Before 1973, abortion was illegal in America unless the woman's
1 F, q7 D: T6 m" Z health was threatened. In March of 1970, Jane Roe, a single: a) t ]1 y' Z1 W8 f- ^9 {( T
woman, instituted this federal action against the District# p/ ^$ S( r, _1 T- X4 m8 v' @) c
Attorney of the country. The original idea was that women who
' H' S+ r1 c1 ]1 p% f truly did not want a baby should not have to have it. __1__7 m+ _; z( o1 V* U' O, q/ I
Since pregnacy may be a blessed act when planned or wanted, __2__
5 `7 `8 f$ m1 r W forced pregnacy, like any force bodily invasion, is anathema to+ q7 T* g" A: ~/ [0 J
American values and traditions. As legalized abortion has become, ~, ?) S& h: d! ^! L. g9 N
an everyday part of American life, a different side to it has
5 b* a5 X% k( ~$ `* J- h9 b emerged out. __3__
6 C' A( b6 L& Y: Q3 g! c Where women once were aborting because they did not want a
: h' o, s: l$ D& e8 k child, the reasons being given now were becoming very different. __4__
2 O# x. E0 ~* D) Z, K Abortion has turned into something that women are being coerced
) S; O; Z$ c k2 e$ r8 Q from boyfriends'/husbands' unwilling to be fathers, out of fear __5__4 t: y' @7 [ U, u" h
of the financial pressure, out of the panic from losing their, u) q$ c3 U# } c1 {
jobs, out of panic from having to quit the school, or becoming __6__
2 w1 z f/ I: { N! o$ Y: x homeless, or out of fear of their parents kicking them out into
: t/ u: Z' p$ O the street.
" X8 c- S/ U- O8 V! S Abrotion for these reasons can lead to problems which develop% K7 K' N+ A, Y0 Z
when a woman is unable to get round her emotional responses __7__# U; c: O: C. T
from the trauma of an abortion. There are women who abort and
, `! x5 L u1 j$ J0 g- [' x* u8 f do so completely of her own free will. These women have no __8__' o1 A9 K; w+ U# u( s" ]6 C8 s% n
regrets, no remorse, but are happy they had this choice availble. __9__
6 G f, ]( e& s0 E But a growing number of women are speaking up about how abortion/ H7 f' r: ]( |1 {4 O& B
effected them adversely. __10__ |