The document discusses the history of abortion laws in the United States since the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. It notes that the Hyde Amendment passed in 1977 restricts federal funding for abortions through Medicaid to cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment. The document then questions how the government can dictate when and if a woman can have an abortion, given restrictions on public funding and gestational limits imposed by states. It argues the government should not control women's reproductive organs or their ability to decide when to have children.

1. Abortion
By: Dejonia Mitchell
ANP 270
W5 Activity
10/2/15

2. Summary slide
There has always been an issue about abortion between the government and women
since 1973. In 1973 Abortion was made legal in the United States and four years after
that the Hyde Amendment was passed. The Hyde Amendment states that Medicaid will
only cover abortions for women who have been raped, incest or if the pregnancy poses
a treat to the woman’s health. With this being said how can the government control
when and if a woman should have an abortion. Based on their laws they refuse to fund
abortions unless it fits their needs. Other laws state when a woman is not allowed to
receive an abortion anymore. In the state of North Carolina women are not allowed to
get an abortion after 20 weeks and in New York its 24 weeks. Many state also have ban
partial-birth abortions because the baby is considered visible. There are also laws on
the waiting periods in which you can get a abortion. Like the state of Michigan a
woman has to wait 24hours after signing documents before she can have the procedure
done. Other states require you get and ultrasound and hear the baby hearth before you
terminate. My main focus however is how can the government dictate the woman’s
body. What gives them the right to say what we can do with our reproductive organs?
What will happen if we allow them to control when and how we make babies? Why
isn’t the government trying to control what men do with their reproductive organs?
Dose it cost more for the government to fund abortions or to fund children in poverty?

3. Pro-choice Vs. Abortion

4. Why are some men antiabortion when
their organs are not at risk?

5. Safety

6. More then just a symbol for Abortion

7. Women rights to her own body

8. Availability

9. Funding abortions Vs. funding children
in poverty

10. awareness