Abortion Abortion has been around for many years. It was widely practiced in the U.S. during the 1800s and was just a part of life. In 1821 Connecticut passed the first law in the United States making abortion illegal after quickening (when the woman can feel the fetus move during pregnancy). During this period woman was usually given poison after the fourth month of pregnancy. Most states followed Connecticut in this making abortions illegal after the first trimester but nothing big happened until 1856 when a guy by the name of Dr. Horatio Storer made his mark through the American Medical Association to make abortion illegal. The AMA had a lot of success. In 111 years, they persuaded 49 states to make abortion a felony. In 1969 two
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Pro-Choice. Then there is also the debate of when we should make abortion illegal or when is the fetus considered a person. As of right now the fetus is not considered a person or doesn’t have rights under the constitution. They do acquire fetal rights after the first trimester protecting the fetus. I say that the fetus should be considered a person when it is the third trimester but I also say that the mother should have until the doctor can determine the sex of the baby to terminate the pregnancy. The development of the fetus plays a big role in when the pregnancy should still be allowed to be terminated. To produce a baby sexually is very hard. When conceiving in sexual intercourse the sperm enters the vagina. Out of 300 million half of the sperm will die trying to make their way to the cervix. Through there they will swim through a small hole connecting to the uterus. A million more will die or get caught in the cervix trying to make their way to the uterus. When they reach the uterus they make their way to the fallopian tube. The woman’s immune system attacks some of the sperm thinking that they are foreign invaders. When they finally make it to the fallopian tubes they have to either choose left or right. Half will swim the wrong way and the other half will make
Pro-Choice. Then there is also the debate of when we should make abortion illegal or when is the fetus considered a person. As of right now the fetus is not considered a person or doesn’t have rights under the constitution. They do acquire fetal rights after the first trimester protecting the fetus. I say that the fetus should be considered a person when it is the third trimester but I also say that the mother should have until the doctor can determine the sex of the baby to terminate the pregnancy. The development of the fetus plays a big role in when the pregnancy should still be allowed to be terminated. To produce a baby sexually is very hard. When conceiving in sexual intercourse the sperm enters the vagina. Out of 300 million half of the sperm will die trying to make their way to the cervix. Through there they will swim through a small hole connecting to the uterus. A million more will die or get caught in the cervix trying to make their way to the uterus. When they reach the uterus they make their way to the fallopian tube. The woman’s immune system attacks some of the sperm thinking that they are foreign invaders. When they finally make it to the fallopian tubes they have to either choose left or right. Half will swim the wrong way and the other half will make