1. Abortion. Never ending question

2. Why such an emotional highly debated issue?

3. Did You Know ? • The US abortion rate fell 29% between 1990 and 2005, from 27.4 to 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age, before leveling out from 2005-2008. • The abortion industry was estimated in 2009 to make $831 million annually. An abortion can cost anywhere from around $350 to more than $1,000. • "Back-alley" abortions cause 68,000 maternal deaths each year in the 33 countries where abortion is not legal or available, according to the World Health Organization in Oct. 2006. • Black women are 4.5 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and about 1,876 black fetuses are aborted every day. • 87% of US counties do not provide abortion services.

4. Rowe v Wade • Federal action on abortion didn't occur until Roe v. Wade, which declared most state anti-abortion laws unconstitutional. The high court’s 7-2 decision established rules based on a pregnancy trimester framework, banning legislative interference in the first trimester of pregnancy

5. Your job • 1)Go to procon.org List briefly in your own words 5 pros and 5 cons of abortion. • 2) Go to clearpolitics.com ,Click on candidates, • Find the position of Obama,Romney,and Santorum and write them down. • 3)Tell me which candidate’s view you most agree with and why • 4)write a paragraph telling your stand on the issue and give reasons to support your view