A Spreading Peril for Women's Privacy and Freedom.(Editorial Desk)(EDITORIAL OBSERVER)(Editorial).Dorothy Samuels.

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In this article the author, Dorthy Samuels, writes about a new bill that would make abortion illegal. She thinks that, "The painful decision to end a pregnancy should be made in private between a woman and her doctor -- not in politically driven debate among members of Congress and state legislatures." In 1970 a law was passed to make abortion legal, to reduce the deaths due to back alley abortions. This year in President Obama's new health care reform law congress had to look at women's reproductive rights. Even though, abortion is legal there are states that have certain laws that banns abortion, due to what trimester a woman is in. There are also many states that banned abortion coverage in insurance plans too. "About two dozen states are looking at bills to increase counseling requirements or waiting periods prior to abortions. About 20 states are considering new ultrasound requirements. This is on top of an already onerous regimen of state restrictions that has drastically cut down on abortion providers and curtailed a woman's ability to exercise a constitutionally protected right"(Samuels). Abortion is legal, but ant-abortion forces have made it so hard for a woman to excise her right, it seems abortion is illegal now.

This article holds so much information about the laws of different states it does not tell you what the author really thinks til the end. It is all relevant though. In the end, she says, "they have primarily succeeded in making it harder for women of modest and meager means to obtain a safe and legal medical procedure." This makes you think of all the bad and unsafe ways abortion can be done if it was illegal. It's not persuasive enough for me, it's more to inform the reader.

I side with the author about keeping abortion legal. I think it's a woman's body and they can make their own decisions. I personally would not get one, but it should be a woman's right. If congress does pass a law that would make abortiion illegal, there will definitely be more injuries and deaths due to unsafe illegal procedures. I think this issue is really big in America not just to women, but to men too. It needs to be discussed between the family, if so, and the doctor before making a major decision.

I'M A BARBIE GIRL

I DO NOT GET WHY EVERY GIRL TRIES TO SAY THAT THEY ARE BARBIE! Okay she has a nice figure, the dream house, a little pink convertible, oh yea and the perfect dream man, Ken. It sounds so great, but it's also so fake. I hate when girls try to say they are Barbie. No one can be that perfect and not have any problems. When most girls say that they are a Barbie Girl I think they give other people the wrong impression, like they are concieted and materialistic. There are many stars in the media that say theY are like Barbie or they are Barbie, like Paris Hilton and Nicki Minaj. A few things stars have in common with Barbie, is the plastic body, due to plastic surgeries and maybe the popularity. Something they do not have in common with Barbie is the perfect man. One can make themself fake like Barbie, but one can not make a perfect man, like Ken. I think any girl that calls themself Barbie is fake like Barbie, has low self esteem, low confidence, and dreams way too big. I would not mind having the figure, the dream house etc., but I'm glad I'm not Barbie. I'm real, not fake, and I'm glad to be me. The way God made me.