Roe v. Wade

The governmental issue that I decided to write about is a controversy that has honestly arose across our country over in the past few decades, the pro-life pro-choice debate. The history of abortion can be traced all the way back to ancient times, but the first time that the United States truly faced this disagreement, as a nation, was in 1973, with the case of Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade was a landmark case where a woman challenged the Texas laws criminalizing abortion. In this case the Supreme Court held that a woman may abort her pregnancy for any reason, up until the point at which the fetus becomes viable. This radical case provoked a national debatethat continues today, over issues including whether and to what extent abortion should be legal, who should decide the legality of abortion, what methods the Supreme Court should use in constitutional adjudication, and what the role should be of religious and moral views in the political sphere. Roe V. Wade lead to a massive spilt of our nation, into pro choice and pro-life factions. I am pro-choice; I believe that every woman has the choice of when they decide to get pregnant and whether or not to conceive a child. I feel that women need to be responsible in doing everything they can to avoid having an unexpected event happen, by being safe and staying protected. With all things aside, I know that mistakes do happen, event in the most protected situations, and that women possess the legal right to their body and whether or not they conceive a child. I think that there needs to be a bill passed that declares that all women are able to receive cheap and accessible birth control. This will decrease the amount of abortions performed as well as the amount of parentless children.