Introduction Abortion is one of the most polarizing subjects in United States legislation. Broad spectrum of opinions either to support more or less restrictions on abortion frequently resurfaces in America. My conducted research is to seek if there should be less restrictions and more providers from all states regarding abortion. I expect this subject to have basis in social, empirical and moral views but ultimately, in my opinion, trends of secularization in society may prevail to cause less restrictions in all states. I also expect to see a correlation between unintended pregnancies being carried to term and denial of access to abortion, thus a hypothetical claim on why abortion rates are decreasing. Many scholars have made compelling
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There are those advocating it as a constitutional right opposed to those who believe it is an inhumane act that should not be granted; both parties are labeled as liberal “pro-choice” and conservative “pro-life”. Both parties’ arguments have substantial claims, dividing Americans in debates and ideology. Lydia Saad of Gallup implied from recent polls that “Americans remain divided on the abortion issue, with 47% of U.S. adults describing their views as pro-choice and 46% as pro-life, continuing a pattern seen since 2010”. (Saad, 2014) Subsequently after the Supreme Court simultaneously decided in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton in 1973, states have constructed a network of abortion laws, classifying regulation and limiting whether, when and under what circumstances a woman may obtain an abortion. (Guttmacher Instutute, 2015) Both companion cases led to a decision that a right of privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment expanded a woman’s decision to have an abortion, but this right must be rational with state’s interests in protecting prenatal life and protecting women’s health. In Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court declared that state governments had no right to interfere with a woman’s admission to abortion during the first …show more content…
Provided by The National Right to Life Committee, a total of 57,496,011 abortions have taken place in the United States since 1973 through 2014. There are abortion clinics available in all major U.S. population that add up to about 11 percent of U.S. counties that are home to 62 percent of American women. (Guttmacher Instutute, 2015) Abortion services are focused in cities, however 69 percent of counties in metropolitan areas lacked a provider and 25 percent of metropolitan woman aged 15-44 lived in those counties. Almost all nonmetropolitan counties, 97 percent, lacked an abortion provider and 92 percent of women in these areas exist in in those counties. Jones and Kooistra gave in-depth statistics in their article, Abortion Incidence and Access to Services In the United States,
There are those advocating it as a constitutional right opposed to those who believe it is an inhumane act that should not be granted; both parties are labeled as liberal “pro-choice” and conservative “pro-life”. Both parties’ arguments have substantial claims, dividing Americans in debates and ideology. Lydia Saad of Gallup implied from recent polls that “Americans remain divided on the abortion issue, with 47% of U.S. adults describing their views as pro-choice and 46% as pro-life, continuing a pattern seen since 2010”. (Saad, 2014) Subsequently after the Supreme Court simultaneously decided in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton in 1973, states have constructed a network of abortion laws, classifying regulation and limiting whether, when and under what circumstances a woman may obtain an abortion. (Guttmacher Instutute, 2015) Both companion cases led to a decision that a right of privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment expanded a woman’s decision to have an abortion, but this right must be rational with state’s interests in protecting prenatal life and protecting women’s health. In Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court declared that state governments had no right to interfere with a woman’s admission to abortion during the first …show more content…
Provided by The National Right to Life Committee, a total of 57,496,011 abortions have taken place in the United States since 1973 through 2014. There are abortion clinics available in all major U.S. population that add up to about 11 percent of U.S. counties that are home to 62 percent of American women. (Guttmacher Instutute, 2015) Abortion services are focused in cities, however 69 percent of counties in metropolitan areas lacked a provider and 25 percent of metropolitan woman aged 15-44 lived in those counties. Almost all nonmetropolitan counties, 97 percent, lacked an abortion provider and 92 percent of women in these areas exist in in those counties. Jones and Kooistra gave in-depth statistics in their article, Abortion Incidence and Access to Services In the United States,