End+of+the+Year+Project


 * Name:**Prince Mukala
 * Topic:**The Abortion Debate
 * Research Question:**What is the abortion debate and what can be done to possibly satisfy the people on both sides?
 * Hypothesis:** The abortion issue is one of Pro-Choice and Pro-Life that can be solved through collaboration between finding common ground and through collaboration between doctors, the state and federal governments.

=﻿Key Legislation= //Roe v. Wade//=1973, gave women the right to an early abortion. Many states have passed laws criminalizing abortions to force an overrule of the //Roe v. Wade//decision. Some turned to measures directly aimed at disrupting clinics where abortions were being provided. Their tactics have included demonstrating in front of abortion clinics, harassing people trying to enter, vandalizing clinic property, and blocking access to clinics. "As time passed, the [|level of anti-abortion violence] escalated. Increasingly, clinic bombings, physical attacks, and even murders endanger abortion providers and create a hostile environment for women seeking abortions". //Doe v. Bolton,//(1973)= Supreme Court held that a state could not burden a women by restricting her means for having an abortion.
 * Neither of these laws solved the issue of abortion but actually opened the door for more litigation and debate on the issue of abortion.**

Thesis Statement: The conundrum that is the abortion debate is heavily disputed and can only be solved through the collaboration of the national and state governments. Some states have passed laws criminalizing abortion and have attempted to cause an overturn of the //Roe v. Wade// decision. || * Recently Congress has agreed to pass legislation that would elminate federal funding for abortion.
 * __**Proponents**__
 * **Pro-Choice position say gov't should not intervene in a women's decision.**
 * **Believe human life begins after conception; ex: when heart starts beating/fetus looks human.**
 * **Women should have option to have an abortion if it's done before her embryo or fetus attains personhood.**
 * Causing a women who was raped/victim of incest would cause further psychological stress.( "In a 1996 study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers found that women who had an abortion were 3 times more likely than the general population and 6 times more likely than women who gave birth, to commit suicide in the following year."
 * One study found that at least 19 percent of women who abort suffer from diagnosable post-traumatic stress disorder (Barnhard, C., The Long-Term Psychological Effects of Abortion, 1990).
 * **They don't believe that abortion should be a casual/easy decision+should be considered w/ the utmost importance.** || __**Agreements/Solutions**__
 * **The federal government plays a major role.**
 * **Both respect the sanctity of life.**
 * **Feel that family planning is extremely important.**
 * Solution: Couples should know that contraceptions fail+that sex and pregnancy are a big responsibility on the mother.**
 * Solution:Individuals should not have sex before knowing that a child might be the result and that they should be able to carry the responsibility.** || __**Detractors**__
 * **Pro-Life/anti-abortionists say that gov't ought to override a women's choice for an abortion+require her to carry her pregnancy to childbirth.**
 * **Based on belief that human life begins at conception+entitled to basic human rights one of which is the right to live.**
 * **Conservative Christians are the core of anti-abolitionists.**
 * **Costs a lot for state governments when abortions go wrong.**
 * **Adoption is a viable result/option.**
 * **Abortion can result in medical complications w/ risk of ectopic pregnancy doubles(abnormal pregnancy outside of the womb)+chances of a miscarriage+pelvic inflammatory disease increases.**
 * **In case of rape+incest a woman can get proper medical care that will help a women to not get pregnant.** ||
 * State Legislation Towards Abortion || National Policy/Legislation Towards Abortion ||
 * //Physician and Hospital Requirements:// 39 states require an abortion to be performed by a licensed physician. 19 states require an abortion to be performed in a hospital after a specified point in the pregnancy, 19 states require involvement of 2nd physician after specified point.

=﻿Sources= [] (May 17) [|www.religioustolerance.org/abofund.htm] (May 19) [] (May 20) [] (May 23) __[]__ (May 23) __[]__ (May 24) = =