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>.