Annotated Bibliography On Abortion

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Christian Sandoval DR. Stacie Hankinson English 124 9/20/2015 Annotated Bibliography After Tiller. New York City, Directors: Lana Wilson, Martha Shane, 2013. film. I saw this film documentary on Netflix. The film talks about late-term abortions and how they make up only 1.5 percent of the abortions performed in the United States, but attract violent attention from anti-abortion advocates. This film follows four abortion providers, all part of the small handful of physicians willing to terminate third-semester pregnancies. All four worked closely with the late Dr. George Tiller, who was assassinated in 2009 by Scott Roeder while attending church services in Wichita, Kansas. The film highlights the people who have to travel long distances…show more content…
The articles quotes from the bible lot’s of times and argues that all life is sacred. Passages from the bible is what the author argues that human dignity should be upheld and that the creator desires a life in abundance.The article gives a study done for the psychological effects abortions have on women and the study was published and peer review in 1989. In the study it states women who have performed single, legal, first-trimester abortion of an unplanned pregnancy will risk having mental health problems. Another study by the APA Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion claims women who have had abortions will experience feelings of stigma, secrecy, exposure of anti abortion picketing and will be low perceived. The Christian perspective concludes that abortion is not acceptable as the unborn child is a human being who is entitled to the right to life. It also states that to undergo an abortion is the worst decision which can be made by a woman. The approach also wants the mother and child to experience life in…show more content…
In the article the author talks about how in Ohio republican lawmakers want to ban abortion except in cases of down syndrome. However, a group of abortion opponents are against the bill due to their christian beliefs that all life matters. A Pro-life group is standing with lawmakers and would like to see the bill to pass makes up in the senate two thirds of the vote. Pro-lifers argue that down syndrome is easy to recognize early on and can be stop by having the procedure. The religious protesters claim that the right to life shouldn't be only for the perfect babies and it should be for all babies the ones with down syndrome. The governor of the state who is a republican who is against abortion hasn’t made up his mind in this tricky situation to see who he should please. The author gives statistics on babies born with down syndrome and states that because it has being easier to identify down syndrome there have being a lower number of babies with down
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