Thread: How has the legalization of ABORTION played a role in social change in the past few decades? - Yahoo! Answers

Since the legalization of abortion women have an option. Because of this option there are less illegitamate children and more women can have the choice when to have children. Abortion makes for a better world because of planed parenthood. It is inevitable for poeple to get accidentally pregnant, better not have it and create a society filled with unwanted children who grow up never having caring parents. there are of course other options like...

Abortion is murder! And yes, it has. What it states is that it's okay to hook up and have sex with strangers because Planned Parenthood will be there to kill your child! Sex and drugs seem to be the only thing that's "cool" in the minds of people. It's sad how the world has changed.

Legalization of abortion was part of a landmark in women's rights. It has given power to women to choose what they can/can't do with their bodies. From this women have earned power to create more social change for females and minorities alike. From areas of equal pay to sexual harassment. Abortion continues to be a hot button topic especially because of the debate on when an embryo is considered alive. Many states still try...

One theory is that the decline in crime rates during the 90s was caused by the legalization of abortion in 1973. Abortions prevented many children from being born who would have otherwise been born to parents who didn't want them or who didn't have the resources to properly look after them. They would have begun to reach adulthood by the 90s, and would have been more prone to crime since they were unwanted children. Abortion...