SOCIAL POLICY COMPREHENSIVE CRITIQUE: ABORTION

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to critique the social policy issue of abortion as well as write a critical review of the policy issue. We live a nation on the idea of freedom, freedom of choice and freedom of expression, yet we are not free. The oppositions of society create restraints for women seeking abortions. The pro-choice view of abortion believes that every woman has a right to an abortion. In addition, women have full control to make decisions concerning their bodies. From this stand point, it is believed that life does not begin until birth. Pro-choice activist do not encourage abortion in anyway. Rather, they acknowledge the implications of an abortion and imply certain flexibility depending on each case.

According to Almanac of Policy Issues (n.d.) on January 22, 2001, President George W. Bush issued an executive order directing the U.S. Agency for International Development to halt federal funds going to family planning groups that support abortion (Almanac of Policy Issues, n.d.).

George W. Bush signing the Partial-Birth Abortion ...

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Bush's Limo

Other bills have since been passed to either curtail abortion or confer personhood on fetuses. The National Abortion Right Act League (2004) argues that without legal abortion, women would be denied their constitutional right to privacy and liberty. Legislators should not be able to dictate what will happen to a woman's body.

The purpose of this paper is to critique the social policy issue of abortion as well as write a critical review of the policy issue. We live in a nation built on the idea of freedom, freedom of choice and freedom of expression, yet we are not free. The oppositions of society create restraints for women seeking abortions. The pro-choice view of abortion believes that every woman has a right to an abortion, and women have full control to make decisions concerning their...