History
At one period in time, abortion was legal, but it brought changes in society. Abortion during the mid eighteen hundreds was legal and supported by Catholic Churches and the United States. It was allowed to have an abortion done before a mother could begin to feel any fetal movement around 16 to 18 weeks of pregnancy. Due to the influence of British common laws. During the other half, starting the 1850’s women began to be viewed as selfish and inhumane. “insuring the duty of motherhood” what this meant was if a woman performed an abortion she was viewed to society as not capable of having kids and was seen as a heartless person. Just as if women were an object used just to create babies. During this time the laws became strict, it was the first law in Texas 2A Pena Code art. 1191 at 429 (1961), this law consisted of testing against their partner or aborted when the woman had self induced an abortion or had done it illegally before getting any medical help. Women with fever 105 degrees, had to speak up. Up to 30 patients a day, either infected or bleeding from self induced abortion. It was a time where women were not expected to have abortions but they were never told how not to. During this time it was a hard time simply because being a women was harder than expected. When a woman was raped she had to keep the unwanted child. There was a place to take it after giving birth a woman who went thorow this case argues “how could you tell a child who don't know her own mind a seventeen year old young women and ask her to carry a baby in her body for 9 months and then give it up and give it away like it’s nothing “ said rosalie. As I argue that women if being raped at a young age expect to have this unwanted pregnancy why would she not be able to seek for the right advice other than a forced decision that is obvious is not easy. Sherri Finkbine host of the tv show “ Romper room” who had a reason to abort who was already mother of 4 kids going for her 5th pregnancy realize that the pills she took cause deformation of the fetus. The doctor explain that having the baby could put her life in risk. Therefor she had decided to abort but her case was dismissed there for she flew to suiten where abortion was legal. Due to her return someone else had her case and she was level as “ unfit to handle children”. As we can see even when women's lives are put on the line abortion was out of the question. Lola lead dancer married and mother of a baby girl was using an “IUD” as a method of birth control. The doctor said that due to this would probably cause the fetus to be deform but removing it would cause a miscarriage. Due to the complications she wanted an abortion, her case was dismissed as suggested by the doctor she performed an abortion on her own so she could be taken as saying it was a miscarriage. She died while performing a self-induced abortion . This not only shows how the laws made it hard for a women to seek for help when their lives were put on risk but how the doctors were not a resource of help when need it. Roe vs.Wade was brought to court around 1973 due to the death of 367 women who die in a 10 year mark due to self-induce abortion or attempted to. This deviated began to emerge since this could've been prevented if the laws would of been less strict. “Where abortion or continue with a pregnancy is not considered good or bad but should be a decision made by that individual only that she has a constitutional right.” “That its focus is more financial than moral since we have women who would get it in horrible situations with 25$ than one with 0$ who would do it herself”. This was said and argue by Mary Anne Krupsak a assembly member. Making a clean yet to the point argument that abortion it is here to continue but yet we are not giving women a choice but to make a decision would put their lives on risk and in other cases cause them to die. There was a decision made in 1973 making abortion legal the first 3 months of pregnancy.