In 1812 Connecticut was the first state to pass a law criminalizing abortion, by 1900 every state would follow. In 1969 Texas abortion legislation allowed abortion under the …show more content…
The attitude or lack of sexual education has lead to the ignorance in the causes and prevention of pregnancies. Abstinence only sexual education and not body positive and factual sexual education has lead to a high rate of pregnancy in teenagers. Studies show that impoverish women have more chances of unwanted pregnancies because their lack knowledge in birth control methods.
If our goal here is to continue to allow the freedom of bodily choices then we must first educate without bias. Examining the pro’s and con’s of a sexual intercourse, learning preventative methods, and shaking the uncomfortable stigma of sex is dirty is key in educating our youth. Abortion is a much broader issue than the moral conventions.
Correct non-biased, non-religious sexual education in schools would help lower the rate of unsupported pregnancies, abortions, and poverty as a whole. This is turn will present less crime and maybe a better generation raised in loving and committed