A Womans Choice
Twenty-five years after the Supreme Court's infamous Roe v. Wade decision, the majority of the American public still favors the legislation of abortion. The latest New York Times/CBS Poll shows that there have been nearly 30 million abortions preformed in the last two decades. Personally, as a young woman living in the 21st century, I strongly disagree with women using abortion as a major form of birth control. But, I do support the reproductive rights of women, to make their own decisions concerning the issue of abortion. I believe this is a very personal moral issue and that the government should not be involved in our decision-making regarding these rights.According to Carey Goldberg and Janet Elder in the New York Times article dated, January 16, 1998, "In a poll that was given in 1989, when people were asked whether a pregnant woman should be able to get a legal abortion if her pregnancy would force her to interrupt her career, 37 percent said yes and 56 percent said no; In 1998, only 25 percent said yes and 70 percent said no. Also, in 1989, 48 percent thought an interrupted education was enough to justify a teenage girl's abortion; that dropped to 42 percent in 1998"(A 1). Based on these statistics, it appears that t
assertions of Jerry Falwell, Gary Bauer and others who seem to feel the he majority of Americans are still in favor of abortion but with limitations. I also believe it is important for a young teenage girl to have the right to continue her education and to make her own decisions regarding an unwanted pregnancy. Whereas, a young woman with a career facing similar circumstances, hopefully, would take a more responsible approach by practicing safe sex, following through the full-term pregnancy, or giving the child up for adoption. Taking responsibility should be an important expectation for either age group, but especially for those young adult career women who have more life experience, maturity and means of financial support. This is definitely a very difficult decision and should not be taken lightly; a personal decision that should be made by the individual and not by the government. It is also interesting to note that the percentage of Americans who favored abortion for career women dropped considerably from 1989 to 1998 (56% opposed in 1989; 70% opposed in 1998). Bush's promises to unite and heal the nation, I am frightened by the American people. They have already made reproductive rights a primary In a New York Times article dated, January 16, 1995, by Tamar Lewin, a number of abortion clinic patients were interviewed and this is what some of them had to say about their own thoughts about abortion. A surprising number said they did not consider themselves "pro-choice" and some even considered themselves "pro-life". Many voiced the same ambivalence about abortion, along with the same concern that it was often used too casually (A1). Also, the statistical profile of women getting abortions has changed very little over the past twenty years: They are overwhelmingly young, with three-quarters under
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