blog




  • Essay / Texas Women's Health Program - 1419

    The Texas Women's Health Program began on a foundation of controversial opinions, personal ideals and questionable authority, and with these come thousands of criticisms, arguments and overall complaints against the program as a whole. The two main sides of this story, those who are in favor of the bill and those who are not, both have their own motivations and reasons for their beliefs, and I am no different. Biases exist in any opinion, and they become more evident depending on how controversial that opinion is, but I will do my best to break down arguments based on their primary evidence in order to better formulate and improve my own opinion. On the side of those who are not. I am only defending the bill, but I created it based on a very complex idealism rooted in religion, state's rights and morality. As President Jane Nelson herself said, “We [the state government] have every right to exclude abortion providers and their affiliates from this program” (Aaronson, 2013). This view comes from a position mixed with the role that different parts of government play and the moral view of what abortion actually is; a simple medical intervention or an act of murder. Despite their goal of removing abortion providers and abortion providers from medical providers in Texas, they believe they also have "a responsibility to ensure that [Texas women] have alternatives in their community” (Aaronson, 2013) and claim that this is the case. where their legal battles will head. Regarding the women's health argument, many of those in favor of the new bill believe it will improve health care for women across the state because they believe "the ideal world is one world without abortion” (Wissert, 2013) and I think most would agree. . Those in favor of the bill conclude that it is the way to create a secure environment of justice on paper, and evidence is provided in the case of the Texas Women's Health Program. The fight against abortion cannot rest solely on the pedestal of moral justice, just as budget cuts to family planning and women's health can be expected to remain inconsequential for individuals. across the state. Planned Parenthood should not be a target for religious justice and women should not be put on the back burner when they make up half of our population. It should be and is the duty of state government to best protect and serve the people it oversees, and to isolate and mistreat so many people across the state is to put to shame all the progress we have made previously carried out. I hope we can soon fix the problems caused by false beliefs, or at the very least make the supporters of this bill understand that their morality is not reaching those who really need it..