Group project presentation powerpoint Abortion

1. PRO CHOICE
Omar Sanchez

2. ANALYZING THE PROBLEM: HISTORY
• Abortion has been performed for thousands of years in every society that has been studied.
• In 1973, the Supreme Court guaranteed American women the right to choose
abortion in Roe v. Wade.
• Since Roe v. Wade there have been restrictions put on abortions

3. CURRENT RESTRICTIONS
• State governments can restrict abortion access after the first trimester with laws
intended to protect the woman's health.
• Abortions after fetal viability (when the fetus would be capable of surviving outside
the uterus) are available if the woman's health or life are at risk, but state
governments can prohibit other abortions.

5. CAUSES
• Nearly half of all pregnancies among American women are unintended
• 4 out of 10 of these unintended pregnancies end in abortion
• 22% of all pregnancies end in abortion (excluding miscarriages)
• Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, by year

6. WHY THEY MIGHT CHOOSE
ABORTION
• Lack of money or readiness to start or expand a family
• Not being able to provide necessities
• Not having a supportive relationship and being able to raise a child with two parents
• 42% of woman who have abortions have incomes below 100% of the federal poverty level
• 27% of woman who have abortions have incomes between 100%-199% below the federal poverty
level
• Developing medical conditions causing the fetus to have severe abnormalities
• Cases of rape or incest
• Account for 13,000 abortions a year
• Essentially, abortion helps eliminate unwanted children that could be indirectly responsible for many
family problems, such as child abuse

7. EFFECTS, SAFETY, AND PROBLEMS
• When abortion was illegal in the U.S. between the 1800s and 1973, many women
died from getting illegal abortions
• There are an estimated 68,000 deaths a year from illegal abortions in countries
where abortion is outlawed.
• The earlier a pregnancy is aborted the higher the success rate is.
• Death occurs in 0.0006% or one in every 160,000 surgical abortions
• Psychological issues such as, post abortion syndrome or PAS

8. WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS
• There are two kinds of abortion in the U.S. — in-clinic abortion and the abortion pill.
(If abortion is your only choice)
• Contraceptives (prevention)
• Sex education (prevention)

9. REDUCING ABORTION
Reducing the number of abortions each year
Driving Forces Restraining Forces
Sexual education
courses
People who oppose to such teachings
at young ages
Programs that provide
contraceptives Unawareness of such
programs
Avoidance of future family
and personal issues
Unprotected sex
Not knowing where to access
free contraceptives

10. WORK CITED
• "Roe v. Wade." Oyez. Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, n.d. Jul 17, 2016.
• Tietze C, Henshaw SK. Induced Abortion: A World Review, 1986. New York: The
Guttmacher Institute, 1986
• Kent, et.al. (Sept. 1977). Emotional Sequelae of Therapeutic Abortion: A Comparative
Study.
• Ferugsson, David. “Distress after Abortion Linked to Increase in Mental Health
Problems, Study Finds”. The British Journal of Psychiatry.
• Contraception. Avert. Personal Interview with Dr. Rodriguez