Article Summaries: Why is Abortion such a controversial topic?

Foster, S. (2015). The Feminist Case Against Abortion: Recovering the Pro-Life Roots of the Women's Movement.
Retrieved from http://americamagazine.org/issue/feminist-case-against-abortion

• The objectives/research questions of this article is if all feminist support or do not support abortion and why.
• The main results and conclusions were that not all feminist support abortion but was strongly accepted very early in the 1800s.
• The methods used in this article was bringing in facts from early years on how feminists looked at abortion and historical women figures that gave attention to abortion.The article then began to turn to the modern woman and the controversies on the difference in what many women think about abortion today.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it gives an opinion on abortion from an important group of women who have a lot of history within the United States.

Williams, D. (2016). Time Magazine: What You Don't Know About the Abortion Fight Before Roe vs. Wade.

Retrieved from http://time.com/4154084/anti-abortion-pre-roe/

• The objectives/research questions of this article is are there other contributing factors to the decisions made during the supreme court's legalizing of abortion within the U.S.
• The main results and conclusions were that the pro-life fight against abortion would not have stood a chance against the raise in the sexual revolution, feminist movement, and the social changes during the 1960's. 
• The methods used in this article was researching the views on the groups of people mainly involved in this case to come up with conclusions to the decision made.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it tells me how the legalization of abortion was determined and how people felt about the issue.

National Abortion Federation. (2016). Abortion Facts.

Retrieved from http://prochoice.org/education-and-advocacy/about-abortion/abortion-facts/

• The objectives/research questions of this page were the basic what abortion is and abortion care.
• The main results and conclusions were very carefully researched information on everything a woman needs to know about abortion and signs of pregnancy. It also gives the history on abortion as well.
• The methods used on this page was to give a fact sheets and organized sections on each topic of abortion.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it gives extremely detailed information on abortion without bias. This will help me get a very good background on just abortion alone.

Bellieni, C, MD, Buonocore, G, MD, PhD. (2013). Abortion and Subsequent Mental Care:Review of the Literature.

Retrieved from  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcn.12067/full

• The objectives/research questions of this article was to answer the health risks and factors that come with abortion. 
• The main results and conclusions were that abortion can cause depression, mental illness, anxiety, infection of the uterus, and damage to the tissue.
• The methods used in this article was giving abortion background and then providing in methods and results of abortions with provided examples of real abortion clients.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it provides me with the effects that come with abortion and will help me see more reason why it is so controversial.

Bachiochi, E. (2005). How Abortion Hurts Women: The Hard Proof.

Retrieved from http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/abortion/how-abortion-hurts-women-the-hard-proof.html

• The objectives/research questions of this article were if and how abortions hurt women.
• The main results and conclusions were that abortion has many side effects in physical and mental health.
• The methods used in this article were to bring in the pro-life and pro-choice arguments and then explaining their backgrounds. The article would also give research in health in great length.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it gives more background on the different arguments in abortion to show more reasons why it is a growing issue.

Minerva, F. Dr. (2012). The Journal of Medical Ethics. After-birth Abortion; Why Should the Child Live?

Retrieved from http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2012/03/01/medethics-2011-100411.full

• The objectives/research questions of the journal were to explain why babies should not be aborted.
• The main results and conclusions were that the newborn and fetus are morally equivalent.
• The methods used in this article was to give research and scientific facts on the fetus and pregnancy and conclude that abortion is basically wrong.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it gives me facts about the fetus and medical observations on pregnancy and abortion.