Abortion Issues

ABORTION POLICY

Research Design

Identify your problem

Abortion issues have polarized American society since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the procedure. On one side are those who believe women are not entitled to end the life of an unborn child. On the other are those who believe women have the right to decide what happens to their body. Often there is no room for debate between the side. The most controversial of abortion issues is called "partial birth" abortion, a rare procedure. Beginning in the mid-90s, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate introduced legislation to ban "partial birth" abortions. In late 2003, Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

At the time the “Pew Research Center,” stated that 59% of adults in the United States said that abortion should be legal and 37% of adults said it should be illegal. This study is supported by Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.

Prepare your problem statement

There is a constant need for many women to have the option of abortion as a right.

What are the variables ( dependent variables/independent variables)?

The dependent variable is Restrictions on Medicaid funding for abortion accounted for about half of the increase in female headship, while new state parental requirements contributed modestly to the rise in the proportion of women heading single-parent families.

The independent variable is the decline in geographic access to abortion providers during the 1980s accounted for a small but significant portion of the rise in the percentage of women heading families about 2%.

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