Should Abortion Rights be Restricted?

Should Abortion Rights be Restricted?
Author: Auriana Ojeda
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Abortion
ISBN: 9780737713275

In this anthology, authors debate whether abortion rights should be upheld. Issues discussed include the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, late-term abortion procedures, and parental-involvement laws for minors, among many others.

Abortion

Abortion
Author: Carol Hand
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1477775102

While there are some Americans who are inclined to evaluate the moral, ethical, and medical legitimacy of abortion on a case-by-case basis, many others are strictly, unwaveringly pro-choice (favoring abortion rights) or pro-life (antiabortion). Over the last few decades, whether abortions should be legal at all—under any circumstances—has created a deep political rift across the United States. This book, which charts the shifts in interpretation of the U.S. Constitution on this matter, is a must-read for anyone hoping to understand where the nation and its laws have stood on the issue, its current state of play, and what the future of the abortion rights vs. right to life struggle may hold.

Safe Abortion

Safe Abortion
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2003-05-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9241590343

At a UN General Assembly Special Session in 1999, governments recognised unsafe abortion as a major public health concern, and pledged their commitment to reduce the need for abortion through expanded and improved family planning services, as well as ensure abortion services should be safe and accessible. This technical and policy guidance provides a comprehensive overview of the many actions that can be taken in health systems to ensure that women have access to good quality abortion services as allowed by law.

Roe V. Dobbs

Roe V. Dobbs
Author: Lee C. Bollinger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2024
Genre: Law
ISBN: 019776035X

"Bringing together a remarkable group of scholars and experts, this volume confronts the beginning and end of the Constitutional right to obtain an abortion in the United States, from the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade to its shocking overturning in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health fifty years later. This is a critical moment in which to reflect on the past, present, and future of abortion regulations and legislation in the U.S"--

Abortion

Abortion
Author: Meghan Green
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1534561986

Should abortion be legal? How late in a pregnancy should a woman be allowed to have an abortion? What impact would outlawing abortion have on women, especially those who live in poverty? Readers learn about these and other abortion concerns; all sides of the debate are discussed to help them form their own opinions. Informative charts and in-depth sidebars highlight important facts about this controversial topic, and a list of discussion questions is included to give them a starting point for further debate and guided thinking about this complex issue.

Beyond Roe

Beyond Roe
Author: David Boonin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-02-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0190904860

Most arguments for or against abortion focus on one question: is the fetus a person? In this provocative and important book, David Boonin defends the claim that even if the fetus is a person with the same right to life you and I have, abortion should still be legal, and most current restrictions on abortion should be abolished. Beyond Roe points to a key legal precedent: McFall v. Shimp. In 1978, an ailing Robert McFall sued his cousin, David Shimp, asking the court to order Shimp to provide McFall with the bone marrow he needed. The court ruled in Shimp's favor and McFall soon died. Boonin extracts a compelling lesson from the case of McFall v. Shimp--that having a right to life does not give a person the right to use another person's body even if they need to use that person's body to go on living-and he uses this principle to support his claim that abortion should be legal and far less restricted than it currently is, regardless of whether the fetus is a person. By taking the analysis of the right to life that Judith Jarvis Thomson pioneered in a moral context and applying it in a legal context in this novel way, Boonin offers a fresh perspective that is grounded in assumptions that should be accepted by both sides of the abortion debate. Written in a lively, conversational style, and offering a case study of the value of reason in analyzing complex social issues, Beyond Roe will be of interest to students and scholars in a variety of fields, and to anyone interested in the debate over whether government should restrict or prohibit abortion.

The Abortion Rights Controversy in America

The Abortion Rights Controversy in America
Author: N. E. H. Hull
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1469650959

Beginning with the introduction of abortion law in the nineteenth century, this reader includes important documents from nearly two hundred years of debate over abortion. These legal briefs, oral arguments, court opinions, newspaper reports, opinion pieces, and contemporary essays are introduced with headnotes that place them in historical context. Chapters cover the birth control movement, changes in abortion law in the 1960s, Roe v. Wade, the Hyde Amendment and the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, state and federal regulation of abortion practices, and the freedom of speech cases surrounding anti-abortion clinic protests. The first section of each chapter sets the stage and explains the choice of documents. This rich, balanced collection is an indispensable reference tool for the study of one of the most passionate debates in American history. It brings together the writings of doctors, lawyers, scientists, philosophers, elected officials, judges, and scholars as few other legal readers do, and it is essential reading for those engaged in the ongoing debate about abortion law in the United States.

The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States

The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2018-06-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309468183

Abortion is a legal medical procedure that has been provided to millions of American women. Since the Institute of Medicine first reviewed the health implications of national legalized abortion in 1975, there has been a plethora of related scientific research, including well-designed randomized clinical trials, systematic reviews, and epidemiological studies examining abortion care. This research has focused on examining the relative safety of abortion methods and the appropriateness of methods for different clinical circumstances. With this growing body of research, earlier abortion methods have been refined, discontinued, and new approaches have been developed. The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States offers a comprehensive review of the current state of the science related to the provision of safe, high-quality abortion services in the United States. This report considers 8 research questions and presents conclusions, including gaps in research.

Reproductive Health and Human Rights

Reproductive Health and Human Rights
Author: Laura Reichenbach
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-11-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780812206104

Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward critically reflects on the past fifteen years of international efforts aimed at improving health, alleviating poverty, diminishing gender inequality, and promoting human rights. The volume includes essays by leading scholars and practitioners that are centered on the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and its resulting Programme of Action. ICPD, an agreement among 179 governments, UN agencies, and NGOs, was intended to shape population and development policy—reinterpreted and redefined as "reproductive health." More than a decade after the enthusiasm that accompanied ICPD, there is growing concern about its effectiveness in the context of global health and development. Reproductive Health and Human Rights addresses that concern. The book grapples with fundamental questions about the relationships among population, fertility decline, reproductive health, human rights, poverty alleviation, and development and assesses the various arguments—demographic, public health, human rights-based, and economic—for and against ICPD today. A number of the chapters address institutional challenges to ICPD and consider how the changing political, religious, academic, and disciplinary contexts matter. Other chapters engage operational and conceptual issues and whether ICPD has been able to move the reproductive health agenda forward on topics such as maternal mortality, abortion, HIV/AIDS, adolescents, reproductive technologies, and demography. Finally, several chapters examine how ICPD has been sidelined by emerging health and development agendas and what could be done in response. Unlike any book yet published, Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward examines the state of the arguments for reproductive health and rights from a multidisciplinary perspective that provides policymakers, scholars, and activists with a better understanding of how reproductive health and rights have developed, their place in the global policy agenda, and how they might evolve most effectively in the future.

The Economic Impact of Restricting Access to Abortion on Individuals in the United States

The Economic Impact of Restricting Access to Abortion on Individuals in the United States
Author: Dinah Aryeh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre:
ISBN:

Abortion access has been a highly contested topic throughout history in the United States. In 1973, the Supreme Court guaranteed the right to access to abortion nationally in Roe v. Wade, as a “penumbra right tied to other liberty rights,” and interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as guaranteeing this right (Lowe, 2022). After Roe, Casey v. Planned Parenthood introduced the “undue burden” standard which ensured that a state could not implement regulations that place “a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion” (“Abortion: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions,” 2018). Following Roe, more women were able to access abortions and thus enter the labor force, allowing more low-income women and their families to prosper economically (Lowe, 2022). However, on June 24, 2022, the protections provided in Roe were removed in the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Abortion is not only an issue of civil rights, but an issue with the potential for large-scale economic impact. This paper explored the research question “What is the economic impact on individuals when reproductive rights are restricted in the United States, and how is this impact felt by particular groups of people or women?” We analyze the economic impact, and specifically, the disproportionate economic impact that restrictions on abortion have on certain demographic groups, including women of color, younger women and teenagers, and low-income women. Through our review of pertinent literature, we discuss the changing attitudes over time related to issues of bodily autonomy and how politics and religion have played a key role, as well as how this has influenced legislation around abortion throughout U.S. history, and the role this legislation plays in influencing several economic indicators. The methodology for our research involved a mixed methods approach, “a purposeful mix-ing of methods in data collection, data analysis and interpretation of the evidence” (Shorten and Smith, 2017). We employed various modes of research, using triangulation, “the use of more than one approach to researching a question” which is beneficial, as it “provides a more comprehensive picture of the results than [any] approach could do alone” (Heale and Forbes, 2013). By conducting a regression to measure the “motherhood wage gap,” reviewing data from the Turnaway Study and an Amicus brief, and reviewing surveys conducted on public sentiment around the economic impact of abortion access, we were able to conclude that when policy restricts or bans access to abortion, women seeking the procedure and their families experience a negative economic impact. Even though our study was limited, we concluded that there is a long road ahead to restore abortion rights, although it is not impossible. With persistent pressure and advocacy, protections around abortion access can be restored, providing economic benefits to women and families across the United States.