September 17th

South Korea shoots at a man while he was swimming to North Korea. It was regulation because he didn't respond to his commands.

Shooting at the Navy yard: the suspect, Aaron Alexis, worked at the yard and wasn't gunned down until three hours after the spree started. No one knows his motives, how exactly he died, or how he got clearance to get into the yard.

Gay Marriage (Cont.)

Abortion

  • In the past, only the rich could get professional abortions
  • Black and poor people had to do back-alley abortions
  • Doctors would risk their licenses to give abortions
  • 1967-73: 14 states repeal or reform 4 abortion laws
  • First was New York
  • Supreme Court made it difficult to legalize abortion
  • 80s: thousands were arrested for having abortions
  • 94: Freedom of Access to Clinics made it so people would actually get into the abortion clinics
  • Roe v. Wade: fought the Texas government to legalize abortion
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