Everyday a woman you know is wondering if she has become pregnant. This is a common worry for most women, and one that will never be completely abolished. In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway approaches the topic of abortion with great subtlety. He never once mentions the word “abortion” or “pregnancy”, but his story fluidly illustrates the indecision and tension between two young people. The American man is firm in his statement that having an abortion is “perfectly simple”, while the girl whom we can presume is his girlfriend is much more pensive about the situation. Today women in the United States are lucky to have the option to get an abortion if they choose to do so, but there is still the argument that many men make about whether the father should have a say in what happens to his unborn child. Since it is a woman's body and she is the one making all of the decisions, does this mean she is the only one responsible for dealing with the repercussions of her actions? Should a man worry if he has gotten somebody pregnant? If it is a woman's right to be able to decide what to do with the fetus, is it the responsibility of the man to make sure she doesn't end up needing an abortion in the first place? It is easy for a man to say that there is nothing to an abortion, but for a woman, an abortion means having something ripped away from her. It isn't just physically draining, but the hormonal changes and emotions that go along with it are excruciating. I am fully in support of a woman's right to choose, but I feel it is extremely important that men completely understand all aspects of sex and it's consequences. It is every sexually active persons' responsibility to be educated about how to de...
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...ible for their own health, and not to risk the health of others for their own primitive desires.
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In Lucinda Almond’s book, “The Abortion Controversy”, she gives us an excellent resource for research and debatable topics that will rouse students interested in the contemporary and controversial topic of abortion. Her book also allows us to explore many of the social, political, and economic controversies over
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It is estimated that half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned. Of those unplanned pregnancies, 4 out of 10 have been aborted (Abortions in America). The question of abortion has been heavily debated and argued throughout our country in politics, student classrooms, and even in the closest relationships. Undoubtedly, when abortion is an option for one party in a relationship, often times issues may arise or existing ones may be inflated. The short story, Hills like While Elephants, written by Ernest Hemingway creatively and accurately depicts problems that frequently surface when there is an unwanted, unborn child such as; failed communication, indecision, and relationship damage.
The debate of abortion continues to be a controversial problem in society and has been around for many decades. According to Jone Lewis, “In the United States, abortion laws began to appear in the 1820’s, forbidding abortion after the fourth month of pregnancy” (1). This indicates that the abortion controversy has been debated far back into American history. Beginning in the 1900’s, legalized abortion became a major controversy. In 1965, all fifty states in the United States banned abortion; however, that was only the beginning of the controversy that still rages today (Lewis 1). After abortion was officially banned in the United States, groups such as the National Abortion Rights Action League worked hard on a plan to once again legalize abortion in the United States (Lewis 1). It wasn’t until 1970 when the case of Roe (for abortion) v. Wade (against abortion) was brought...
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In a 2006 study conducted by the CDC, it was reported that 53-56% of abortions were performed on white women between the ages of 20 and 29. Among the 46 states that provided data consistently during 1996--2006, a total of 835,134 abortions (98.7% of the total) were reported; the abortion rate was 16.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15--44 years, and the abortion ratio was 236 abortions per 1,000 live births. During the previous decade (1997--2006), reported abortion numbers, rates, and ratios decreased 5.7%, 8.8%, and 14.8%, respectively; most of these declines occurred before 2001. During the previous year (2005--2006), the total number of abortions increased 3.1%, and the abortion rate increased 3.2%; the abortion ratio was stable. (CDC, 2009)
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Abortion has been a complex social issue in the United States ever since restrictive abortion laws began to appear in the 1820s. By 1965, abortions had been outlawed in the U.S., although they continued illegally; about one million abortions per year were estimated to have occurred in the 1960s. (Krannich 366) Ultimately, in the 1973 Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade, it was ruled that women had the right to privacy and could make an individual choice on whether or not to have an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. (Yishai 213)
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A 52% of women getting abortions performed on them are younger than 25 years old and 19% are teenagers. The abortion rate is highest for those women aged 18 to 19 (56 per 1,000 in 1992 pregnancy centers.org).the reasons for this alarming rate are various and vary from person to person. But the most common decision to have an abortion is to postpone childbearing. This decision is mostly picked by the older group of women in this statistic. Another alarming fact is that a percentage of women are been pressured into abortion. Either by peers or by them realizing that they could no longer do the things they did before they became pregnant and that is when they encounter a struggle with their values. Since there is also a considerate percentage of teenage girls having abortions they are at high risk for developing serious emotional and psychological problems following abortion. Such as the impact abortion can have on a minor's emotional health, physical health, fertility, and future pregnancies. All these factors can play an important role in the future of that teenager. All of this wouldn’t have been possible without the Roe v. Wade case which in 1973, the Supreme Court decided the case of Roe v. Wade, and made abortion legal for the first time in the United States. This decision allowed women the choice to decide if they are going to terminate a pregnancy, and it allowed women the right to get a safe and legal abortion. From 1880 to 1973 abortions were illegal, and many women were having illegal and very unsafe abortions-often causing permanent damage to their reproductive organs or sometimes even death from i bleeding or infections. Since the decision was handed down by the Supreme Court, women's access to abortion ha...