Discussion about Abortion

We embeded the file of our discussion that we did in class, so please take a look at it if you are interested. The article is from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun, and it is about noninvasive prenatal testing for chromosomal abnormalities. Most of our classmates thought that this test has both good and bad aspects. Some of our classmates claimed that it is not good since there is a high possibility that more expectant mothers will abort their babies. Others said that people might discriminate people with Down syndrome if it becomes common to get abortion when expectatant mothers have fetuses with chromosomal abnormalities. Of course, it is not good if the number of abortions increases, but I believe that this test can give expectatnt mothers extra time to get prepared if they have babies with Down syndrome.

Discussion on abortrion from Mayu N.

The results of our survey "How do you feel about abortion?" (The results by July 10th)

We really appreciate everyone who has answered our survey. Thank you very much! So far, we got responses from 36 people by July 10th. (Our friends and some people from Facebook communities) We got to learn about abortion laws in other countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Kenya, Ukraine, and Europe. Although many foreigners knew about the abortion laws in their country, many Japanese people answered that they did not know the details. Therefore, we decided to make an NGO that teaches young Japanese people about sex education and abortion for our seminar's project.

How do you feel about abortion survey results (by July 10th) from Mayu N.

Q. 6 & Q. 7

Q.6 6. What is the current legal abortion status in the states?

The red part is illegal.

The purple part is legal in case of rape.

The blue part is legal in case of danger to women's health

The green part is legal in case of danger to woman's health, rape or incest, or likely damaged fetus.

The yellow part if legal on request.

So as you can see, if people go to Alaska, Hawaii, New York, or Washington they are legal to abortion upon request.

* This map shows the situation in the US before 1973, the year which abortion was legalized in the US through the landmark Roe vs. Wade US Supreme Court decision.

"Abortion in the United States by state." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 June 2014. Web. 3 July 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States_by_state.>

7. Is the US government for or against abortion?

There were no exact answers to this question, however, as you can see from the picture above, there are many red status states where abortion is illegal. Therefore it can be said that the US government is more likely to be against abortion but for some states, it depends on the womens medical status.