Before 1973, abortion was illegal in America unless the woman's$ P/ t- r) L7 l- n# r
health was threatened. In March of 1970, Jane Roe, a single+ A! u% V g; G3 x; q
woman, instituted this federal action against the District
! A" ~8 {- s2 o5 J' e& O Attorney of the country. The original idea was that women who
) Z# ~( Y% e9 K2 V) ~( k5 V! {7 p truly did not want a baby should not have to have it. __1__
1 L+ m& }/ b/ d i/ G5 e2 b9 I0 T N Since pregnacy may be a blessed act when planned or wanted, __2__
% L% j$ O- ^2 r( d: K4 K6 h forced pregnacy, like any force bodily invasion, is anathema to# \- m5 r a7 U/ w5 ~) a
American values and traditions. As legalized abortion has become
2 \/ C; g& r8 m" m- N an everyday part of American life, a different side to it has
6 K0 b' C: I, }9 x* ~/ u emerged out. __3__
8 `; l3 S/ R T# u9 B! [% b0 _: b1 K Where women once were aborting because they did not want a. n& A( O% P" f5 g. |" {6 R
child, the reasons being given now were becoming very different. __4__
" i: }! b; R4 d( R- y' J Abortion has turned into something that women are being coerced k/ \% n4 E( z# i
from boyfriends'/husbands' unwilling to be fathers, out of fear __5__
) Z2 P2 u! r# |% i% ^ of the financial pressure, out of the panic from losing their& y5 a1 K- `" t
jobs, out of panic from having to quit the school, or becoming __6__4 R! k3 T8 A: \; X! \! F
homeless, or out of fear of their parents kicking them out into0 P) \& [6 Y- J: ^" V6 P4 R# m
the street.
L7 n5 A5 _: c4 {: B% [; b& | Abrotion for these reasons can lead to problems which develop
: j9 g! h+ _5 ?& y when a woman is unable to get round her emotional responses __7__' N3 Q9 ?* f3 m% C' }
from the trauma of an abortion. There are women who abort and
0 J0 c) e( H" i( Y3 s do so completely of her own free will. These women have no __8__8 q9 I. H7 u$ u. m7 c7 ]$ o8 N
regrets, no remorse, but are happy they had this choice availble. __9__
2 C( G; `& y9 g1 U5 d% ]+ w) a But a growing number of women are speaking up about how abortion
8 b* f- E3 Y6 @+ A effected them adversely. __10__ |