should decide for themselves. “Laws that restrict access to abortion hurt women's health and endanger their safety” (Planned Parenthood 2016). I think that religious views should not influence America’s laws because it would create a strict political system. In the article Congress, abortion, and the Separation of Church and State it says,” Rather, in a land where religion and faith are separate, as they should be, Congress must not play religious favorites by elevating the teachings of any one faith”(Ross2016). This says that religion and laws should not mix when it comes to making laws.
Yesenia Briseno
2/20/2016 10:57:36 pm
I agree with you when you say that “ that religion and laws should not mix when it comes to making laws”. Religion and law are two diffrent things like you said that shouldn’t mix even though both are controversial. I think that they shouldn’t overlap because there would be a majority of conservative politicians. Most of the time conservative politicians are traditional and most don’t like the idea of abortion. I agree with what you said because law shouldn’t be looked under the aspect of religion but an aspect of a right that should belong to women.
Ivan Navarro
2/21/2016 04:46:49 pm
I agree with the fact that laws endanger women and there bodys. What if there was a situation where the only option to save a woman's was getting an abortion. Obviously she needs the baby out of her system to be healthy, But there real question here is will the government allow it to happen.
Jonathan Padilla
2/21/2016 11:02:53 pm
I agree with the topic of religion and it's influence on law making. Religion now a days is used as a an excuse or permission to do what ever people want if they are part of it. It would be hypocritical for America to be attacking ISIS based on their extremist beliefs but then the U.S. involving religion in its law making system.
Nalleli Lujano
2/19/2016 11:40:57 pm
Roe v Wade was a single pregnant woman that wasn’t able to abort due to the law in Texas that prevented abortion since (1973). This law didn’t let her to abort the baby only if she was rapped or if the child was not developed correctly. This led for Roe to sue the Dallas county district “Henry Wade” she told him to prevent him from enforcing the Texas abortion prohibition”(U.S abortion). Her decision was defended on the basis of ignorance. Now all of this has become into a question and many believe its time to change the laws. I think that women should have the right to determine what they want to do with their own body but at the same time I believe a fetus shouldn’t be killed because its like committing a crime. For example the women should decide if they want to abort because some of them don’t have enough resources to take care of the child or things that they will need and in the other hand I believe another option for them would be having the baby and putting it to adoption rather than killing it. Ultimately, women should have the right to do what they want with their body and the amendments protect them the article U.S abortion states,” 9th and 14th Amendments, according to legal precedent established during the 1960's, guarantees a woman's "right to privacy.” Meaning that the amendment protects them to decide what they want to do.
Cynthia Pinedo
2/20/2016 12:59:53 am
The Roe v. Wade was a case from Texas in which Roe, a single and pregnant women, wanted to prevent the passing of Texas’ abortion prohibition and be able to abort. Thus, she tried suing the district attorney, Wade. The only exception into having a legal abortion was if the mother’s life was threatened. However, her life was not threatened by the pregnancy, so she could not have an abortion legally. “Thus, all state abortion laws that forbade abortion during the first six months of pregnancy were thereby invalidated ” (Abort73, 2015). However, you could not abort by your third trimester. Women’s choice to choose was expanded with restrictions. Many more cases continued to come to light about abortion following that the Roe v Wade case.
Mauricio Guerrero
2/21/2016 07:07:14 pm
I didn’t some of the restrictions from the government that you mentioned which I find interesting for example the closing of these abortion clinics for any small thing. Also I agree that even though they place all these restrictions on abortions they will keep on occurring one way or another. This is dangerous because if these mothers might put their lives in danger if they can’t get an abortion at a clinic.
Cynthia Pinedo
2/21/2016 11:27:51 pm
I read those restrictions from the State and Federal Laws link. They are insane, right? I do not want to imagine a situation where I need an abortion, regardless of my reason, and have my life risked even more because of other’s religious or political views. Like Planned Parenthood quoted in a tweet, "Abortion cannot be theoretically legal, it has to be literally accessible." The accessibility of abortion is a huge piece in this issue. I believe it coexists with the legal/law aspects.
Jontae' Henry
2/23/2016 08:06:36 pm
I completely agree with you on everything i just have two questions for you. ok the first one Is should the government be involved in reproduce right to make sure that the rights are being followed correctly? Then two How can we make sure that woman are in charge of their own bodies and not the government or anybody else ?
jeniffer
2/20/2016 05:48:12 pm
Roe vs wade was a case from texas which involved a single woman who was pregnant, she wanted to stop a district attorney also from texas from enforcing the abortion prohibition. she believed that since her life wasn’t threatened by her pregnancy she didn’t have any legal basis towards aborting in texas. The case of Roe v Wade impacts the right of a woman to decide what she wishes to do with her own body. It also restricts the rights of women to chose a decision for themselves. A type of restriction would be state abortion restriction. State abortion restrictions mean that there are certain requirements to be meet in order for an abortion to receive an “ok” which means that if you have a child of rape, incest anything taboo you can’t do anything until you get an okay from the state. Another type restriction given to women you cannot abort that means you may only abort if the baby threatens your life, This means if it is not a death threatening situation on the mother’s life the abortion is going to be accepted or even happen. A women should have the right to make choices for her own self it’s her body & if she feels like the baby will be a threat to her life she should be able to make the decision on her own without any other people opinion. Religious views shouldn’t be involved with americas law making because everyone has different point of views for many things and when it comes to lawmaking people wouldn’t have anything to agree on and it’ll all be a huge mess.
Cynthia Pinedo
2/21/2016 11:44:39 pm
I completely agree with you on the part that a woman should have the right to make her own decisions about her own body. There needs to be a different approach towards those who make these decisions. Rather than trying to emotionally harass them with ultrasounds and therapy sessions, they should be provided with support.
Paola Carrillo
2/20/2016 08:05:18 pm
Roe v. Wade was the case of woman in texas who decided that her pregnacy didn't put her in trouble she should be able to decide what she did with her own body. This changed the way that people valued their rights especially in Texas. Because of this case there was restrictions towards woman especially conciving and abortion just because of the argument of them owning their own body.
rigoberto
2/21/2016 04:36:37 pm
Roe vs Wade was a Supreme Court case in which Roe a single pregnant woman sewed the Dallas district attorney so they wouldn’t enforce Texas's prohibition on abortion. She wanted to have an abortion but the state did not permitted her. The case of Roe v Wade impacts the right of a woman to decide what she would want to do with her own body. There are also some restrictions that take away the rights of what they cannot do with their own bodies. A restriction against abortion was made by the supreme court which was the first ever federal law banning abortion procedures and gave politicians the green light to interfere in the private health care decisions of women and families. I think banning abortion procedures can have an impact on women in many ways. “The ban affects more than just the women who need second-trimester abortions and the doctors who care for them.” This shows that it can affect the women but not just women, it can also affect the doctors because it leaves them with nothing they can do. Another restriction against abortion was that women was paying the doctors to get an abortion.The third restriction placed upon women to remove the choice of abortion is a time period. After a certain number of weeks or days the abortion cannot happen under any circumstance. I think that this is a good restriction because if the woman really wants the abortion she should figure out what she needs to do asap. I think that women should have the right to determine what they can do with their own bodies because is their body and anyone can do whatever they want to their bodies.
Francisco Zamora
2/22/2016 12:03:06 am
I agree with you that woman should be able to do whatever they want with their bodies. We all have ourselves to look after. We should let other people be free to do whatever they would like. I'm sure I wouldn't like anybody telling me what I should or shouldn't do with my own self.
Jonathan Padilla
2/21/2016 10:53:01 pm
Roe v. Wade was a controversial court case that sparked the enhancement of abortion laws. Roe filed a lawsuit because she tried to abort the baby various times, but the police would often interfere with her decision.''This ruling was arrived at on the premise that the 9th and 14th Amendments''(Abort73). Although had won she had already delivered the baby before it could be aborted. In spite of this it regulated various laws to make clinics available to the public.The Federal Abortion Ban has really laid down the law on blocking out women who want to have abortions after the first trimester. It affects women because it limits the time they have to decide on getting an abortion or not. '' Laws banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy would take a deeply personal decision out of the hands of a woman and her doctor.''(PP) This ban is very controversial because it just really restricts women on their freedom. It takes their freedom on deciding what they want with their future of having a baby or not. In some states it just doesn't give women a choice after being 20 weeks pregnant because it just denies their request on having to abort the fetus. In a case where a women has to see or hear the ultrasound mandatory before having an abortion is just wrong. It could damage their mental state physically if she sees the fetus before it is removed. Not only that but in some scenarios physicians are required to basically torment the women before they have an abortion. I think that a women herself should be able to whatever she wants with her body. It is not fair to limit or restrict women based on what they chose to follow or do. No one else but women should be able to make their own decisions based on what they believe. It should not be so that the law restricts women about what to do with their body but the women restricting laws. Religious views should NOT impact on how America makes its laws. I think it would be a very dangerous thing to do because it could go so far. It could get to the point where it makes laws from extremist perspectives. It would not only affect America but the people, economy, or even humanity.
Jontae' Henry
2/23/2016 08:00:27 pm
I agree with you that woman should be the one to determine what happens with their body. My question to you will be than should the government be involved with reproduce rights at all and if so how?
Luis espinoza
2/21/2016 11:39:40 pm
The Roe v Wade case affected the rights of woman and their decisions on what they can do with their own bodies. The Roe v Wade case was when Roe who was a single pregnant woman wanted to have an abortion but the state didn't allow her to. She sued the Dallas district attorney so they wouldn't enforce the prohibition of abortion. This changed things in a way, there was restrictions on abortion. People argued that even though a fetus is still developing inside of he body it is still alive. I would have to agree with that and say that it's not fair to take away a life of someone who is not considered alive because they're not born yet. If a woman was able to end up pregnant she should be able to deal with it and try to do what she can to provide for her child. Abortion should never be considered. Why take away a life of someone when you don't know what that person can be when they grow up. It's not fair to take away someone's life. Also I think that religion should have nothing to do with rights. Everyone should have the same rights and religion should not be used as a weapon to take someone's rights away or to deprive someone from their rights.
Francisco Zamora
2/21/2016 11:56:35 pm
Roe vs. Wade was a case in which a pregnant woman, Roe, sued the Dallas County district attorney challenging Texas laws over abortion. She wasn't allowed to abort due to the fact her life wasn't endangered by her pregnancy. The case went all the way up to the supreme court which ruled in Roe's favor, "A three-judge District Court ruled that Roe did have basis to sue, and declared Texas abortion law void for being 'vague' and 'overbroad'"(Jones 2015). From then on, it was declared that the constitution gave women the right to decide if they wanted to abort for any reason whatsoever.
Jontae' Henry
2/23/2016 07:56:25 pm
Roe V. Wade was case about a young woman right specifically her right to have an abortion. According to Planned Parenthood website http://plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion-access/roe-v-wade/ “In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that the U.S. Constitution protects a woman's right to make her own medical decisions, including her decision to have an abortion. Therefore, a state may not ban abortion prior to viability.” This case has effect a lot of our current and pass laws that have to do with reproduction right but specifically reproduction rights for woman. The first law that this case has ever effect was the Federal Abortion Ban, this policy allowed for the government to make decision on woman health choices. The second policy that was effect by the Roe V. Wade case was the 20-week Ban, this law state that woman couldn’t get abortion after 20 weeks of being pregnant. The third policy that was effect by this case was the State Abortion Restrictions, which allows states to put restriction on how or when woman can get abortion. Now I believe that there should be some rule in reproduction right such as if a woman gets an abortion it a safe environment and that the woman body is healthy to have an abortion. Yet overall I believe that it is a woman right to determined what happens to her body. I do not believe that religion show play a part of American laws because not everyone has the same religion or believe in religion. I kind of agree with Rabbi Dennis S. Ross article in RH Reality Check “Like everybody else, we have a right to “inform” the public, but none of us speaks so “authoritatively” that policymakers must automatically honor our demands.” I agree the people have the right to talk about their religion but I believe that religion shouldn’t` even be in law making because most religion excluded gay people and I just fine it wrong to excluded people for something they can’t choice specially when laws are post to be equal for everyone.
Manuel Romero
2/24/2016 12:03:48 am
Roe v Wade was a case that took place in Texas in which a pregnant woman “Roe” was suing the dallas county district attorney “Wade” to prevent him from enforcing texas abortion prohibition. This prohibition will not allow a pregnant woman to abortion their child unless her life is in threat. This will make it harder for women to abort without reason and not give them an option other than to keep the baby. There have been other restrictions against women and their right to chose if to abort or not. For example there is a bill called the “20 week ban” which says that a women will not be able to abort a child after 20 weeks of being pregnant. This bill had been pushed to be passed nationwide by a man called Trent Franks, an Arizona Representative. Another restriction will be the “Federal Abortion Ban” which states that a women will not be able to abort if they are in the second trimester. This restriction limits the time a women has to make her choice and in a way lowers the abortion rate. One more restriction will be the “State Abortion Restriction” which basically states a bunch of legislations that a women has to follow before having an abortion and or when a woman is pregnant. These restrictions are basically lowering woman rights to have a choice in determining whether she should abort. In my opinion i believe that women should not be able to abort. I believe that if a women wants to abort that the government laws and regulations should decide whether a woman can abort. Women who abort are committing a crime in a way that they don’t even know. Abortion doesn’t just affect the baby being killed but the women physically and mentally way. Women have to live with the pure fact that they basically killed a baby. I also believe that religious views in a way should impact law making. Although the U.S is said to be a country with no religious affiliation , why would they have “in god we trust “ in their dollar bill? Wouldn't that be considered a religious affiliation? In a way having a religious view in law making would be beneficial in some aspects.
Liz
2/24/2016 09:58:56 am
Roe V wade was a case in Texas in which a single pregnant woman named Roe was denied the right to an abortion because her pregnancy was not a threat to her life. This case impacts the right of a woman to choose because even if she cannot afford to care for the baby or if the pregnancy was a result of rape she cannot abort if it she does not meet the states criteria for abortion. One way the state criminalizes abortion is by preventing the woman from aborting after 20 weeks of pregnancy, another is women are forced to view an ultra sound and listen to politically motivated statements even if she does not want to, and women receive consultation from a biased, unlicensed, unaccredited, "crisis pregnancy center." Since the woman is the one to carry the baby in her body, and the one to give painful labor, she has every right to decide whether she wants to carry the baby and whether she can afford to have the baby. Religious views should not impact American law making because we have the separation of church and state in the U.S., In a country like the U.S. religious and personal beliefs greatly vary, and no one has the right to own a woman's body except the woman herself.
Estephany Garibaldi
2/24/2016 08:43:32 pm
Roe and Wade were two women who had similar abortion cases. In which they were suing the county in where they live in. They did not let these women abort their babies because it wasn't a case of rape nor the baby was deformed and nor the mother's life was being threatened. Which in my opinion I do agree with county because they are on the child's side and they are trying to save a life. But in the other hand, if this is a decision they want to make then I guess it's on them because they later in life could suffer the consequences. 3 types of restrictions that were made on women that if they were more then half way of their second trimester they could continue on with the abortion, second women had a 20 week ban so they can talk to their doctor. And third they had to go with a medical process to check up on their bodies. I think a women herself should have a right to her body but if she is married or has a partner like the father of the child and he is present he should also have a say in it. Because between both the baby was made, so I think its different when the mother is single. I don't think religious beliefs should impact American law making, because not everyone believes in the same god and not anyone believes in the same religion so they cant't bring up any type of religious beliefs into this law making. They didn't do it with any law so they shouldn't do it with this one.
Emily Madrigal
3/2/2016 08:00:35 pm
Roe vs. Wade was a law passed for women to be able to abort if they wished to, but also with some restrictions like having a certain time to do so. Women have the risk of dying when having an abortion. Also of having complications when trying to have another baby in the future. Other women can have a lot of judgement towards women who have abortions. Abortion can have many other effects on a woman’s body after the procedure. Women should have the right to determine what they want to do with their own body but not with another human being at a certain time. Women can determine what they want to do with their body because they have the right to but cannot determine what they want to do with another human being. Unless they have a really delicate situation for example if she got rapped. Also women can’t have an abortion after a certain number of weeks. Religious views should not impact American law making because there are a lot of different religions in the US and not everyone has the same religious views. Also many different cultures that have many different views on the topic of abortion. Leave a Reply. |
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