Abortion, a commonly argued topic among many individuals. For my research paper I had decided to research the topic of abortion in depth. The UBC library had over 666,000 sources about abortion. This indicated that I needed to greatly narrow my focus. It is a known fact that abortion is legal in both Canada and the USA, but that does not make it right or wrong. Many people posses their own thought and opinions on the topic. After reading part of an article called Abortion (Grey 2014) the author listed 6 parts to view abortion. Part 1 stated, everyone has the right to choose to keep the baby or not. Part 2, abortion for minors, part 3, constitutional jurisprudence, part 4, addresses the effects of fetal homicide laws, part 5, fetal heartbeat
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I decided to read more in depth to part one, about people have their own right to choose whether or not they want to keep their baby. Grey mentioned how the court stated that this is not an absolute right.
So after reading about the court I decided to further my research to abortion and absolute rights. Looking at abortion from a political standpoint in Canada I was able to find an article The Politics of Abortion (Brodie 1992). It mentioned how the process of making abortion legal was a bitter debate. There was a lot of tension between the liberal and conservative governments, which are both have two completely different views on and sit opposite on the left and right scale. This reminded me about what we learned in class about the liberal and conservative views. Liberal were very free spirited and open to change. Conservatives had many values, hold on to tradition and do not prefer change. I decided to look back at my textbook Pearson Custom Sociology (Macionis, Gerber 2016). The culture chapter talks about values and beliefs and states that “cultural values and beliefs not only colour how we perceive our surroundings but also form the core of our personalities” (Macionis, Gerber, 2016, p. 151). This quote supports my idea that religion has a big impact on people’s view of abortion because our
I decided to read more in depth to part one, about people have their own right to choose whether or not they want to keep their baby. Grey mentioned how the court stated that this is not an absolute right.
So after reading about the court I decided to further my research to abortion and absolute rights. Looking at abortion from a political standpoint in Canada I was able to find an article The Politics of Abortion (Brodie 1992). It mentioned how the process of making abortion legal was a bitter debate. There was a lot of tension between the liberal and conservative governments, which are both have two completely different views on and sit opposite on the left and right scale. This reminded me about what we learned in class about the liberal and conservative views. Liberal were very free spirited and open to change. Conservatives had many values, hold on to tradition and do not prefer change. I decided to look back at my textbook Pearson Custom Sociology (Macionis, Gerber 2016). The culture chapter talks about values and beliefs and states that “cultural values and beliefs not only colour how we perceive our surroundings but also form the core of our personalities” (Macionis, Gerber, 2016, p. 151). This quote supports my idea that religion has a big impact on people’s view of abortion because our