Questions on Abortion

After reading the Abortion Debates article and watching the film, Unborn in the USA, several questions emerged.  They include but are not limited to the following:

• What kind of role should the government play in abortion?
• Should a man have any rights in regards to his partner’s decision to have an abortion or not?
• Should parents be notified if their minor child wishes to have an abortion?
• What requirements, if any, should abortion clinics and those attending them have placed on them in order to do the procedure (consider ultrasounds and waiting periods)?
• What are the risks associated with making abortions severely restricted or illegal?
• Should individual states be allowed to have differing abortion laws?
• Should people have the right to protest outside abortion clinics?  Should there be any limitations on those protests?
• Should the ban on partial birth or late-term abortion be upheld?
• How do the choices of abortion and adoption compare?
• Should the morning after pill be allowed to be sold over the counter?
• Should contraceptives be given to teenagers in schools?
• Should parents know when teenagers are issued contraceptives?
• What is the relationship between abstinence only education and abortions?

Your task for today is to choose one of the above questions (or another question that was raised by the article or the film that is not listed above) and research the varying responses to it.  You should use the library subscription databases (CQ Researcher, Issues: Understanding Controversy in Society, or Gale Opposing Viewpoints, JSTOR).  You may do additional research on the web but be SURE that sites that you use are reputable, appropriate, and valid.

You should keep track of the sources you use as well as how they answer the question.  You should use one of the charts available under the Research Log section of the Research Tips at the Library website.
Also, several people expressed a desire to watch a film with a different point of view than "Unborn in the USA".  This one and this one provide alternate perspectives.