“No woman can call herself free if she does not own and control her body. "No woman can call herself free until she is able to consciously choose whether or not she will be a mother." This quote from Margaret Sanger, an American anti-birth control activist, shows the importance of women's personal choices. women. Women's struggle for their rights has existed since the beginning of history. Women's work only included housework and childbirth, but in the 1920s, women began to benefit from their choices and rights. In the 21st century, the world has viewed women with fairness and women have started to enjoy equal opportunities, but the government is taking away one right: the choice to use birth control and abort a pregnancy. Society disapproves of the abortion of a fetus in the womb, but it does not realize the circumstantial situation in which life places every woman and should accept the decision that a woman decides for her future, if that choice includes the use of birth control or abortion of her pregnancy. The accessibility of contraceptive pills, the Roe v. Wade and the women's personal stories show that a woman knows best for herself and her unborn child and that the government should have no say in a woman's reproductive rights. Many women in the past were denied the right to choose their sexuality, but in the 1950s, a pill to prevent pregnancy became a reality (Bringle, 61). The birth control pill is a preventive method to avoid unwanted pregnancy. The creation of this fertility control constitutes a scientific advance, but the medical field still does not allow women to access these pills. A birth control advocate, Margaret Sanger, "attacked legislative restrictions on birth control", informed many women of the uses and posi...... middle of paper ......s. "Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. November 21, 2013." Roe v. Wade." Great American Court Cases. Ed. Mark Mikula and L. Mpho Mabunda Vol. 3: Equal Protection and Family Law. Detroit: Gale, 1999. Opposing Views in Context. December 2013. Santorum, Rick. “My Fight for Life.” January 23, 2012: np SIRS Issues Researcher Web, November 14, 2013. Shears, Kathleen Henry. December 2013. Tanner, Lindsey. “Women Describe Circumstances That Led to Abortion.” Wetzstein, Cheryl “Abortion Fights Intensify as Roe v. Wade Turns 40.” ; Elections and court rulings widen divides " Washington Times [Washington, DC] January 2, 2013: A01. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. November 14. 2013.