I first began my abortion search at the NARAL-Prochoice America website. It is a website dedicated to advocating women’s choice regarding abortion. The website describes how the Pro-Life supporters are making access to abortions much more difficult and targeting the abortion doctors. The pro-life supporters are trying to keep abortions legal and improve on the safety of the procedure. The Pro-choice website included sections on Birth Control, Sex Education and Healthy Pregnancies. This shows that they are trying to inform the public on these issues so that they can avoid being in a situation of needing an abortion.
I then looked at the National Right to Life website. This website was dedicated to showing the effects of abortion on both the baby and the women. In addition, it is trying to end abortions once and for all. I think that the biggest problem with the National Right to Life website is that they don’t say anything about how to avoid having an unplanned pregnancy in the first place it simply states the facts and implications of an abortion. The facts are important and shocking regarding the procedure but the website seems impersonal. I noticed that The Pro-Choice website was much more organized and user friendly. The Pro-Life site didn’t convince me because it is focused too much on the facts and the legality rather than preventative measures and the personal touches that the pro-choice website included.
Based on the CQ Researcher: Abortion article, the pro-life side is growing and the next generation is becoming increasingly pro-life. I find this information quite shocking and contrary to what I have heard from my peers. Most people that I have talked to have pro-choice views. But nevertheless the pro-life following is the majority in the United States (but not by a lot). I don’t think that the pro-life website reflects their growing interest. The pro-choice website is clearly a better quality than the pro-life website. Neither website changed my opinion on the topic. I still believe that women should have the ability to make that decision on their own.
I think that parents should be notified if their daughter (a minor) is seeking an abortion because the daughter is still legally under her parent’s supervision until she is 18 years of age. In addition, if there were complications with the procedure the parents should know the risks ahead of time. This would be an extremely emotional time for any women and having to experience this as a teenager would be even more difficult. It would be important to have ones parents supporting them and comforting them during this time. I do believe that the parents should be informed and involved with the process, but, the parents shouldn’t have to sign a consent form for the abortion. If the daughter chooses to have an abortion after assessing all of her options then the parents should oblige to their daughters decision. For, the parents may have to live with the baby for a year or two but the daughter will have to try and raise the baby for the rest of her life. This is a life altering decision that should be made by the person whose life it is changing. Therefore the final decision should be the daughters.
I definitely think that the father of the baby should be notified if the woman decides to have an abortion. The baby is as much his as it is the womans. I don’t think that he should have to sign a consent form if the couple isn’t in a committed relationship because then there is no guarantee that it will work out and then the girl would be left with a baby she can’t support. I think that having a requirement for the father of the baby sign a consent form for the abortion could lead to problems in certain cases.
describe your thoughts on Illinois' positions on the abortion.
After reading and analyzing the Illinois Abortion Laws I have come to the conclusion that even though abortions are allowed legally, there are so many laws and regulations on abortions that it is very difficult to actually get the procedure done. I think that there obviosly needs to be some regulations in place but it still needs to be accessable.
Are there Illinois laws that you agree or disagree with?
Is there anything in Illinois law that you would change?
