Planned Parenthood

A touchy subject that some say shouldn’t be protested out on the streets. While others argue that it is God’s will to lead the public to righteousness. The heated debate about abortion has been going on long before Roe vs Wade and will certainly continue long after. Woman across the country have stood up and spoken out for their right to make their own reproductive choice. Authors, scientist, and philosophers have all taken a stance to show the great impacts the world has seen since the…

to a survey sent out by Planned Parenthood, “Less than a third of people were taught anything at all related to consent, sexual assault, or healthy relationships in middle or high school.” This lack of education is what is causing young people to be unprepared when the time comes to say no or ask for consent. They are not begin taught that no means no in all circumstances. Among the small number of people who had been educated about consent, according to Planned Parenthood, less than twenty…

is “The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy.” (Dictionary.com). An abortion is performed when a mother of a child decides that she does not want to have a child. This operation is performed by scheduling an appointment at your local planned parenthood center and then going in for the procedure. During this procedure, they examine your uterus and numb you. Then, they will insert a tool to go in and remove the pregnancy…

In the gilded age, many reformers were realizing how many issues there were with a thriving and growing population. During the Progressive Reform Era, many people were attempting to find a way to fix all the problems. One of the problems was Women’s rights. Many women were expected to stay in the home and take care of the children. Two of the most famous reformers of Women’s rights were Alice Paul and Margaret Sanger. While they both fought for the expansion of women’s rights, Alice Paul…

Many babies are denied the chance to live each year because of the option of a medical procedure called abortion. Abortion is defined as the intentional, premature extraction of the unborn fetus from the female uterus. There are many people who have gone through this procedure all over the world. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there are an estimated 1.21 million abortions performed in America annually. Although abortion may not be personal for everyone, most people have…

abortions. The rationale being that all Texas tax payers help fund health insurance companies but not all Texans believe in abortions. Still another controversial issue is the role of Planned Parenthood. This interest group is squarely against funding Planned Parenthood where as many others see Planned Parenthood as possibly the only means some women would have to OB-GYN…

Purposefully terminating an unborn child should be banned in accordance with the laws that defend all life. Prior to Roe vs. Wade, Texas criminal abortion laws, which were first enacted in 1854, made it illegal to perform this murderous procedure except to save the life of the mother (Roe v. Wade). Not only was it illegal to perform or undergo the procedure, it was prosecutable to refer a woman to illegal abortion providers (ROE V. WADE). Among these criminal laws lies the Fourteenth Amendment…

Sex education is a controversial topic that is argued among parents and school districts. This essay will contain information on the background and effectiveness of both abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education, what comprehensive sex education curriculum will inform the students, where they will be able to go to seek help and information, and why comprehensive sex education is a better form of sex education. This is a crucial topic because it is important to find and use the most…

If you had medical issues with your body, would you want to be able to easily get medication that could help your body fight against the issues that you have? Many women, and teenage girls today have a hard time getting to birth control because they have to go to a specialized doctor that helps give them the birth control, and they have a hard time being able to pay for it. Birth Control should be widely available to women to get over the counter, because many women use it for health reasons…

elected and which bills/laws are passed. A patriarchal concept of a woman's role within the family is that the woman’s is value is placed on her ability to marry, reproduce and raise children- so why would birth control or establishments like planned parenthood be necessary? Especially because the Christian/Catholic assumption is that every decent woman has…