In 1973 the Supreme Court viewed a case named Roe v. Wade which made abortion legal for ever changing how we view public health system. Abortions have been in the publics eyes before Roe v. Wade made it famous. In the mid-1800s states started passing laws to make abortion illegal because states were scared that newly arriving immigrant’s babies would overpopulate their state. In the 1800s all surgical procedures were risky because hospitals were not common and doctors and little to none medical education. In the case of Roe v. Wade, it made it possible for women to get a safe and legal abortion from well-trained medical practitioners.
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I personally follow Catholicism which is strongly against abortion no matter the circumstance. The Catholic church says "human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception,” which is when the sperm and the egg meet to creating life. We do not have the capacity to choose life or death for a defenseless fetus. Pope John Paul II teaches that “life is always good”, and God in creating man “in the image and likeness of God.” A human being a limited but true mirror of God’s glory, has a sublime dignity and his life is held to be inviolable. When the Commandments were handed down to Moses they were designed by God to be given to all is followers. One of the commandments state “thou shall not kill” abortion is a direct violation of the fifth