Adoption Vs Abortion Persuasive Essay

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Adoption Adoption is better than abortion, it gives many children who need a home a good home. Statistics show there are over 153 million orphans who have lost one or both parents in the United States. Of the over 400,000 children who are in foster care in the U.S., 114,556 cannot be returned to their birth families and are waiting to be adopted. On average, more than 60 percent of children in foster care spend 2-5 years in the system before being adopted. Almost 20 percent spend 5 or more years before being adopted and some never get adopted. Around 140,000 children are adopted each year by families. There are over 7 million Americans who were adopted. Nearly 40 percent of children adopted from foster care live in families with 3 or more…show more content…
abortions each year. That is more than twice of the amount of adoptions each year. Although many people think abortion maybe easier than adoption, they're wrong. Abortion isn't easier because you're killing an innocent baby's life and they're very many risks and dangerous effects that can happen. Medical complications include: heavy bleeding, infection, incomplete abortion, sepsis, anesthesia, damage to the cervix, scarring of the uterine lining, uterine perforation, damage to internal organs, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometritis, and death. Emotional complications include: eating disorders, relationship problems, guilt, depression, flashbacks of abortion, suicidal thoughts, sexual dysfunction, alcohol and drug abuse. You also have a higher risk for: breast cancer, cervical, ovarian, or liver cancer, placenta previa, and ectopic pregnancy. So as you can see, abortion may sound easier and also a quicker way of doing things, but adoption has less risks and health issues than abortion. Adoption may sound hard and may be alot harder than abortion but at least with choosing adoption you can save a child's life and give them a life they deserve and also save yours as well by not having complications and risks added to your

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