How Social Factors Limit American Access to Abortion
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Theatre
Start Date
21-5-2015
End Date
21-5-2015
Keywords
Abortion, Reproductive Health, Women's Health
Abstract
Female reproductive health care, primarily access to contraceptives and abortions, has been a hot topic for the past few years, and will continue to be an important issue that needs to be addressed in the United States. Though abortion has been legal since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision forty-two years ago, access to legal and safe abortions is not widespread in all states. This presentation will utilize secondary research to explore the social and cultural structures that prevent women from obtaining abortions and will analyze cultural beliefs including religious views, and the moral beliefs surrounding the fetus, that may inhibit some women from obtaining abortions. I will also consider legislation, how it may be related to religious and moral issues, and how these can affect access to reproductive health care as well as the roles education and socioeconomic status play in women’s access to abortion. My presentation will demonstrate that abortions are not equally accessible to all women in the United States, and that social factors do limit the accessibility of this procedure.
Recommended Citation
Weishaar, Cheyenne, "How Social Factors Limit American Access to Abortion" (2015). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 28.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2015/oralpresentations/28
Department/Program
Biological Sciences
Additional Mentoring Department
Sociology
Additional Mentoring Department
Mathematics
Additional Mentoring Department
Women's and Gender Studies, Douglas Honors College
How Social Factors Limit American Access to Abortion
SURC Theatre
Female reproductive health care, primarily access to contraceptives and abortions, has been a hot topic for the past few years, and will continue to be an important issue that needs to be addressed in the United States. Though abortion has been legal since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision forty-two years ago, access to legal and safe abortions is not widespread in all states. This presentation will utilize secondary research to explore the social and cultural structures that prevent women from obtaining abortions and will analyze cultural beliefs including religious views, and the moral beliefs surrounding the fetus, that may inhibit some women from obtaining abortions. I will also consider legislation, how it may be related to religious and moral issues, and how these can affect access to reproductive health care as well as the roles education and socioeconomic status play in women’s access to abortion. My presentation will demonstrate that abortions are not equally accessible to all women in the United States, and that social factors do limit the accessibility of this procedure.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Judith Hennessy, Dominic Klyve, Anne Cubilié