Yahoo! Groups

Here's another Yahoo! group. It is called Lavender Skies - You're Not Alone. This group talks about all sorts of controversial issues, which includes abortion. It has 2429 members (on June 22, 2012) and was September 3, 2002. The most recent post about abortion was from a girl who had an abortion and was feeling guilty about it.

another Yahoo Group

Another Yahoo Group I found is "Life_Controversies" (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Life_Controversies/?yguid=531874256).
The purpose of this group is to have a discussion on abortion and other cntroversial issues.

Some members are for abortion, and others are against the abortion.

I can categorize the content of their recent discussion as follows:
・the reason why some members are for or against abortion
・information on some occurrences concerning abortion
・opinion on some issues other than abortion

Yahoo! Group

Here's a discussion group from Yahoo! Group called Abortion is a Crime (Pro-Life). This group is a pro-life group debates about abortion. Recently, this group usually posts news articles about abortion. It has 188 members (on June 6, 2012) and was founded on June 24, 2005. Since this group is pro-life, the articles in the posts are pro-life articles as well. The group owner, Steven Ertelt posts most of the posts, but frequently posts new ones, so the group is quite active. This group might be useful to find news articles/stories about abortion.

Yahoo Group

I found a Yahoo Group "abortionstopsbeatinghearts"(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abortionstopsbeatinghearts/)
The purpose of this group is to exchange our opinion on abortion. The members of this group are people who are against abortion.
The most recent messages of this group are the following.

 Report Shows Abortion Rate Has Dropped 39% Since 1990
New Video: Planned Parenthood OKs Sex-Selection Abortion Again
New Poll: HHS Mandate Hurts Obama With Women, Catholics

another word cloud

In this tag cloud, the words anti-abortion, postcard, Winnipeg, and caravan are conspicuous.

I made this tag cloud by using an article on an activity by the anti-abortion activists. According to the article, an anti-abortion group “The Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform” did a door-to-door visiting with graphic postcards to illustrate their point.

A member of the group said "Our point is … let the pre-born children in, because abortion is Canada's greatest human-rights violation."

"Anti-abortion activists go door-to-door in Winnipeg." CBCNEWS. N.p., June,14,2012. Web. 14 Jun 2012. <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/06/13/mb-anti-abortion-protest-winnipeg.html>.

word cloud

In this tag cloud, some words including abortion, forced, illegal, minister, Morocco, and rape are noticeable. I made this tag cloud by using an article on a political movement in Morocco. In Morocco, abortion has been regarded as a taboo. However, because of this idea, many women who become pregnant against their will, have an abortion illegally. When they have an abortion illegally, they can’t have a safe operation, so some Moroccan politicians are insisting that they should legalize the abortion and protect women’s health.

 "Moroccan activists push to end abortion ban." The raw story. N.p., 2012. Web. 14 Jun 2012. <http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/04/moroccan-activists-push-to-end-abortion-ban/>.

The first practice of abortion

The first recorded practiced of abortion was in B.C. 1550 in Egypt. This was recorded in an ancient  medical text called the Ebers Papyrus. In the Ebers Papyrus, it suggests the use of a plant-fiber tampon coated with a compound that included honey and crushed dates when having an abortion. It also mentions a herbal abortifacient called pennyroyal, which is sometimes used in abortions. Yet this pennyroyal is toxic and is not a safe way to induct an abortion.

Head, T.. "When Did Abortion Begin?." Civilliberty.about.com. About.com, 2012. Web. 13 Jun 2012. <http://civilliberty.about.com/od/abortion/f/When-Did-Abortion-Begin.htm>.

Another word cloud

Here's another word cloud. Try looking at it first without looking at the analysis below nor the site and guess what the sites about.

In this word cloud, the words "Abortion", "Procedure", "Medical", "Clinic", "Pregnancy", "Dilators", "Appointment", "Options" come out in big words. As I said in the last blog entry, the bigger the word in a word cloud, the more frequently that word comes up in the original text. So, this site is about abortion and it includes information about medical precedures/options and clinics. You can also find words like "Doctor" and "Risks", which point out that this site is talking from a medical point of view and is explaining about the options when you get pregnant, the procedures of abortion and risks from surgical methods. Therefore, this is a site that provides information about abortion, which may be considered as "for" abortion.


. "Types of Abortion Procedures." Fwhc services. Feminist Women, 2011. Web. 13 Jun 2012. <http://www.fwhc.org/abortion/ab-procedures.htm>.

A word cloud

I'm sure everyone knows what a word cloud is, so I won't be explaining what it is. This is a word cloud I made using a site called Tagxedo.com.

It is from the text from a site(citation at end of entry) written about Catholic thoughts. As you can see, the words "Abortion","Murder","Life", "Church", "Law", "Child" come up as big words. This shows that this site uses these words frequently. So from this, in Catholic beliefs, abortion is considered an act of murder and to kill a child in the womb is sinful. It is said in the old testament that a child in the womb has a soul and to kill one with a soul is sinful. The word "Law" refers to the ten comandments and you can find words in the cloud such as adultery, murder, and didache that are forbidden in the ten commandments. Looking from the word cloud above and looking at facts from the bible, your can tell that this (catholic) site is "against" abortion.

 Brom, R.. "Catholic Answers: Abortion." Catholic answers. Catholic.com, 2004. Web. 13 Jun 2012. <http://www.catholic.com/tracts/abortion>.

Answers to my questions

I will answer some of the questions I came up with last week.
First of all, I researched which country has the highest abortion rate. According to my research, Russia has the highest abortion rate in the world. The country which has the second highest abortion rate is Sweden. The abortion rate of Russia is higher tha that of Sweden by far. 17.7 of 1,000 people have an abortion in Sweden, while 40.3 of 1,000 people do so.
Why so many Russian people have an abortion? This is because many of them wouldn't take contraceptive. So many young women become pregnant against their wishes.
In contrast, Morocco has low avortion rate. In Morocco , abortion is regarded as a toboo. If a woman have an abortion, she will be arrested. Even if she became pregnant because of the rape, she is blamed.
There are some trials concerning abortion in Japan. Generally, these quarrels are caused by a woman who had abortion and a man who is her onetime boyfriend. In the trial, they often argue about the man should pay compensation.
Abortion sometimes do harm to women's body. Once a woman have an abortion, she tends to become sterility.

There are various ideas on abortion. These ideas often infruenced by religions. Christians have the most strict rule on abortion. In contrast , Buddihists tolerant of it.
Most Japanese people don't have any religion. I think this is one of the reasons Japan has a high abortion rate.

questions about abortion

1.    How many people in Japan are for the abortion?

2.    How many people in Japan are against the abortion?

3.    Which country in the world has the highest abortion rate?

4.    Why does the country have high abortion rate?

5.    Which country in the world has the lowest abortion rate?

6.    Why does the country have low abortion rate?

7.    Are there any trialｓ concerning abortion?

8.    What is the end of it?

9.    Are there any aftereffects of abortion?

10.  What kind of aftereffect is it?

11.  What kind of opinion on abortion do doctors have?

12.  What kind of opinion on abortion do nurses have?

13.  What kind of opinion on abortion do women who had an abortion have?

14.  Is abortion bad for women’s health?

  15.What kind of history does abortion have?

Two websites which I found

The first website I found is guttmacher.org.  In this website, we can get a lot of information about abortion facts in America. For example, we can know the number of abortion per year and the reason some people had an abotion.What is more, we can find reports and video about abortion.

. Abortion: US specific. N.p., 2008. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://www.guttmacher.org/sections/abortion.php?scope=U.S. specific>.

Another website is Medline Plus. This website was made for people who want to consult with a doctor about abortion. There are some important topics in this website. I think a topic about teenagers' abortion is worth reading.

National Institutes of Health, . "Abortion." Medline plus. u.s. national library of medicine, 2011. Web. 31 May 2012.

Websites related to abortion

The first website I would like to introduce is plannedparenthood.org. On this site,in the abortion section, it talks about the ways of abortion and has other facts that people thinking of having an abortion might be curious about. There is also a chat system where you can ask questions that might be more precise. This website is .org site, which makes it more trustworthy.

"Abortion." Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc., 2011. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/abortion-4260.asp>

The second website I would like to introduce is an article from about.com. It's titled "Abortion: Bad Because It Means Sex Without Consequences". It talks about how abortion is killing the baby and it's not acceptable, but the title has a too prejudice to it and it may be taken a wrong way by woman who have abortions due to rape, etc.

Cline, Austin. "Abortion: Bad Because It Means Sex Without Consequences." about.com. The New York Times Company, 2006. Web. 31 May 2012. <http://atheism.about.com/b/2006/03/27/abortion-bad-because-it-means-sex-without-consequences.htm>