Saumora's Padlet Research Tracker by SAUMORA SHORT https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks en-us 2023-02-15 13:25:50 UTC 2025-11-13 00:45:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f973.png What is life?/ What dos it mean to be alive? 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483472053 2023-02-15 13:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483472053 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483473133 Having life. Even though you are breathing, it doesn’t necessarily mean you're alive. Life is a precious thing that can be taken away at any given moment, so it’s best you live your life to the fullest every day and don’t take it for granted.  In my opinion, living is after the fetus has its first heartbeat.]]> 2023-02-15 13:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483473133 Are most people against abortion or okay with it? 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483491420 2023-02-15 13:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483491420 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483517515 55% of the US is pro-choice. 39% is pro-life. 5% is either mixed, neither or unsure,]]> 2023-02-15 14:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483517515 What states have abortion laws? 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483525248 2023-02-15 14:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483525248 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483529281 24 states. Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin. Other states are gestational limited, ban blocked, legal, or legal but limited.]]> 2023-02-15 14:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483529281 What does representative mean in the context of my question? 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483530308 2023-02-15 14:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483530308 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483537496 In the context of abortion, a representative is basically a leader. The person who makes the laws for each state would be considered a representative.]]> 2023-02-15 14:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2483537496 Who was the first known person to get an abortion? benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491158982 2023-02-22 13:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491158982 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491159700 the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus in 1550 BCE.]]> 2023-02-22 13:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491159700 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491213269 1846- the American Medical Association was formed, members in the AMA believed they should have the power to decide when an abortion could legally be performed.]]> 2023-02-22 14:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491213269 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491213889 1880- abortion became criminalized, all states had laws to restrict abortion unless it was needed to save the life or health of a patient ( doctors were in power to make this decision which was 95% of men at the time)]]> 2023-02-22 14:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491213889 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491216387 1910- led to several decades of increased immigration]]> 2023-02-22 14:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491216387 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491218522 1930- people began doing unsafe and illegal abortions which lead to nearly 2,700 women dying due to this.]]> 2023-02-22 14:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491218522 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491220319  1955-  a conference on Abortion legalization, this is when they decided to rewrite the law]]> 2023-02-22 14:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491220319 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491221154 1962- thousands of women took a drug “thalidomide” to ease pregnancy symptoms, but came with severe birth defects. The thalidomide fallout brought greater support for abortion law reform.]]> 2023-02-22 14:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491221154 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491222822 1964- abortion law reform activists registered their first national group: the Association for the Study of Abortion (ASA)]]> 2023-02-22 14:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491222822 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491223865 1966- Nine well-respected doctors were sued in California for performing abortions on women who had been exposed to rubella, a disease known to cause birth defects. Doctors across the country came to the defense of the San Francisco Nine, including the deans of 128 medical schools. This resulted in one of the first abortion reform measures in the United States. California amended its prohibition on abortion to allow hospital committees to approve requests for abortion]]> 2023-02-22 14:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491223865 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491225754 1969- NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) was established. NARAL was the first national group created solely to campaign for the legalization of abortion, marking the start of direct action to repeal abortion bans. ]]> 2023-02-22 14:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491225754 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491226695  late 1960s- a nationwide effort was underway to reform abortion laws in nearly every state. Health care providers, advocates, clergy members, and the legal community lobbied state legislatures and went to court to overturn statutes that had been in place since before the turn of the century]]> 2023-02-22 14:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491226695 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491227633 Between 1967-1973- four states — Alaska, Hawaii, New York, and Washington — repealed their abortion bans entirely, while 13 others enacted reforms that expanded exceptions. Instead of just allowing for abortion to save the patient’s life, they now allowed it in instances where a pregnancy was dangerous for the physical or mental health of a patient, fetal abnormalities, and when the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest. ]]> 2023-02-22 14:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491227633 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491228287 1970- New York legalized abortion. In the first two years after abortion was legalized in New York, two-thirds of the abortions performed in the state were on patients who had traveled from other states  — most of which still outlawed abortion. At the time, other states that had legalized abortion required patients to be state residents.]]> 2023-02-22 14:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491228287 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491229203 1973- Roe v Wade occurred. In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the due process clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution protects the right to abortion.  In particular, the Supreme Court recognized for the first time that the constitutional right to privacy “is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.” Roe v Wade protected the right to abortion in all 50 states, making abortion services safer and more accessible throughout the country. The decision also set a legal precedent that affected dozens of subsequent Supreme Court cases.]]> 2023-02-22 14:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491229203 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491229697 1976- Hyde amendment was put into place.
The Hyde Amendment is a discriminatory and racist policy that prevents federal dollars from being used in government insurance programs like Medicaid for abortion services (except in instances of incest, rape, or life-threatening risk to the pregnant person).  The legislation was created by Rep. Henry Hyde. “I would certainly like to prevent, if I could legally, anybody having an abortion: a rich woman, a middle class woman, or a poor woman,” he said. “Unfortunately, the only vehicle available is the [Medicaid] bill.” Because of centuries of systemic racism and bias, Medicaid disproportionately serves Black, Latino, and LGBTQ+ communities — people who already face other barriers to care and economic opportunity. Despite the federal law, 16 states currently include abortion in their Medicaid programs using state funds. (The remaining 34 states and the District of Columbia do not have abortion coverage in their Medicaid programs due to the Hyde Amendment). Thanks in large part to the advocacy of reproductive justice organizations, in 2021 the Biden-Harris administration became the first administration in decades to exclude the Hyde Amendment from its presidential budget]]> 2023-02-22 14:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491229697 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491232910 1984- Former President Ronald Reagan introduced the Mexico City policy, otherwise known as the global gag rule... The global gag rule prevents foreign organizations that receive U.S. health aid from providing information on and referrals for abortions or advocating for abortion access. Every president since Reagan who supports abortion access has rescinded the global gag rule, while every president since Reagan who opposes abortion access has reinstated it. That includes President Donald Trump, who not only reinstated it, but expanded the global gag rule to make it even more harmful]]> 2023-02-22 14:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491232910 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491236439 1992- Planned parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v Casey occurred. This landmark case reaffirmed that the Constitution protects the right to abortion. However, Casey created an “undue burden” framework, under which laws restricting access to abortion would be judged. This framework made it more difficult to challenge laws that were less than absolute prohibitions on abortion — requiring challenges to show that a law has the purpose or effect of placing a substantial obstacle in the path of a patient seeking an abortion. Following Casey, state politicians passed numerous medically unnecessary abortion restrictions across the country which courts have found do not impose an undue burden]]> 2023-02-22 14:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491236439 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491239260 2007- Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America The Supreme Court upheld the first federal legislation to criminalize abortion, allowing Congress to ban certain second-trimester abortion procedures — which are sometimes the safest and best way to protect a patient’s health. Because the legislation does not contain an exception for the patient’s health, the Supreme Court effectively overruled a key component of Roe v. Wade: that the patient’s health must be of paramount concern in laws that restrict abortion access. 


]]> 2023-02-22 14:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491239260 benscudder https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491242635 2016: Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
The Supreme Court ruled that two Texas abortion restrictions were unconstitutional because they would shut down most abortion providers in the state and impose an “undue burden” on access to safe, legal abortion in Texas.
]]> 2023-02-22 14:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2491242635 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2496425261 2023-02-27 14:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2496425261 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502638525 2023-03-03 13:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502638525 Pro choice doesn't mean pro-abortion 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502641884 2023-03-03 13:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502641884 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502653735 Pro-choice mean advocating legalized abortion]]> 2023-03-03 13:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502653735 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502666048 2023-03-03 14:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502666048 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502669600 Pro-life is opposing abortion and euthanasia]]> 2023-03-03 14:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2502669600 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2530358457 2023-03-24 12:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2530358457 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2530366944 The pro-choice argument is basically stating that you aren't required to have an abortion... But it's your choice on if you want to abort or keep it]]> 2023-03-24 12:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2530366944 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2530388572 Approximately 1 million women had abortions annually until the 1973 decision legalizing abortion, and abortion had become the leading cause of maternal death and mutilation (40 deaths/100,000 abortions compared to 40 deaths/100,000 live births according to National Abortion Rights Action league.)]]> 2023-03-24 12:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2530388572 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2530412997 The Supreme Court decided in 1973 that the unborn fetus had no constitutional rights until the third trimester (24-28 weeks), as it is incapable of functioning independently from the mother until that time.]]> 2023-03-24 13:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2530412997 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539803063 An estimated 9000 rape victims become pregnant each year (FBI 1973); 100,000 cases of incest occur yearly (National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, 1978). Two-thirds of teenage pregnancies are not planned, because many do not have adequate access to contraceptives (NARAL). And the taxpayer price of supporting a child on welfare is far greater than that of a Medicaid abortion.]]> 2023-03-31 12:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539803063 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539805894 Right-to-Lifers claim that because the fetus will develop into a human being, it demands the same paternalistic protection that is extended to animals, children and others subject to exploitation and maltreatment. The fetus must be accorded the same constitutional rights as its mother.]]> 2023-03-31 12:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539805894 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539815431 the staunchest opposition comes from those who hold absolutely that conception is life. But belief in the inherent value of life is not a trite axiom: it avows some faith in the quality of existence beyond the moral injunction "Thou shalt not kill." It becomes easy to see as hypocritical those anti-abortionists--particularly men--who condone extra-marital intercourse (or even intramarital intercourse) yet would refuse to financially and emotionally support the child conceived because of faulty contraception. The only morally consistent value-of-life position is to have intercourse only if one is willing to accept a child as a possible consequence, and participate in the quality of the child's life. This in part lies behind the Catholic prohibition of premarital sex.]]> 2023-03-31 12:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539815431 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539817672 an unwanted child may be born into a household with an equally heavy psychological toll]]> 2023-03-31 12:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539817672 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539821451  Abortion provides a unique understanding of the "inherent good" of existence. It is morally irresponsible to believe that a pregnancy must be brought to term even in case of the mother's death simply because it is a matter of nature and out of our hands when we have the medical means to save the mother. 

]]> 2023-03-31 12:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539821451 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539823393 According to a 1978 Clark University study, 83 per cent of Massachusetts supports the woman's right to choose]]> 2023-03-31 12:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539823393 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539829794 There is a real danger that anti-abortion legislation could become increasingly more restrictive. It already discriminates against women in lower economic brackets.]]> 2023-03-31 12:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539829794 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539837367 Most on the pro-life side need to better understand why abortion is not a constitutional right before we can address this argument effectively. 

]]> 2023-03-31 12:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539837367 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539839320 The heart of the issue isn’t the law. The reality of human life – when does it start, why does it matter – is what determines the interpretation of our legal rights.]]> 2023-03-31 12:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539839320 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539840647 They believe human life starts at conception.. "more than 5,000 biologists from academic institutions worldwide were surveyed to answer this question. 96% of biologists affirmed that human life begins at fertilization."]]> 2023-03-31 12:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539840647 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539841961 compares the situation to bible scriptures]]> 2023-03-31 12:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539841961 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539842761 Pro-life people are normally christians.]]> 2023-03-31 12:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539842761 10844212 https://padlet.com/newhavenpublicschools/jefkseympq5uj1ks/wish/2539844171 Upon conception, a Homo sapiens zygote exists.
Every human being is precious to God. Jesus made that clear on the cross! Every person is an image-bearer of God Himself – even before birth. As Psalm 139:13-14 explains (NLT):
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
    and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

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