"Abortion and Social Responsibility"

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This paper examines how, in an attempt to investigate and redefine the abortion debate, Laurie Shrage attacks much of the framework that was set in the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v Wade in her controversial work, "Abortion and Social Responsibility: Depolarizing the Debate." It looks at how Shrage attempts to address much of the long-standing controversy about abortion and argues for therapeutic abortions earlier than six months to protect women's interests and advance important public interests. It also examines how she argues for reproductive rights campaigns to also focus on the social and economic conditions that prevent women having access to the abortion services they need.

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"Shrage's novel looks at both levels of the debate, discussing over 40 pictures and advertisements from the campaigns over the decades since the Supreme Court case Roe v Wade in 1973, which divided the country into two factions: pro-choice and pro-life. Shrage's novel begins with a discussion of the "viability" concept in relation with Roe. She argues that in present day "viability" is less relevant in today's medical context (Shrage 3). The case of Roe v Wade made the option of abortions legal to women across the nation, yet the struggle remains on the moral ethics behind it. Shrage argues that very few abortions are had to save the mother's life."

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