The law now permits abortion at the request of the woman without any restrictions in the first trimester and some restrictions in the second trimester to protect the woman's health. The National Abortion Right Act League argues that without legal abortion, women would be denied their constitutional right of privacy and liberty. If abortion was illegal it would force poor women to bear and raise children they can't afford to bring up. There would be a number of unsafe abortions in back allies. It would also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up babies.
Abortion is necessary for women to have control over their own bodies and life.
I wouldn't have made it to medical school. I was married at that point to a very ill man and it would have been terrible to have to have my baby. To ignore the rights of others is selfish and injustice. Women must have the right to control the functions of their own bodies. Reverend George Gardiner, pastor of the college Hill United Methodist Church, told the council that the ordinance would have done little good.