The debate over abortion reached another peak over the summer as pro-life supporters faced one of their biggest defeats, in the Supreme Court 's ruling for the Whole Woman 's Health V, Hellerstedt case. In The New York Times article "Where the Pro-Life Movement Goes Next" author Mary Ziegler blames the movement 's recent struggles on their failure to maintain a positive image in the media, as well as accusing the government for over stepping their boundaries by deciding when life begins in the early stages of pregnancy. While pro-life activist have gained a bad reputation through their strong ties to radical republicans, the main reason for their struggles in today 's society is growing amount of moderates on the topic. Which is the result
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However, similar to any group or organization, their reputations rely on the people who make the biggest impact on the media, which in this cases are the radical republicans . According to ProChoice.org, several pro-life activist have been known to show violent behavior towards health care providers since Roe v. Wade. This behavior has ranged from vandalism. Bombings, and shootings at multiple abortion clinics. Some have even resulted in murder which is hypocritical for the pro life movement and has overall hurt amount of activist supporting the movement in fear being seen as those radicals. Because most of the radicals were republicans, a link between the movement and the party has been made. Now, with a new face of the republican party, Donald Trump has hurt the pro-life movement by making statements in complete opposition to one of the pro-life movements main goals, protecting women. Trump is not the only well known Republican hurting the movement, several right wing Politian 's who supposedly supported the cause have made extreme and illogical arguments. Ziegler states that at one point after Roe v Wade, realignment with the Republican Party seemed to be the only way to continue the movement but it 's " partnership with Republicans has been neither inevitable nor universally accepted" and that strong …show more content…
What Ziegler fails to realize is that the pro-life movement is so unsuccessful not because of who it aligns its self with but because the cause itself can not completely appeal to most Americans. To be pro-life also means to be against any form of abortion, however there is a growing majority of Americans who are moderates when it comes to the subject. In May, 2016, there were around seventy-nine percent of Americans who supported some form of abortion. Over half of that seventy-nine percent said that abortion should only be legal under certain circumstances (Gallup Inc). Theses circumstances can range from conceptions as a result of rape, to simply not being able afford a child; but for most, the line between whether abortions are right or wrong is drawn at when the procedure takes place. In the article, Americans United for Life states that "if the American public was educated about 'what is really done to that living being, the child in the womb, they will reject abortion on demand. '" The author uses this statement to say that Americans as well as the Supreme Court have limited knowledge on what abortion really is when in fact it is the complete opposite. The reason why there is an increasing amount of moderates on abortion is because scientist have already given a definition on what is considered life, and a fetus in the first
However, similar to any group or organization, their reputations rely on the people who make the biggest impact on the media, which in this cases are the radical republicans . According to ProChoice.org, several pro-life activist have been known to show violent behavior towards health care providers since Roe v. Wade. This behavior has ranged from vandalism. Bombings, and shootings at multiple abortion clinics. Some have even resulted in murder which is hypocritical for the pro life movement and has overall hurt amount of activist supporting the movement in fear being seen as those radicals. Because most of the radicals were republicans, a link between the movement and the party has been made. Now, with a new face of the republican party, Donald Trump has hurt the pro-life movement by making statements in complete opposition to one of the pro-life movements main goals, protecting women. Trump is not the only well known Republican hurting the movement, several right wing Politian 's who supposedly supported the cause have made extreme and illogical arguments. Ziegler states that at one point after Roe v Wade, realignment with the Republican Party seemed to be the only way to continue the movement but it 's " partnership with Republicans has been neither inevitable nor universally accepted" and that strong …show more content…
What Ziegler fails to realize is that the pro-life movement is so unsuccessful not because of who it aligns its self with but because the cause itself can not completely appeal to most Americans. To be pro-life also means to be against any form of abortion, however there is a growing majority of Americans who are moderates when it comes to the subject. In May, 2016, there were around seventy-nine percent of Americans who supported some form of abortion. Over half of that seventy-nine percent said that abortion should only be legal under certain circumstances (Gallup Inc). Theses circumstances can range from conceptions as a result of rape, to simply not being able afford a child; but for most, the line between whether abortions are right or wrong is drawn at when the procedure takes place. In the article, Americans United for Life states that "if the American public was educated about 'what is really done to that living being, the child in the womb, they will reject abortion on demand. '" The author uses this statement to say that Americans as well as the Supreme Court have limited knowledge on what abortion really is when in fact it is the complete opposite. The reason why there is an increasing amount of moderates on abortion is because scientist have already given a definition on what is considered life, and a fetus in the first