Writers statement pt 2

Research on Ban on Abortion

Part 1: Genre Shift (“Creative Texts”)

The abortion ban has provided more insights on various aspects, such as states that have banned abortion and their rationale for doing so, states that have legalized abortion, and laws governing legalization and restrictions of abortion, among other key concepts. Additionally, the research has provided more insights on the overturning of Roe v. Wade and its implications for the states that are legalizing and those that restrict abortion. Therefore, this paper aims to create two texts, each addressing the topic of the abortion ban explored in the previous module. Additionally, these texts are compared for two different audiences and two different rhetorical situations.

Ideally, the first audience in the first text addresses women of color on the issue of a ban on abortion and abortion rights. Over the past several decades, there have been tremendous gains securing women's right to abortion, making several states liberalize their abortion laws. Some of the reforms have been incremental, enabling women to have access to legal abortion, especially when there is a threat to their lives or pregnancy results from rape (Center for Reproductive Rights 2). Additionally, most of these changes have been considered transformative, thus overturning absolute bans in favor of women’s reproductive autonomy. Moreover, the right to safe and legal abortion is a fundamental human right protected under international and regional human treaties and at the international level. With such instruments, they ground and guarantee safe abortion based on a constellation of rights, which include the right to life, equality, non-discrimination, and liberty, among others. Human rights organizations have persistently condemned restrictive abortion laws as being mismatched with the human rights norms. The legal perspective and status of abortion show more than just whether women and girls are legally allowed to decide on the pregnancy term or not. Additionally, it depicts how likely a woman is to die due to unsafe abortion, whether girls will complete their education, the limits on women and girls, especially those of color, and their ability to participate in public or political life. In simple terms, tracking the legal status of abortion reveals to us where women are likely to be treated with equality and are afforded the direct courses of their own choice.

The second text is based on addressing it to a different audience; in this case, it is students. Agreeably, `abortion care is one of the most common medical procedures in the USA, hitherto the fall of Roe v. Wade had to navigate devious legal and educational hurdles of training as abortion providers (Donaldson n.p). Based on the last months of the Supreme Court decision, freeing states to ban abortions, such barriers are still growing. Some abortion proponents have warned that the recent move could exacerbate the nationwide shortage of abortion providers, which threatens the procedure of doing it, even in blue states that are acting to guarantee its access, that it was first thought it would. Moreover, the restrictions have raised fear for some students that they may not be able to get or secure an abortion if they need one or that they will face discrimination for gender differences (Bloomberg n.p).

Moreover, these regulations on abortion are complex ranging from consent, judicial bypass, and involvement of other adults, among other procedures. Based on an interview, some students are worried about-facing prejudice or being politically shunned for their stand. However, it is still early to determine whether such concerns that students and other stakeholders have raised would affect admissions based on a measurable way or based on other recent divisive state laws that suggest that there could be overall implications. Additionally, some students have clearly stated that they will not apply to admissions in colleges and universities in areas and states that may infringe on their access to their reproductive rights.

Part 2-Writer’s Statement

            Understandably, this section provides a detailed, persuasive description that demonstrates critical thinking about the research process on the topic "ban on abortion" and the rhetorical choices made. Reviewing the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, this has been under endless attack by opponents of reproductive rights, surviving legal difficulties and reaffirmed by the Supreme Court on multiple occasions. Additionally, despite extensive political controversies and polarization of rhetoric from Republican politicians, most Americans support abortion in most cases, and the majority support Roe v. Wade. Moreover, the case of Roe v. Wade ended, and the question was whether the judgment would be gradually devastated or overturned. Moreover, opponents of abortion have adopted strategies to prevent access to abortion from out-of-state providers, which include discussion on banning interstate travel and making abortion providers and support networks subjected to severe sanctions. Additionally, it is clear that 19 states have banned virtual provisioning of abortion care and opponents of abortion are keen on criminalizing and limiting patients' access to medication abortion provided remotely or via telehealth. Moreover, supporters of reproductive rights have also been spurred by the impending end of Roe v Wade.

            Based on the Statement on this research work, the semester has facilitated the completion of the final project and understanding of several aspects of the research. This project has also helped me understand the chosen research topic, which is an abortion ban, especially on the matters pertaining to abortion laws, states that have legalized and those that have restricted abortion, and their rationale for doing so. The Statement on the panoramic views and perspectives of laws and abortion policies on abortion around the US; and then based on the second research question that was based on the ramifications of the supreme court abortion judgment that overturned the Roe v. Wade case, has facilitated the researcher to understand more about the ban on abortion and abortion rights (Donaldson n.p). Based on the genre shifts in this work, several national antiabortion organizations, together with their allies from different state legislatures, are seeking a plan that would stop people in various states where abortion is banned from seeking the procedure in the states where abortion is yet to be banned. The whole conversation has gained momentum from all corners of the antiabortion movement in days since Supreme Court struck down its 49-year-old decision protecting abortion rights national wide, triggering abortion ban in many states

            In conclusion, this research project has been written to address different audiences, which in this case are women of color and students, to enlighten about various aspects of abortion, such as abortion laws, among others. Additionally, this assignment has broadly reviewed the research questions on the ban on abortion by reviewing peer-reviewed journals that provide the correct answers to the stated research questions. This has also addressed the rhetorical choices made that address audience chosen in this assignment.

 

Work Cited

Bloomberg, Law. Abortion Bans Threaten Training for Medical Students, Doctors. (2022). Available at https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/abortion-bans-threaten-training-for-medical-students-doctors

Center for Reproductive Rights. Constitutional Protection for the Right to 

Donaldson, Chelsea M. "Constitutional Law/Reproductive Justice-Breaking the Trap: How Whole Woman's Health Protects Abortion Access, and the Substantive Due Process Clause's Abortion: From Roe to Casey to

Whole Woman’s Health. (n.d). Available at https://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/factsheets/Constitutional-Protection-for-the-Right-to-Abortion-Fact-Sheet2.pdf

Writers statement 1

Text One

Since time immemorial, people have always had an issue when it comes to the creation of law and abiding by the law. One of the major issues when it comes to the making of law is that not everyone will be satisfied with the final decision for various reasons. This has been the same when it comes to the issue of abortion. For different reasons, this has brought about several issues and one of the main issues is that some people support the idea of abortion while others do not support it at all.  In the United States, some states have adopted the law legalizing abortion but it is not accepted by everyone. It is mostly facing a lot of criticism, especially from the people of the Christian community who believe that it is against their religion and faith to take part in abortions.  For the unit 3 project, the best thing to conduct is research on the abortion ban.              To start, the first text is aimed at addressing the issue of abortion that relates to most women of color.  The women of color are chosen to be the most favorable audience in this case since this is a major issue that is hugely affecting them. For the past few years, there have been issues where women want to push for their rights and one of their rights is that they should be allowed to conduct abortions when they would like to. However, most states have not been able to grant this wish instead, women have been given the right to conduct an abortion only under various circumstances.  For instance, if one is raped, they have the right to carry out abortions. Another instance is where the pregnancy is putting a threat to the life of a parent. In this case, the law allows for abortion. As stated earlier, when laws are made, not everyone will be satisfied as some people will feel that abortion should not be allowed regardless of the circumstances while other people will feel that it should be allowed without any limitation being given (Nowicka, 2018).

Explanation of situation 

            From the first text, it is evident that the main issue of research, in this case, is the abortion ban. The text tries to show the different controversies that exist regarding this specific ban on abortion.  The specific audience is the women of color since this is an issue they can easily relate to and one they can easily table their view about.  The main purpose of the text is to argue out what exactly should be done about abortion and whether it is right to ban it or it is wrong to make an abortion ban. People have different issues on the matter and they should all be listened to before a final decision is made. For this reason, the genre of the text that they will be reviewing is an argumentative one. An argumentative genre is the kind of text that will bring an idea to the table and look at both its advantages and disadvantages in a fair manner so that at the end of the text, one will be able to make a good decision on which side of the argument they would like to lean on or support. For instance, in this case, at the end of the discussion, one should decide on whether the abortion ban is advantageous or disadvantageous.

Text two 

            The second text puts its focus on abortion care.  Agreeably, `abortion care is one of the most common medical procedures in the USA, hitherto the fall of Roe v. Wade had to navigate devious legal and educational hurdles of training as abortion providers. Based on the last months of the Supreme Court decision, freeing states to ban abortions, such barriers are still growing. Some abortion proponents have warned that the recent move could exacerbate the nationwide shortage of abortion providers, which threatens the procedure of doing it, even in blue states that are acting to guarantee its access, that it was first thought it would. Moreover, the restrictions have raised fear for some students that they may not be able to get or secure an abortion if they need one or that they will face discrimination for gender differences

Moreover, these regulations on abortion are complex ranging from consent, judicial bypass, and involvement of other adults, among other procedures. Based on an interview, some students are worried about facing prejudice or being politically shunned for their stand. However, it is still early to determine whether such concerns that students and other stakeholders have raised would affect admissions based on a measurable way or based on other recent divisive state laws that suggest that there could be overall implications. Additionally, some students have clearly stated that they will not apply to admissions in colleges and universities in areas and states that may infringe on their access to their reproductive rights (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2018). T

Explanation `of the situation

            For this text, the main audience is students. This is because the issue of abortion care has a lot to do with students and they can easily relate to the issue.  The issue also relates to students because their opinion can be of great help in this case but yet they are not able to voice their views without fear.  The purpose of this text is to help students understand what the different decisions that could be made by the supreme court regarding abortion care would mean for them and what would be the best decision for them.  the genre text will be the same as that of text one and that is an argumentative genre. The reason why it is important to use this type of genre is that it will help one decide on their own and the writer will not make the decision for anyone. Students will have to way their potion depending on the weight of the discussion given  (Ferretti, (2019).

 

 

 

References

Ferretti, R. P., & Graham, S. (2019). Argumentative writing: Theory, assessment, and instruction. Reading and Writing, 32(6), 1345-1357. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018). The safety and quality of abortion care in the United States.

Nowicka, W. (2018). Ban on Abortion in Poland. Why?. In Ana's Land (pp. 42-46). Routledge.