Pro/Con Chart
For my argument
Women’s rights over their bodies:
- With Title X retracting their funding,
hundreds of thousands of women across the
nation will no longer be able to get these
important health services (Khazan).
Female health
- The whole purpose of Planned Parenthood is
to help women with or without insurance to
get birth control, general health care, HIV
testing, LGBTQ services, men’s health care,
emergency contraception, pregnancy testing
and services, STD testing, treatments, and
vaccines, and women’s health care. With Title
X retracting their funding, hundreds of
thousands of women across the nation will no
longer be able to get these important health
services (Khazan).
Justice for rape victims/incest
- “Alabama's near-total ban -- the most
restrictive abortion law in the country --
would punish doctors who perform the
procedure with up to 99 years in prison and
does not include exceptions for cases of rape
and incest” (Cillizza).
The government appointing Scott Lloyd
- Donald Trump chose anti-abortion activist,
Scott Lloyd, to lead the office of refugee
resettlement. Lloyd’s first priority was to
block any girl under his purview from getting
an abortion. In one specific case, a 17 year old
girl seeking asylum in America was sent to a
Against my argument
Abortion is “murder”
- The federal ​Unborn Victims of Violence Act​,
which was enacted "to protect unborn children
from assault and murder," states that under
federal law, anybody intentionally killing or
attempting to kill an unborn child should "be
punished... for intentionally killing or
attempting to kill a human being." (Pros &
Cons)
Women should not be able to use abortion as a form
of contraceptive
- Lloyd states that “Contraceptives are the
cause of abortion.”
- Planned Parenthood was created for families
with lower incomes to control the amount of
children they produce, meaning that if they
can only afford to have two children, but
accidentally become pregnant with a third,
they can abort it to stay financially stable.
Selective abortion based on genetic abnormalities is
morally incorrect
- Physical limitations don't make those with
disabilities less than human. The ​Americans
with Disabilities Act​ of 1990 provides civil
rights protection to people born with
disabilities so they can lead fulfilling lives
(Pros & Cons).
Planned Parenthood should be monitored and
sanctioned
- Without monitoring Planned Parenthood, the
government won’t be able to enforce its bill’s
and regulations.
 shelter operated by Trump administration. She
had found her own money and transportation
to get to a medical office yet Lloyd and the
federal government agency would not let her
leave, holding her hostage (MSNBC).

The government wants Roe v. Wade to be overturned
because the power will move from the federal courts
to the state courts
- With 5/9 supreme court justices being
conservatives, it is quite possible that when
the ruling of Roe v. Wade comes to the
supreme court to be overturned that it will
overturn, resulting in the power moving from
the federal courts to the state courts (Cillizza).
The US Constitution says, “...all men [people] are
created equal”
- Shepard begins by stating that there are two
lives in every abortion and that both must be
considered. These two lives are also, in his
eyes, equal. As the US Constitution says,
“...all men [people] are created equal”
meaning in order to uphold our constitution,
our government should equally protect all
people (Maguire).