June 23, 2022 the US Supreme Court made a choice that drastically changed women's health care in many ways, for me, my mom, and my friends. The courts voted 6–3 justices to abolish Roe v Wade: a landmark case that protected the right of abortion. This law is something that has protected women's access and rights to abortions for 50 years. Without this protection, each state is able to individually choose the laws and rights behind abortion. This decision has caused and will cause countless issues across the world such as medical issues, safety issues, and human rights being taken away. The overturning of Roe v Wade has led to major medical issues such as drastic increase of maternal deaths, which affected both families and hospitals. …show more content…
This is because when a woman has a high risk pregnancy, having to carry a baby to full term and giving birth, can be detrimental to her body or even cause death. High risk pregnancy can imply so many different things, like being more prone to infections and miscarriages. If a woman has HIV, diabetes or high blood pressure, this can all complicate the pregnancy, making the woman more prone to miscarriages or complicated birth. Miscarriages are a common thing, but if the woman's body can handle it, it can cause serious internal issues or even death. So without having the resource of abortion for medical reasons, it could go as far as death for some women. Additionally, without women having the resources to abortion, some will find ways to still do so unsafely. With banning abortion in certain states, the lack of resources will cause women to attempt to do it themselves, which can be extremely dangerous. There are approximately 36 million women child baring age who could lose access to a safe abortion because of the overturn of Roe v Wade, they could possibly resort to unsafe actions to terminate a pregnancy on their own (Rice). …show more content…
Your body, your choice. An abortion is an incredibly personal decision that a woman may need to make for herself. It is not someone anyone else should get to determine. Not giving her that option takes away her right to choose what's best for her and her body. With certain states banning abortion, it is practically controlling and choosing what a woman should do with her body. In addition, banning abortions in certain states also affects women by making them travel up to thousands of miles, spending hundreds of dollars just for a clinic that will legally take care of her. That is a lot, especially for a pregnant woman that is already struggling with this tough decision, almost equivalent to a punishment. Additionally, abortion isn't something easy on a human body; there can be heavy bleeding, severe abdominal pain, etc. Traveling can be a lot for someone who just got an abortion, especially with the after effects of it. With that being said, some women don't even have the option to travel for that access, leading them to carry against their will. Being a parent is a big deal, something you have to be physically and mentally ready for. It is not something you should have to force anyone to do by making a woman carry and birth against their will. Morally, making someone become a parent or even birth a child without being ready is not good for them physically or
In California, however, an abortion facility was built in almost every county, which contributed to a very high abortion rate. That rate would not have been effected much if Roe v. Wade was overturned since California created a law stating that “any interference with a woman exercising her right to obtain an abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the life and health of the woman” was prohibited (Allott, 2011, p. 95). Altogether, the outcome of Roe v. Wade benefited many important aspects of the United
Imagine you have to be scared about what's going to happen to your own body. This is what women feel now. In some states, women now have fewer rights to their reproductive health than in 1970. Roe V Wade was passed on January 22, 1973, giving women the right to an abortion. Recently Roe V Wade has been overturned giving the states all power over abortion rights and in turn reproductive rights.
Roe v. Wade was first ruled in 1973, which protects pregnant women and gives them the right to have an abortion no matter the circumstance of their pregnancy. The controversy over Roe v. Wade has been ongoing, with many people either supporting or not supporting it, but just recently in 2022, it got overturned which makes abortions unlawful and considered illegal, closing down many clinics. Of course, Boonin does not agree with this, and neither do most men and women, but the ones who do support the overturning of Roe v. Wade have logical
Imagine if you were a father or husband and your wife went into labor or came for a doctor's appointment and you were told your wife and baby were high risks and could die if you went through with having the baby. It would be a shattering reality that would leave you with pending feelings of anxiety, but because of Roe v. “Wade you and your family have stayed in the reality that your wife could die along with your child, which doesn’t seem fair or
Roe vs. Wade is the highly publicized Supreme Court ruling that overturned a Texas interpretation of abortion law and made abortion legal in the United States. The Roe v. Wade decision held that a woman, with her doctor, has the right to choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without legal restriction, and with restrictions in later months, based on the right to privacy. As a result, all state laws that limited women 's access to abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy were invalidated by this particular case. State laws limiting such access during the second trimester were upheld only when the restrictions were for the purpose of protecting the health of the pregnant woman. Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the greater United States, which was not legal at all in many states and was limited by law in others.
Wade was a case that gave women the right to get an abortion in all fifty states. After many decades of unsafe abortions, in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all women in the United States should have the right to get an abortions. Before this ruling, many women would practice unsafe and illegal abortions which often would lead to death. For example, in 1930, nearly 2,700 women or 1 out of every 5 women were recorded for maternal deaths (Planned Parenthood). But even after Roe v. Wade was ruled, many states made it extremely difficult for women to get abortions.
Roe v. Wade There is no question that Roe v. Wade has had a profound impact on how American people think of reproductive rights today. For many people, they have never lived through a time without the ruling as precedent until recently. Despite its overturning in 2022, Roe v. Wade remains a cornerstone of women’s health and reproductive rights advocacy. The case began with a woman named “Jane Roe”, who sought to have an abortion but faced legal restrictions in Texas. The state of Texas argued to protect the “life” of an unborn fetus, as they declared it a person under the 14th Amendment (Temme).
Abortion restrictions are about control—they are designed to make care harder to provide, obtain and afford. As of 2023 24 states have some sort of ban on abortion and 12 states have a total ban. Unfortunately, in some states like Missouri, they are trying to
Before Roe v. wade the number of deaths from illegal abortions was around 5000 and in the 50s and 60s the number of illegal abortions ranged from 200,000 to 1.2 million per year. These illegal abortions pose major health risks to the life of the woman including damage to the bladder, intestines as well as rupturing of the uterus. The choice to become a mother must be given to the woman most importantly because it’s her body, her health, and she will be taking on a great responsibility. A woman’s choice to choose abortion should not be restricted by anyone; there are multiple reasons why abortion will be the more sensible decision for the female.
After 50 years of protected abortion rights, these freedoms are being taken back by force: “The overturn of Roe v. Wade diminishes the sexual and reproductive rights of all people living in the US by increasing the number of states where abortion is completely illegal and providing momentum to anti-choice activists working to chip away at a broader set of rights across all states… In order to access a desired abortion, women, trans men, and AFAB non-binary people will have to travel out of state to one of the remaining states where abortion remains legal. ”(https://www.american.edu/news/what-do-you-need-to-know-about-the-overturning-of-roe-v-wade). Those in need of an abortion, are now forced to find other, more dangerous tactics
She may have family and or financial problems preventing her from being able to properly care for the child. Women are forced to hear both sides of the debate and feel the intensity of a decision. Abortion is the said woman’s private decision and should not be stopped by any law. Only the woman herself knows her body, so abortion is a choice based solely on her feelings. The court case of Roe vs Wade established that
Women have had their public rights such as women’s suffrage suppressed from centuries before, but over time society has questioned them, eventually questioning abortion rights. In 1973, the Roe v. Wade case regarding the rights of abortion was taken to the Supreme Court, resulting in the victory of legalizing abortion. Before Roe was decided, abortion was banned in nearly all states, however, this decision made abortion legal, safe, and accessible to all pregnant women. Despite that, in 2022, Roe v. Wade was overturned, eliminating the right to abort, spiking protests and anger nationwide (Center for Reproductive Rights). Rejections from abortion clinics lead to negative consequences, increase inequality in society, and abusive partners controlling
The United States has for quite to long inflicted handicap on low-income women seeking to get an abortion. We have women that are already struggling financially, adding to that they have to purchase for safe legal care. The U.S. houses of representatives passed the Hyde Amendment since 1979 which bans federal funds for abortion. Indeed, Americans women that are insured through public health insurance programs such as Medicaid and Tricare (for military families) cannot access to abortion care. Therefore, medicaid would not offer abortion even when there is risk to the woman’s health and under doctor’s recommendation.
This is an occurrence that is true to this day. Making abortions illegal will not stop them from happening, but it will impede on the availability of safe abortions. More and more women begin to die from illegal abortions, and it didn't take long for people to take
Abortions are looked at as dangerous and killing a lot of women. They are trying to protect the health of women.