Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written) Ex: Twilight | The Abortion Debate |
Author(s) or Editor Ex: Stephanie Meyer | Claudia Caruana Editor: Bruce S. Glassman |
Publisher Ex: Little, Brown and Company | The Millbrook Press |
Year of Publication Ex: 2003 | 1992 |
City of Publication Ex: New York | Brookfield |
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader): Ex: Print | Print |
Eddition if indicated: | N/A |
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
Many people that are either pro-choice or pro-life demonstrate "peacefully". There are many pro-life people that go to abortion clinics and approach patients because, "As long as they protest peacefully, without physically blocking a patient's way, the couple has a right to be there" (Caruana, 6). |
Doctors at clinics such as planned parenthood are used to seeing a wide array of women whom are pregnant under many different circumstances, such as "a woman over forty whose.. genetic test revealed that the twelve-week-old fetus in her womb is developing abnormally" (Caruana, 6). |
The Supreme Court has the task of deciding whether or not an action is unconstitutional. They did so in the Roe vs. Wade court case when they decided that, "The right to privacy includes a woman's right to decide whether or not to have children .The right to privacy, and, therefore, the right to abortion, is protected by the Ninth and Fourteenth amendments" (Caruana, 31). |
The positive outcome of creating this new law for abortion includes that, although the rate of legal abortions rose steadily until 1980, "Illegal-abortion rates dropped dramatically, from over a million a year to several thousand" (Caruana, 33). |
There is often a clash between the national and state government. State legislators often lobby for more power which is denied by the other. The verdict of Roe v. Wade, "allowed states to restrict abortion in order to protect the potential life of the fetus, unless the mother's life or health was endangered" (Caruana, 39). |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
The Abortion Debate in essence describes the development of abortion in America over a period of time. It includes legislation such as the Roe v. Wade court case, and how it affected society after laws had been put in place. It includes a clash between the national and state legislatures as well as the clash of those that are pro-life and those that are pro-choice, and the demonstrations that they participated in.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.
Claudia Caruana is the author, does not have a biography at the end but she seems on top of her accuracy and the information she brings forth.
Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative?
This article is simply informative, the author does not have anything to gain.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
There is no bias in the author's writing, this book simply serves as a timeline for events that took place in the history of abortion in America.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
Yes, the author does cite many references at the end of the book. Her citations add credibility because they originate from professionals in this field with valuable credibility and qualifications regarding abortion.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
This book is perfect to show the chronological order in which events took place regarding abortions in America. It gives a solid background on legal conflict as well as social conflict, and how the two intermixed.
