Sarah E Baum Women's Experience Obtaining Abortion

Throughout history, women strived to gain the right to vote, equal pay, and reproductive rights. In spite of all the hard work and suffrage significant women went through to obtain these rights; men and women are now protesting to take one of these privileges away. In the more commonly known court case, Roe v. wade, a woman felt her rights were being violated, which lead to the U.S Supreme Court ruling, the banning of abortion was unconstitutional and a woman has the right to privacy. Abortion is now legal in all of the United States; however, there are restrictions the mother must meet in order to have a professional medical procedure approved. Termination of an unborn child inside the womb is a huge controversy in society; while there are
many factors to take into consideration, women should have the right to decide whether it is correct to give up the life of an unborn child and although the right to abortion has been granted by the U.S Constitution and the U.S Supreme Court, it can be revoked.
First of all, some people are financially unstable; therefore, unable to properly take care of a newborn who requires many needs.
It is important to recognize the situation of the expecting mother. For example, the mother’s age, no family support, or the father of the child has no interest in taking part of his responsibilities. By reason of, age can be difficult for the young mother to find a good job as many set an age limit and require a high school diploma or higher education. Unfortunately, several are incapable of finishing their education or starting a career. In Sarah E. Baum “Women’s Experience Obtaining Abortion Care in Texas after Implementation of Restrictive Abortion Laws: A Qualitative Study” she conducts a survey at an abortion clinic where many women are having difficulty getting a medical abortion conducted due to new laws, but the results show most of the women taking the survey “The highest education level they completed ranged from incomplete high school to some college or technical school” (5) Consequently without a decent career or stable job the mother alone is unequipped to financially maintain a baby. In case, the young women currently obtain a job during the course of time she will start to experience difficulties to do her work and will later have to leave. If this was to be her only source of income how will she be able to properly sustain the life of another human? Family support is a big influence as they are able to give additional help. In the occasion that they are unwilling to help, the future mother is unprotected with no shelter and no additional aid. Therefore, she’ll have to cover expenses for a home, food, baby supplies and a babysitter for her to be able to continue
work.