With the overturning of Roe V. Wade in 2022, the talk about abortion has been on a rise - with various beliefs. Although the discussion of abortion has been a sensitive topic for years, the amount of forced pregnancies in recent years have been alarming. With being unable to provide services to women it not only puts the mother in risk of her own health but her life as well. The option to have an abortion should be legal in all states to encourage the protection of women's mental health, privacy, and freedom. Abortion should be legal to protect women from suffering from mental health caused by pregnancy. Thousands of women are often shocked to find out they are pregnant, with sixty-seven percent of women not trying to get pregnant and twenty …show more content…
Women who have the procedure in private do not need to deal with the guilt and negative comments from outsiders. Deciding to not choose the path of becoming a mother is an extremely difficult decision to make, even more so when you are surrounded by those who do not believe in abortion. In Alice Clapman’s article, she stated it becomes harder on abortion providers as their work often bleeds into their personal life by facing harassment (Clapman 9). With being bombarded with public opinion and pestering, women are forced to deal with a private and sacred matter with anti-activist. Those against abortion have brought up that since you are creating a baby, you should be held responsible for the baby since it is human life. In addition, Christopher Tollefsen, a Professor, mentioned that since it is a human, it should be a public issue not a private one since the mother is causing pain for the child (“Scholars say abortion is a public, not private matter” 2014). For years, anti-abortion activists have harassed women who are planning to receive an abortion by various threats such as publishing their name, image, filming them when entering and leaving the clinic (Clapman 1). It goes as far as contacting family members to inform them of the private matter (Clapman 2). Fewer and fewer doctors are practicing abortion, to the point where abortion is no longer accessible in much of the country, patients have been driven away from clinics by the threat of publicity (Clapman 4). Not only is it an invasion of privacy by a stranger but it can be considered a hate crime in some cases. In numerous cases, women who are wanting to follow through with abortion often become targeted as a