Terry Gross Interview

Facts/Details:

1. Abortion has been a troubling and heated debate over the years, but has been argued in so many different ways over the years, especially now that the issue is heating up.
2. The birth rate has gradually decreased since the 1800's, especially among white middle-class women.
3. The first birth control clinic in the United States opened in 1916, and was operated by Margaret Sanger.
4. Condoms were created in the 1850's due to the start of vulcanization of rubber.
5. It is illegal to publicize of distribute material regarding contraception.
6. In 1921, Sanger founded the American Birth Control League which allows doctors to talk about contraception.
7. By the 1930s, a Gallup poll showed that 75 percent of Americans favored contraception. 
8.  The Griswold v. Connecticut ruling established that the Constitution protected a right to privacy, which meant that contraceptives were legal.
9.  By the late 1960s, Richard Nixon was pushing Congress to increase federal funding for family planning.
10.  Nixon was re-elected in 1972. A year later, the Supreme Court issued its key ruling on abortion, Roe v. Wade 

Questions:

1. Do you think abortion should be illegal?
2. Do you think enough pregnant women are educated about abortion?
3. What part of the Constitution gives a woman the right to an abortion?
4. Should the government have any control over a woman's decision to give birth?
5. Is the decrease in birth rate a good or bad thing for our country?
6. How will past court cases influence today's debate regarding abortion?