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After Roe v. Wade (1973- present) |
This graph here is another "death rate" chart except this is focusing more on illegal abortion deaths rather that abortion in general. From 1940 to 1941, the death count was about 1,350 people average. The deaths were so large in number because most of the abortion patients were having back-alley abortions. The death rate decreased drastically from 1940 to 1950 because of the new medicines that came out. Later in 1973, the death rate was very low now that abortion was legalized.
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After Roe v. Wade, there were many different opinions. Some would say that the ruling was wrong, while others said that abortion should be kept legal throughout the United States. The heat of this ruling didn't die off in a few months; this issue still lasts today. The ruling of Roe v. Wade is considered one of the most controversial topics in the United States and the world.
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Married women who got pregnant were forced to carry pregnancies regardless of their circumstances — even if they had so many children that they couldn't afford to feed another one; even if they had were diagnosed cancer; even if their fetuses did not develop properly.
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After Roe v. Wade, all women got the right to abort the baby under certain circumstances. Mothers could choose if they want their baby to go up for adoption. Women are not forced to have the baby in any circumstance.
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Before Roe, women lived in constant fear of their own bodies and the devastating life consequences too-often by unintended pregnancies and unsafe back-alley abortions.
Roe v. Wade saw its highest approval ratings in the early 1990s. This was around the time when the Supreme Court issued another decision on abortion, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which ruled that certain restrictions on abortion
access, like waiting periods, were constitutional.
The decision had the lowest rating in 2006. This was the same time that Congress outlawed a late-term abortion procedure that came to be known as "partial birth abortion."
*SKIP TO 27 SECONDS* This video is about what the new abortion law is and the restrictions to the abortion patients.It answers questions such as: when the state and government can intervene into the abortion process and what rights the women and her doctor have without the government. When the Roe v. Wade ruling went public, there were immediate reactions. Dr. Alan Guttmacher, Planned Parenthood FED, shared his opinion on the conclusion of Supreme Court Case, Roe v. Wade, in 1973. However, others had different reactions to the issue.When the Roe v. Wade ruling went public, there were immediate reactions. One of the reactions included MSGR. James McHugh, U.S. Catholic Conference, gave his opinion on the ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973. McHugh clearly states, " I think that the judgement of the court will do a great deal in tearing down the respects previously accorded human life in our culture."