For some, abortion is a topic as sensitive as politics and religion. In America, abortion has always been a controversial topic of discussion. The Supreme Court in Roe vs. Wade established the guidelines and women's right to have an abortion if they desire it. In 2015, the debate about abortion is still ongoing among religious groups, politicians and ordinary citizens. People who support women's right to abortion are often criticized and ridiculed for defending their personal beliefs. There are people who have conditioned their minds to think that women should not be allowed to have abortions if they have not been raped or are not the result of incest, which I completely disagree with that kind of thinking. However, it is the law of the land, it is a woman's right to choose and she has to live with the psychological effects of her choice. Contrary to popular belief, abortion was a hot topic 200 years before the 1972 Roe v. Wade battle. According to an article by Brian Young, “Life before Roe,” “the first US anti-abortion law, adopted by Connecticut in 1821, criminalized the administration of poison or any "destructive substance" to induce miscarriage... In 1840, however, Maine became the first state to pass a law expressly protecting all infants...” In 1859 the American Medical Association conducted its own investigation into how to protect the unborn fetus. From 1821 to January 1973, when the Supreme Court handed down Roe v. Wade, many laws were passed and many laws changed. However, after many disagreements, laws and laws changed in 1973, abortion was the law of the land. Although abortion was the law, there was another large organization that sparked even more controversy, Planned Parenthood. According to one article, “Ex… middle of paper… is for my life. Personally I don't think life would have offered me much if I had given birth to my children. Bottom line, laws are passed for a reason, in most cases it is to help, not to hinder or harm. Some may argue that the Supreme Court should not have approved the bill in 1972, while others believe it is a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. Even if there will always be opponents behind it who will try to abolish the law, there will always also be women like me willing to exercise their right to choose. When the smoke clears and the dust settles, only women who have experienced such events in their lives should talk about the psychological effects of abortions. However, I know, as the poet says (Banh, 2014), that I knew them all even if dimly, I loved them all, and I will always have an open space in my heart for all my unborn children.