Women’s Rights for Abortion

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Mississippi can be a major setback for the women feminism movement. Women’s rights as citizens of America are at risk with the conservative outlook on abortion, because it doesn’t take into account women’s rights, and only focuses on the rights of the fetus. “Women’s bodies and lives are the terrain on which this conservative movement is making its stand” (Harris-Perry 1), the conservative position on abortion neglects to take into consideration the rights of the women carrying the fetus, and is essentially making the fetus more important than the life of the women carrying it. This can completely affect the way women’s rights are perceived. If a fetus is more important than women then where does it stop? If the country keeps heading in this direction it will not be long before women are oppressed the way the used to be in society. Since the legalization of abortion and the production of birth control women in society have flourished becoming more active in the work force and ...

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as the fetus’s attending physician, and was given permission to do anything to save the life of the fetus even if it was against Samantha’s will. Although it ended up working out in the end it could have ended terribly for Samantha, there could have been irreversible damage, or even worse she could have died. She should have been able to make the choices for herself seeing it was her body that was being put at risk. Not only was she not allowed to make a decision for herself she was forced to go through a procedure that could have been fatal to her. This is very contradicting because she isn’t allowed to put her fetus through a fatal surgery but the Florida government is allowed ...

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