The passing of the Affordable Care Act will allow approximately 6.8 million low-income woman to gain access to health insurance. (Levy, 2012). Women have faced discrimination in health care for generations …show more content…
Abortion is made legal as a result of Roe v Wade. Roe v Wade is the historic Supreme Court decision overturning a Texas interpretation of abortion law and making abortion legal in the United States. The decision held that a woman with her doctor could choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without restriction, and with restrictions in later months, based on the right to privacy. Roe v. Wade was decided primarily on the Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a part of the Bill of Rights. The Court 's decision was that the Ninth Amendment, in stating, "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people," to protect a person 's right to …show more content…
One of the main reasons they argue is that “Marijuana smoke contains known carcinogens and produces dependency in users” (Medical). In many studies it has shown that it does have some harm such as the harms associated with smoking, but the National Academy of Science affirmed that “marijuana’s short term medical benefits outweigh any smoking-related harms for some patients”(Medical). Though marijuana has been proven to be damaging to the lungs than tobacco, a study in 2006 “found no evidence that marijuana smokers had higher rates of lung cancer” (Medical Marijuana). The FDA has tested the effectiveness of marijuana and has found that the cannabinoids are helpful in “treating pain associated with chemotherapy, postoperative recovery, and spinal cord injury, as well as neuropathic pain, which is often experienced by patients with metastatic cancer, multiple sclerosis,[and] diabetes” (Medical