Today we'll start to consider how the nation's response to the Covid-19 pandemic is influencing or impacting other political issues.
Prior to entering into our "Act of God" days, we were studying the issue of abortion. You learned about Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood and had some discussions about the ways in which abortion was legal but also ways in which it became restricted. After doing some work around the regulation of parental consent, on our last day of "in person" class, you watched part of the film, Unborn in the USA that described methods that were being used to attack the Roe decision.
As you probably realized, the fight was long from over and our current pandemic crisis has in some ways, reignited it. For today, please read the following articles and then, in a blog post, please write a response to them. Your post should argue whether abortions should be included as an "elective" procedure under current guidelines banning elective surgeries or not.
Your response should be detailed and use specifics from the articles to support your point. This will count as your weekly blog post. Here are the articles to consider:
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