If abortion was made illegal in the United States the effects on society could be both positive and negative. Abortion in the first trimester is currently legal in the United States since Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme court decision. Some of the history behind this ruling can help in visualizing the social impacts that would happen if this legalization was overturned. Distinctions were blurred between secular right-wingers, fundamentalist's Protestants, and anti-abortion Catholics by merging abortion into a new right, "pro-family" issues. The CDC has been less willing to get involved in studies of childbearing and abortion comparisons and...

In conclusion, the illegalization of abortion would have far reaching effects touching millions of unborn lives of mothers, doctors, politicians, and just the average American. There will always be controversy and the most substantial result of illegalization is that many children's lives would be saved. The unfortunate side effects of this would be more people would seek out illegal practitioners and some deaths and illnesses will happen. The politicians would be heatedly seeking to recruit those to their propaganda, poverty among women may increase, but the overall stance on the sanctity of a human life trumps all.