In her online article" Can a Fetus Feel pain?"(2006), Gibbs asserts that the war for abortion is increasing into a new battleground. Gibbs supports her claim about the increasing war for abortion, by stating Lawmakers/Activist who oppose abortion, believe that women should be informed about the risk, procedure, and alternatives of abortion. Activist believe a movement to make ultrasounds more available can prevent the abortion rate from increasing. Activist believe women are moved by images, heartbeats,become less likely to go through with an abortion. Gibbs then talks about a upcoming bill proposal that is in the process that makes abortion providers tell women that after 20 weeks a fetus can feel pain and that anesthesia for the fetus is available. Gibbs then concludes her claim by stating most anti-abortion lawmakers support the bill as long as abortions are legal because by providing anethesia can make the process merciful. Most pro-abortion lawmakers believe this will increase the abortion rate rather than decrease the rate, because women will feel by providing anethesia for the fetus they aren't harming their fetus. Gibbs purpose is to inform women about the upcoming studies and proposal inorder to make women think longer and harder before going through with an abortion. Gibbs intended audience are women considering abortion inorder to inform them about the new found studies and the increasing ongoing battle for abortion. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1566772,00.html
Application Question:
Does the ongoing battle for and against abortion affect our opinions, morals, values, and feelings about abortion?
of course it does,it's something that everyone has an opinion on;the media is quick to demonize pro-abortion advocates and their plight.if a woman has chosen to go abort their child at a designated clinic,then most likely,they've given the issue a long time to dwell on.this new proposition is just another scare tactic in the conservation/republican agenda to force women to conform to their views and to hinder the reach and influence of the women's rights movement.
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