Women and Abortion

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This paper takes a look at how the US legislature has been dominated historically by males. The paper then goes on to discuss the issue of women and abortion, reviewing the famous case of Roe vs Wade. The paper concludes with the opinion that the US government is sexist when it comes to the issue of abortion.

From the Paper:

"The National Organization for Women (NOW) has a "historical highlight" page on their Web site that gives the dates of important legal watermarks relating to abortion rights and to those who oppose abortions ("pro-life" groups). In 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court nullified a Connecticut statute prohibiting married couples from using birth control pills; not many people today are aware that it was actually illegal in some states for a woman to use birth control - again, we see a sexist situation coming in to play, where men in three-piece suits in state government were deciding what women could do with their bodies and what they could not do with their bodies. The Court ruled that the "right to marital privacy" allows married couples to use contraceptives if they wish to."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Abortion Law Homepage. (2006). Overview. Retrieved 2 Nov. 2006 from http://members.aol.com/abtrbng/
• Center for American Women and Politics. (2006). Women in the U.S. Congress 2006. Retrieved 2 Nov. 2006 from http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/officeholders/cong.pdf#page=2.
• National Organization for Women. Reproductive Rights Historical Highlights. Retrieved 2 Nov. 2006 from http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/roe30/timeline.html.
• National Organization for Women. The Bush Administration's Reproductive Rights Record. Retrieved 2 Nov. 2006 from http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/roe30/record.html.

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