#1: Open Web Source

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/1/21200247/coronavirus-texas-abortion-ban-pandemic-covid-19

This article discusses the difficulties of receiving an abortion during the Covid-19 pandemic since abortion is not considered essential health care. Due to this, 5 states have already banned abortion during this pandemic, making another obstacle for women to get an abortion. Furthermore, when a woman is planning to abort, it requires several visits to the doctor and these multiple visits mean multiple exposures to the outside world, causing the increase in contracting the Coronavirus. Moreover, due to the pandemic, many people around the world were laid off from their jobs, making it more difficult for those from a low socio-economic background to afford an abortion.

#2: Magazine Article

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In this magazine article, it begins with the history of abortion in India. Before 1971, abortion was illegal in India. It wasn’t until other countries made abortion legal, causing India to reexamine the topic of abortion and how there are several deaths caused by unsafe abortions. As a result, India passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP), and it made abortion legal in the country. Although it is legal, there are several restrictions such as, no access to safe and nonjudgmental abortion services, the need to find a doctor who has certified training specifically for abortion, and the need to have a doctor’s opinion to certify the reason for abortion, when the MTP clearly states that woman has the right to consent to an abortion. These limitations result in women turning to unsafe abortions that cause several deaths. Although abortion is legal, it is difficult to access.

#3: Newspaper Article

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In this magazine article, it starts off with a woman of a low socio-economic and uneducated background coming into an emergency room due to complications of unsafe abortion treatment. She passed away. Her family members viewed her as a shame in the family. Although abortion in Nepal is legal, there are still restrictions to allow women to receive an abortion and the mortality rate has not decreased. Poor woman still has no access to safe abortion and is what makes up most of the mortality rate in Nepal. The author introduces the idea from the WHO that the risk of death by abortion in a woman can be decreased if people were educated on sex, access to effective contraceptives, and safe care.

#4: Scholarly Source

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This article discusses how, before Roe v. Wade, abortion was only accessible to a woman who had wealth and connections to a doctor. Abortion was frowned upon—both in society and religiously. Therefore, abortion operations were done discreetly. Furthermore, obtaining contraceptives was illegal, until the Griswold v. Connecticut case, which sparked the idea of the use of contraceptives can be extended to a woman’s right to choose for an abortion. Then the Roe v. Wade case helped women gain their right to abort. In NYC, abortion clinics opened and charge women for a fair price, unlike other clinics, causing thousands of women to travel to NYC. More woman finally has access to abortion clinics. However, there are dangers to doctors who perform abortions, as they can be a target of those who don’t agree with their actions. The author urges people to not solely focus on the law but to allow woman to have legal protection.

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