Abortion Day 2

As a woman or man from the early 1900s, would you…

Cervical CapGaffenberg RingRisk itCarry obscene materialNot have sex

What are the social repercussions of each choice?

Terms

1. Quickening-Life begins when woman feels it. 1800-1820.

2. Quickening After 1820-Separate entity is alive before movement.

3. Pro-Life-Life begins at conception.4. Pro-Choice-Woman’s body, woman’s choice.5. Comstock Laws

Terms and People

Madame Restell or Ann Lohman 1812-1878

Anthony Comstock

Ida Craddock 1857-1902

Emma Goldman

Margaret Sanger

Performs abortions mainly for poorer women, distributes information about reproduction and provides pills

Works to enforce and develop Comstock Laws

Wrote Wedding Night

Coins the word “birth control”

Writes Morality of Birth Control and develops Planned Parenhood

Questions RaisedWhat are the limits of a woman’s right to make her own reproductive decisions? Should the unborn be afforded legal rights? What rights does the father have? In 1976 the Supreme Court held that a state could not require a married woman to

get her husband’s consent before having an abortion. Is the husband’s claim of a role in an abortion decision a reinstatement of the old law of coverture (the idea that a woman had no legal existence separate from her husband)?

What rights does the community have to set general policy? What are the appropriate limits of government intervention? The state may not require a woman to conceive a child: can the state require a

woman to a bear a child? Will any of these rights changes as improvements are made in the technology for

the discovery of birth defects and genetic abnormalities, for the implantation of the embryos, and for caring for premature infants at earlier ages?

Your Homework on Army of God

Army of GodSoldiers in the Army of God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFjrSelcKY

Killed by Scott Roeder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4oyuKAaxok

Planned Parenthood• If you are under 18, your state may require one or both of your parents to give

permission for your abortion or be told of your decision prior to the abortion. In most states with these requirements:

• You can ask a judge to excuse you from getting permission or telling your parent or guardian. (This is called a "judicial bypass.")

• A legal guardian can give permission or be notified in place of a parent. • If you meet legal rules showing that you are independent of the care and control of

your parents or a guardian, you do not need to get their permission or notify them. • In some states, you can be excused from involving a parent without going to a judge

if you are the victim of abuse or neglect and you or your doctor report this to the appropriate authorities.

CaliforniaNo parental involvement requirement.

New JerseyNo parental involvement requirement

166-End Discussion Points

1. Law prohibits dissemination of birth control literature.

2. Anthony Comstock resented women who limited the size of their families.

3. 105 people arrested for birth control offenses4. Madame Restell’s suicide5. Comstock Laws6. The idea of women wanting to indulge in

intercourse while avoiding pregnancy was strange. Women are too pure to enjoy sex.

Melissa Drexler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTJbD0wTpI4

Should women have complete control over their bodies? If yes, how will society change?

Closure: How was abortion restrictions and Comstock Laws another example of controlling women?