Now the big question is what percentage of all pregnancies end in abortion and that is Twenty-two percent. Two facts that may surprise you are Fifty-four percent of women using a form of contraceptive had an abortion and that 0.4% of annual abortions were from girls younger than fifteen. This cite seems very credible because they cover any stat you can think of. They have a very reliable looking website and received this information from a reputable institute. The reason this is important to my research is because it gives me number to go off of when looking at what race has more abortions or how many happen in a year and at what age women receive an abortion most the
An abortion can happen spontaneously due to complications during the pregnancy or can be induced. An abortion that is induced to help save the life of the women is called a therapeutic abortion; whereas an abortion induced for any other reason is called an elective abortion. More than a third of the average two hundred and five million pregnancies each year (worldwide) are not planned for, and twenty percent of them usually end in induced abortion. An abortion is referred to as a therapeutic abortion when it is done to: (1) save the life of the pregnant woman; (2) preserve the woman’s mental health; (3) terminate a pregnancy that would result in a baby born with a fatal disorder; or (4) reduce the number of fetuses to reduce health risks usually associated with multiple pregnancy. An abortion is called an elective abortion when it is done at the request of the woman, for reasons other than maternal or fetal health.
In 2008, 41% of births were covered by Medicaid, with an average cost of $12.631 per child/woman. With Planned Parenthood and birth control readily available, the number of unplanned pregnancies would decline saving taxpayer’s money and supporting the rising problem of children/women on welfare. A third world argument in favor of birth control is a slashing number of abortions performed for unwanted pregnancies. As of 2006, nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States alone were unplanned pregnancies. Of those unplanned pregnancies, 43% were terminated through abortion.
Abortion is legal in Australia and a any woman of any age over 18 can attend an abortion clinic and do abortion until she is 24 weeks pregnant. Abortion after 24 weeks is legal but is not commonly performed. The appropriation of termination must be agreed by two doctors. The 2004 Australian election study(AES) reveals that over 50% of respondents believe a woman should be a able to readily do abortion on demand including respondents who believe that abortion should be allowed under special circumstances, the rate of abortion supporters increased to almost 90% in contrast, and the rate of people who think that abortion should not be allowed under any circumstances is only 4%. The2003 Australian survey of social attitudes showed 81.2% of respondents were pro-choice, think that women should have the right to choice whether or not she does an abortion .However, 9.4% of those surveyed disagreed that women should have the right to choice and 4.4% disagreed strongly with the statement.
CPCs’ underhanded and aggressive activities thus were complemented by abortion survivors’ regret narratives. Whilst supporting their cause, abortion regret activists formed Women Exploited by Abortion (WEBA) group, which by 1987 claimed to have over 10,000 members worldwide. As the name of the group implies, seeking abortion became emblematic of pregnant women’s victimhood, which signified a shift from the formerly dominant view that a pregnant woman seeking abortion is a
Since abortion has been legalized in 1973, there have been over 53 million abortions in the world, which is way beyond the capacity that it should be. The leading reason for abortion is the young age of the women getting the abortion. Young adults and even young teenagers will have abortions either because they are too ashamed of being pregnant or they are too young and feel that they cannot take care of the baby. “Globally, abortion accounts for 13 percent of women’s deaths during pregnancy
Over 42 million babies have been legally aborted since 1972. In 1972, the case of Roe versus Wade was brought to the Supreme Court and it is one of the most controversial issues involving women's civil right; the case dealt with the right to choose to have an abortion. Most feminist groups supported this case since women felt it was their body and their choice whether to have a baby or not. Excluding rape or incest, abortion should not be allowed because it is an issue of human life being endangered and not the restriction of women’s lives with some rights that may be denied through childbearing. Since I am a pro-life supporter, I am strongly against abortion because abortion in most cases is the deliberate killing of the defenseless among us; this act should be stopped.
In many people minds, fetus is a human being who has the right to survive. Obviously, killing someone is immoral, but fetus is no completely as same as a normal human being. In “A Defense of Abortion”, Thomason used a few examples to show that fetuses must rely on their mom for about ten month to become normal being. Thomson said that fetuses are persons that have the rights to live, but most abortions are permissible. (a) Thomson used some cases as the violinist, the open windows to establish thought experiments to argue that abortion is permissible in most cases.
Higher the Bar for Abortion Rights Jessica Hawkins Composition Class Instructor Jodie Brown Due September 29th, 2012 The United States of America should higher the bar for Abortion. A woman should not be allowed to kill her unborn baby under just any circumstance. An estimated 115,000 babies are killed every day due to Abortion Rights. (Loxafamosity Ministries, 2012) Though abortion is illegal in most states it’s still being done. As a country we all need to agree that under certain cases abortion should be considered, but other than that it’s homicide.
Even if these cases are only about one percent of abortions, it still affects thousands of women each year. (nytimes.com) There are also cases where the mother’s life is endangered by the pregnancy.