January 22 is the anniversary of Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade—Women's right to an abortion.
The current health care reform bills passed by the House and the Senate contain provisions that would not allow private insurers to provide abortion coverage, under any circumstances, when they insure any female that is eligible for a government insurance subsidy.
Presently, private insurers do provide this benefit for women who buy private insurance, and public funds can't be used under the long existing Hyde Amendment. This is another attempt by pro-life supporters to render Roe v. Wade ineffective and possibly start the process of the Supreme Court reversing this law.
Many groups, and even some pro-life groups such as Catholic hospitals and nurses see this strategy as immoral because it has the potential to defeat health care reform for all Americans and thus deny the greater good of preventive health care to millions who have none presently.
How did Roe v. Wade come to be?
What were the conditions that women considered to be unacceptable to gender and economic equality?
What were the arguments that convinced the Supreme Court to rule favorably on Roe v. Wade in 1973?
What will happen to women and women's rights if the pro-life movement succeeds in reversing Roe v. Wade?
Why is health care being held hostage in the heathcare debate?
Learning Activity
Student should write an essay of at least 150 words that addresses this Document-Based Question that's included with this topic on the decade of the 1970s: "Identify major feminist issues of the 1970s and assess the extent to which they were achieved."
Student should cite at least three resources and primarily focus on Roe v. Wade.
Pathfinders
1: Click the 1970 icon > Gender Equality and Sexuality > click DBQ
2: Type Roe v Wade in the Search box > select Decade of 1970
3: Type Roe v Wade in the Search box > select Decade of 1980
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