Legality Of Abortion

            
             Abortion must be a legal and attainable procedure for women throughout the United States.
             which easily fits into the themes of CORE 1. Abortion pertains to many issues which are involved in CORE 1. .
             CORE 1 analyzes civil rights as well as equal treatment for women in America. Abortion challenges the civil .
             rights of the mother and the fetus which she bears. To deny abortion is denying the mother certain civil rights, but .
             if the fetus is considered a person, then the rights of the fetus are being denied by allowing abortion to be legal. .
             Abortion has been an element of human life for centuries. It dates back to BC times. Ancient abortions usually .
             consisted of mildly poisoning a pregnant mother. The poison was hoped to be just strong enough to kill the fetus, .
             yet mild enough to keep the woman alive. Also, sometimes women would receive physical blows to their .
             abdomen an effort to kill the fetus. Since both of these methods were very dangerous for women, infanticide was .
             a much more popular form of abortion. Infanticide is grossly just the killing of the baby directly after birth (3 .
             Gilbert). J. Gilbert, the author of an informative Texas state web-page, states that some time after 1750, a new .
             procedure was introduced to abortion. The new procedure consisted of probing objects through the cervix and .
             into the uterus of the women to accomplish the abortion (4 Gilbert). Laurence Tribe, author of Abortion: The .
             Clash of Absolutes, states that the court case Roe v. Wade revolutionized the legality of abortion. The case set .
             boundaries and regulations illustrating how much power the mother and state possess in deciding whether to .
             abort a pregnancy (12 Tribe). During the past twenty-five years abortion has become one of the most debated .
             controversies in the Unite States' history. The issues surrounding abortion strike questions based on ethics, .
             morals, emotions, and law. There are many alternative perspectives from which people can approach the legality .