Monday, April 18, 2011

Roe v. Wade, a change of lives.



This is a video that is shown in our government class. This case is not only about whether a fetus' faith is controlled or not, but in the other hand, a woman's right. As a woman myself, I would say that the ruling of the case is rather a very essential to the modern society. The ruling changed the law of the toughest law in the nation regarding abortion of a woman. The striking point is that even if the woman was raped or was a victim of incest, she could not get an abortion in Texas.On January 22th, 1973, abortion was legalized in Texas, allowing women to get abortion during the first three months of their pregnancy.
I believe this was a fair because ever since the law was made, I believe big numbers of women got a second chance after their mistake and living better life. Also, many of the rape and incest victims were now allowed to end unwanted pregnancy caused by a crime. It appears from this link that since 1973 when this law was established, there has been about 39 million abortions since then. Who will take care of all these children? The unprepared parents? Can that addition to the population really be safe to the society? It is hard to admit but in a realistic point of view, I can not help but to say that the legalization of abortion benefited the society as a whole. To add more, a research presented by John Donohue and Steven Levitt shows that the legalization of abortion reduced the crime rate and they said that the unwanted babies lead to crimes in future.

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