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