NHD Project

SILENT KILL
BY:
TANAYA BURNS,
SALEEMA PARKER

I chose to do my NHD project on Margaret Sanger and Abortion. My topic is so broad because my group and I want to focus on the overall perspective of abortion. NHD theme for this year is Conflict and Compromise. Abortion is definitely a conflict but it’s also a compromise. A feminist Margaret Sanger was a hero to woman in the 19th century and maybe now in the 21st century. This woman was a heroine; she was a woman that put herself on the line to prevent unwanted pregnancies and to fight for woman rights. As I did further research I found that not only was she a feminist but she was a murdering racist. She was no hero to black America in the 19th century and she is no hero to me now in the 21st century. "We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population." - Margaret Sanger. I was so destruct when I heard this. Margaret Sanger the woman that was responsible for the Planned Parenthood, abortion movement and the woman that was described as vivacious, warm, healing and powerfully driven. What I didn’t know is that she was a mass murder she not only killed literally millions of lives due to abortion and that’s including 1,200 African American children each day.

Roe v. Wade was a famous case it was most important in history in America. The Court ruled that states could restrict abortions only during the final three months of pregnancy, a stage when medical experts says the fetus is capable of “meaningful life” outside the womb. Many people are con-life for abortion and many people are pro-life. So that raises many conflicts. The court compromised stating that states could restrict abortions only during the final three months of pregnancy. Photographic Evidence shows that even during the first 7 weeks that the fetus develops hands. In conclusion, my NHD project is on Margaret Sanger and Abortion and the conflicts that are behind abortion clinic doors. Also how the mothers are coping with abortion and how they were affected. Abortion is a very controversial topic now and probably in the future.