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Creation And Terminatino. Creation and Termination Abortion has always
been a hot topic. An easy going discussion on abortion can ...
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Creation and Termination
Abortion has always been a hot topic. An easy going discussion on abortion can quickly turn into a heated argument between people with different views. The argument over abortion is getting even hotter with South Dakota voting on some of the strictest abortion laws in the country. Monica Davey from the New York Times wrote an article giving an overview of what is going on in South Dakota as voting time nears, “NATIONAL BATTLE OVER ABORTION FOCUSES ON SOUTH DAKOTA VOTE.” Davey gives the readers an insight on what is going on in South Dakota and brings both sides of the story. In the article Davey presents how both sides feel about what the ban is going to do and how it can effect the rest of the country’s future decisions on abortion. Abortion should not be a right taken away from woman by South Dakota because it is their body, which they should have control over.
The ban being proposed by South Dakota would make it a felony for any doctor in the state to perform an abortion unless the life on the woman carrying the fetus is in a deadly situation, reports Davey (par. 8). Only when the mother’s life is in a fatal situation and treatment to the mother results in an accidental death of the fetus, it would not be considered a crime, explains Davey (par.25). “A month earlier, legislators had voted down amendments that would have allowed abortion in cases of incest, rape or in instance when the pregnant woman’s health would be jeopardized (though not fatally)”, (par. 22) states Davey. I was raised by my grandmother who was a very liberal woman. She taught me that I am my own person and just because I am a woman, it does not mean that other people can tell me what I can and can not do. From my grandmother’s teachings, I believe a woman has a right to be able to take care of herself first.
A good friend of mine experienced what it was like to put herself first. She had an abortion when we were near the...
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