CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Written Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Hearing entitled “Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2023.” April 18, 2024 Vancy Patel, MPH Public Health Representative, Planned Parenthood Organisation. INTRODUCTION Chairman Michael McCaul, Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, and distinguished members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, thank you for an opportunity to discuss the importance of the use of U…
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Abortion Laws in the United States have been a highly contentious and polarizing issue for decades, with advocates and opponents fiercely debating the ethical, legal, and social implications of reproductive rights. Jo Freeman, a prominent feminist and political activist, has played a significant role in advocating for women’s rights, including the right to access safe and legal abortions. This essay will explore the importance of preserving reproductive rights for women to make autonomous decisions…
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affirmed that abortions were legal in the United States. Although it was a game changer for the pro-life and pro-choice debate, abortion is still banned in several states. Because a woman should be able to make her own decisions about her body, abortion should be kept legal in the United States. Women often choose abortion because they can’t afford the price of pregnancy. In fact, a study by the Guttmacher Institute found that 73% of women who had abortions in the United States could not handle…
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Administration approved it for use as an abortifacient in the United States on September 28, 2000. (1) Mifepristone, taken as a pill in doses, was deemed a safe and effective form of medical abortion. With their approval of the drug, the FDA limited the restrictions of it, potentially making it widely available to women across the U.S.. As a revolutionary method of abortion, mifepristone has spent the past twelve years under the scrutiny of the United States government. Originally produces and marketed in France…
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During the last couple years, the subject of abortion has been one that has caused many political controversies. From the Respect Life Walk, for those who are in favor of outlawing abortion, to the Woman’s Walk, protesting the closing of Planned Parenthood, abortion has been on the radar for many years. The original source of this dilemma all started with the Roe vs. Wade case in 1973. Roe vs. Wade snapped the world into a frenzy, which has not ended since the outcome of the lawsuit was announced…
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Did you know that from 1973 through 2011 a total of about 53 million legal abortions happened in the United States? A yearly average of about 1.4 million performed per year. At 2008 rates nearly three out of ten women will have an abortion by the age of 45. Abortion should not be legal, because it is immoral, and it is murder. Although, some women believe they deserve rights to do whatever they choose with their own body. The killing of an unborn person is wrong and immoral. Aborted babies have no…
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Regulations on Contraception and Abortion Contraception and abortion have been the topics of discussion in the media for over a hundred years now. It is a topic that no one is willing to give up on because of their strong beliefs towards it whether they are proponents or opponents. There were and still are a lot of politics and personal beliefs put into the topic of contraception and abortion. The importance it holds to families and the community, the government’s outlook on it and the policies…
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The overturn of Roe v Wade in June 2022 has sparked intense outrage among women in the United States. For over a century, women have been fighting to secure this right, only to have it stripped away by the Supreme Court, which primarily consisted of men with only six women present. Roe v Wade established the "liberty" clause in the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which keeps safe women's privacy rights while including the right to terminate a pregnancy before the fetus becomes viable…
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English 102 Research Writing on Abortion Over four million babies are born each year in the United States and the details of how, when and where each child is born shifts. Many people view the “American dream” as a vision that includes having a child or maybe even multiple children. While the size of your family should depend on the decision of a couple, sometimes women become pregnant unexpectedly which, in turn, could end in the choice of an abortion. Abortion is the term of pregnancy by the…
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last seven years I have continually strived to be as politically involved and informed as possible. I have involved myself in campaigns, political discussions and leadership of the conservative movement at one of the most liberal campuses in the United States. My free time is spent fostering this community, growing my political knowledge and developing ties with as many conservative groups as possible. I have previously served in the office of Congressman Randy Weber, where I was able to see the inner…
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