Roe Vs. Wade Case Study

In the United States approximately 397,122 children are living without permanent families in the foster care system. Many of these children grow out of the foster care system and are not prepared with the skills and abilities to face real world problems. The situations that most of these children get into, end chances they have at living a normal life. For most of these children they just want to be like the other kids they know from school, have a home to go home to in the evenings and enjoy spending time with family. This brings up the case Roe vs. Wade. The case against abortion resulted in the legalization of abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. The decision in Roe vs. Wade was correct as it defends women’s rights. Women have the

right to control their bodies and this decision reinforces that as the baby, could be of a rape, or the mother could believe that they could not support the baby.
The right to abortion was given to women in 1920’s when Congress passed the amendment that allowed women to have the same rights as males. According to the legal documents from the amendment that granted women rights.
“The right to abortion inferred from the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

It gave women a powerful legal tool to end sexual discrimination and helped erase cultural stereotypes about females. The modern women's rights movement began in the 1960s and gained momentum with the development of the scholarly field of Feminist Jurisprudence in the 1970s. The quest for women's rights has led to legal challenges in the areas of employment, domestic relations, reproductive rights, education, and Criminal Law. Although the women's rights movement failed to secure ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment(ERA), the courts have generally been receptive to claims

(FreeLegalDictionary).”

This was part of the US Constitution written by the founding fathers who wanted people to have the full rights to their bodies. In no way in the constitution is it stated that the government could make decisions for women.
For some expectant mothers might not be able to support the baby financial. Recent statistics released by the federal government state,
“ In the U.S. 397,122 children are living without permanent families in the foster care system. In 2012, 23,396 youth aged out of the U.S. foster care system without the emotional and financial support necessary to succeed. Nearly 40% had been homeless or couch surfed, nearly 60% of young men had been convicted of a crime, and only 48% were employed. 75% of women and 33% of men receive government benefits to meet basic needs. 50% of all youth who aged out were involved in substance use and 17% of the females were pregnant (Facts and Statistics).”

This statistic should be enough to show that women should be given the right to have an abortion as some mothers know that they would not be able to support the baby. In most people’s eyes this could be the best option for the baby.
Sometimes the baby is from rape resulting in a baby that might open scars for the mother. A recent account by a victim of rape stated,
“Rape is a devastating crime. Some women are badly injured. Some become pregnant. Some contract HIV. But the emotional trauma can be worse than any physical injury. Women who are raped have nightmares, panic attacks, waves of self-doubt, and an overwhelming sense of distrust. The lives of women who are raped are forever changed. Some say they will never be the same that it’s like dying. "I know that I will never really recover from this," says Maggie. "The impact will always be with me and I will never trust the same way and I know I can't even be tested for HIV for six months. So I have to even keep that in mind. I'll never be able to get away from this (PBS).”
Rape does not only leave physical scars but also emotional scars that many people would not be able to grow away from or forget as it leaves a mark.
Some argue that women could control their body, by not having sex. However, a recent paper released by a sociologist at UCLA brought up to light,
“Women could and likely could be raped without their knowledge.

It is also not new to slip something into somebody's drink to incapacitate her. In the mid-1990s law enforcement agencies began to see a pattern of women having been surreptitiously drugged for the purpose of sexual assault and rape, particularly through the use of date rape drugs: odorless, tasteless incapacitating drugs that may produce anterograde amnesia. The female victim, typically enjoying an alcoholic drink in a relaxed environment, would find herself suddenly losing awareness of her surroundings. When she regained consciousness, hours later, she was often in a different location, with signs that she had been sexually interfered with, such as missing or disarranged clothing, bruises, the presence of semen, or vaginal or anal soreness. She felt after-effects of substance use such as wooziness, weakness or confusion, but she may had little or no memory of what had happened to her (Dr.Min Zhou).”

Women sometimes are duped as many of us are into doing things that we do not want to do. Who really wants to clean their room, but cleaning our room without us knowing would result in a clean room while going against our own will.

As portrayed in the evidence above a women’s right to abortion should be legal as becoming pregnant is a big deal. Women sometimes cannot control their bodies as they get into situations that are not their fault, like rape. Even though women sometimes could avoid getting into situations that

would require them to get an abortion, they should have the ability to get rid of the baby as it could bring up problems that the mother wanted to avoid.