We all have our rights. We’ve fought for them for many years. Roe v. Wade stopped the state laws from prohibiting abortion in 1973. This allowed women to have the right to having a safe abortion. Now, abortion has quickly turned into a controversial topic.

Those in pro-life groups have been trying to overturn this ruling from legislation. They’ve held demonstrations and even became a little violent. Pro-choice groups are trying to keep allowing women to have the right to having a safe abortion.

It’s important to know your information and stay up to date on the issue and history of safe abortion. It’s all politics and understanding how it works is important.

Write letters or send e-mails to any elected officials in your state in hopes of receiving their full support. These people are extremely busy so remember to keep everything short and straight to the point. Don’t get personal in the letters. Just state the facts.

Joining pro-choice groups and organizations is another way to protect your rights. There are some advocacy groups, National Abortion Rights Action League and there is political party, Early Money is Like Yeast.

Support candidates that are pro-choice. Learn what each person’s view on a woman’s right to have a safe abortion is. Make sure that you let that person know you’re showing your support because of his or her stance on pro-choice.

Show you’re truly committed in protecting your rights for a safe abortion. If there’s a march or a rally, or any type of event going on near you that’s supporting women’s rights, go to them. This is the perfect way to meet other people and network.

There are multiple things you can do in order to protect your rights for a safe abortion. You all have the right to speak up for your beliefs and this is your chance to do the same. Speak up.

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Defending your opinion requires more than just stating what you think. There’s more to a debate on Pro-Choice than your opinion. You need some hard facts, scientific evidence and a very good argument that you’re able to state clearly. When debating and defending your beliefs, it’s important to remain focused on the medical side to help defend your stance.

When thinking about what to say think about who your audience is. Show everyone that you’re empathetic and now criticize those who are pro-life. If you just criticize they will get defensive and stop listening.

When doing any debate, you’ll need to discuss both sides of the topic and dispute what you disagree with. It’s important to include scientific evidence and any kind of ruling that will show favor towards your beliefs. One popular topic to bring up on abortion would be the Roe v. Wade case. For instance, even though pro-life groups do feel that the baby is a human life and are against abortion do to a moral and religious point of view, these viewpoints don’t have any stance with how the laws are made or when it comes to the government. Just remember, just because you feel that life begins at conception, doesn’t actually mean it does.

Also point out that having an abortion means a medical procedure is done. Like with any procedures, a woman’s life could be at risk if her pregnancy is considered risky or there are complications during the procedure. If needed point out that many hospitals and clinics do provide a sterile and safe environment for women, but nothing is 100 percent guaranteed.

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics to debate about since many people have strong opinions on and don’t really care or want to hear what others think. In fact, most people opt to not cover this topic when choosing what to debate about. Even so, it can make for a heated and interesting debate against two very strong-willed people. Keep and open mind and try and state as many facts as possible when defending your beliefs on pro-choice.