A Womans Choice

According to Carey Goldberg and Janet Elder in the New York Times article dated, January 16, 1998, “In a poll that was given in 1989, when people were asked whether a pregnant woman should be able to get a legal abortion if her pregnancy would force her to interrupt her career, 37 percent said yes and 56 percent said no; In 1998, only 25 percent said yes and 70 percent said no. Also, in 1989, 48 percent thought an interrupted education was enough to justify a teenage girl’s abortion; that dropped to 42 percent in 1998”(A 1). Based on these statistics, it appear

In a New York Times article dated, January 16, 1995, by Tamar Lewin, a number of abortion clinic patients were interviewed and this is what some of them had to say about their own thoughts about abortion. A surprising number said they did not consider themselves “pro-choice” and some even considered themselves “pro-life”. Many voiced the same ambivalence about abortion, along with the same concern that it was often used too casually (A1). Also, the statistical profile of women getting abortions has changed very little over the past twenty years: They are overwhelmingly young, with three-quarters under 30. About 6 in 10 are white, 35 percent are black, and 15 percent are Hispanic. While 8 in 10 are unmarried, almost half are already mothers, and almost half have had at least one previous abortion (A2). Almost every abortion clinic counselor can tell stories of patients who say that they have always opposed abortion but that their own situation is different. And many of the young women having abortions said that they were aware that some doctors who performed abortions had been shot in recent years. But, even with all the conflict and controversy many of the young women did not believe that abortion would ever be illegal. It is surprising that so many of these young women were totally against abortion but because of their own personal circumstances may have had to make an unwanted decision to have an abortion.

Bush’s promises to unite and heal the nation, I am frightened by the

s that the majority of Americans are still in favor of abortion but with limitations. I also believe it is important for a young teenage girl to have the right to continue her education and to make her own decisions regarding an unwanted pregnancy. Whereas, a young woman with a career facing similar circumstances, hop

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