Political Science 1001 Normative Project Research DesignNormative Social Policy Issue: Should women be allowed to have abortions on demand, or should there be restrictions on abortion rights?Value Position: There are competing values in this question; the individual's right to determine what is done to her body versus the right to life. Both values are critical to individual and social well being. Two key questions that will determine how these value positions are reconciled are how "…showed first 75 words of 502 total…

…showed last 75 words of 502 total…necessity, under the constraints of endangerment of the life of the mother, rape, and eventually viability. The onus of state regulations will fall on the physicians conducting the abortion; not on the mother. There will be civil penalties for violations; not criminal penalties. Public sex, pregnancy, and adoption education efforts will be part of this policy. Individual hospitals, overseen by administrative court judges, will provide the mechanisms for judging and punishing violations of this policy.