The Importance Of Abortion In California

Abortion Abortion is a word that evokes strong emotions from everyone, especially after the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade. Since then it has been estimated that approximately 1 in 4 women will have an abortion in their life. (Hayler, p.307).People may not even know how they fully feel about it until someone actually mentions it and asks them for their opinion. All opinions aside though, when it comes down to it, every woman should have the right to make the decision if they decide that they do want to terminate their pregnancy. However, to ensure that women have safe and sanitary abortion there should be some policies that should be put into play. So, in regards to abortion, California should create a policy that allows women to

Women should be able to be adults before they can undergo this kind of complex procedure, which is why women should be at least 18 and over in California to be able to have an abortion with no questions asked. Something about body and maturity in age, or change number depending on science. Since teenage pregnancies are so high in California, with more than a million girls under the age of 20 become pregnant in the 90’s, and a reported 42 percent of those pregnancies ended in abortions. (Clark, 1991). For those minors who prefer to end their pregnancy, they must have consent from 1 legal guardian before they can have an abortion. The signature must be verified and the said guardian must be contacted as well as attend the procedure with the minor. Under any circumstances, a minor cannot come in to the hospital for an abortion without any of the requirements, and if an abortion is conducted, both the physician and the minor will be faced with felony

The procedure must take place in a licensed hospital or clinic in a clean and sanitized environment. As for the doctors, the doctor performing the operation must be licensed and have been in practice for a minimum of 2 years. The hospital and clinic must also have security in the building in case that any anti-abortion supporters come through and cause damage. For example, in 1994 there were 2 people murders in Florida in relation to an abortion clinic as well as others murders in Massachusetts. (Clark, 1995). Just because someone does choose to have an abortion in a nice clinic, does not mean that everything will go smoothly and that people with different ideals won’t resort to violent means to get their point