Research question: Should
the Supreme Court reverse their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade?
Working thesis statement: The Supreme Court should reverse their decision to overturn
Roe v. Wade because it regressed women’s rights by 50 years, violates the
right to separate church and state, and limits access to sexual and
reproductive healthcare.
Detailed Outline
I.
Working thesis in introduction: The Supreme
Court should reverse their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade because it
regressed women’s rights by 50 years, violates the right to separate church and
state, and limits access to sexual and reproductive healthcare.
a. Hook
explaining what Roe v. Wade was and the lack of control women had over their
own rights. Explain what the case was and its ruling, not the effects.
Source: The Impact of Roe v. Wade (1973)
on the American abortion rights movement. https://safe.menlosecurity.com/doc/docview/viewer/docNE77E808C85E72390e3b4e3c44af2fcc26447f1929cf3458bf2589eb8f2bb76d16789248c29f3
b. Explain
the Supreme Court ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overruling
Roe v. Wade. Explain what the case was and its ruling, not the effects.
Source: A year after the Supreme Court
Overturned Roe v. Wade, Trends in State Abortion Laws Have Emerged.
II.
Regression of women’s rights by 50 years
a. Prior
to Roe v. Wade women did not have the access to reproductive healthcare,
abortion was illegal, many deaths from illegal and unsafe abortions, and thalidomide
cause many birth defects.
Source: Historic Abortion Law Timeline:
1850 to Today
Historical
Abortion Law Timeline: 1850 to Today (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
b. Following
Roe v. Wade and the reformation of abortion laws.
Source: Historic Abortion
Law Timeline: 1850 to Today
Historical
Abortion Law Timeline: 1850 to Today (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
c. The
overturn of Roe v. Wade and the illegalization of abortions and access to
reproductive healthcare across the U.S.
Source: A Year After the Supreme Court Overturned Roe v.
Wade, Trends in State Abortion Laws Have Emerged
III.
The ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade violates
the right to separate church and state.
a. What
is the right to separate church and state?
b. The
ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade allows states to implement abortion laws that
are hinged on religious beliefs.
Source: Abortion in the United States and
the Separation of Church and State
Abortion Bans Undermine Church and State
Separation
https://progressive.org/op-eds/abortion-bans-undermine-church-state-separation-laser-230118/
IV.
Limited access to sexual and reproductive
healthcare following the ruling and the effects it has.
a. Limited
access to reproductive healthcare following the ruling puts women and babies in
medical danger.
b. The
affects the ruling has on women of color, low-income women, and midlife women.
V.
Counterargument
a. Federal
law undermines states ability to democratic self governance.
b. It
was not known when human life began during the ruling of Roe v. Wade
c. The
supreme court regularly overturns rulings.
Source: Eight
Reasons to Overturn Roe v. Wade ~ The Imaginative Conservative
VI.
Rebuttal
a. Federal
law must take president rather than place the decision in the hands of the
state.
b. Reiterate
the right for separation of church and state.
c. International
Human rights.
VII.
Conclusion
A.
The Supreme Court should reverse their decision
to overturn Roe v. Wade because in order to restore women’s rights across the
United States, restore rights taken away by religiously backed ideologies, and give
access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in all states.