Pros and Cons of Abortion

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This essay will focus on arguments for and against abortion. I am personally for pro-choice, which means I am against abortion unless it is to save a mother’s life due to medical problems. Through research I found that abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy during the first six months. I will speak about six points in favor of abortion and six points against abortion. I will begin by talking about the reasons for abortion. Nearly all abortions take place in the first trimester, when a fetus cannot exist independent of the mother. As it is attached by the placenta and umbilical cord, its health is dependent on her health, and cannot be regarded as a separate entity as it cannot exist outside her womb. This is the strongest argument that I came up with. It is very important for the mother’s health to be up to part. If the mother’s health is at risk due to pregnancy, then the women should be able to consider an abortion. What will the child do without their parent? If the mother doesn’t survive due to complications then they will be separated later on down the line. Now on the other side, the strongest argument is since life begins at conception, abortion is akin to murder as it is the act of taking human life. Abortion is a direct defiance of the commonly accepted idea of the sanctity of human life. This is a very strong argument because to take another human’s life is not right. It is a sin. The second strongest argument is that adoption is not an alternative to abortion. It remains the woman's choice whether or not to give her child up for adoption. Statistics show that very few women who give birth choose to give up their babies - less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of black unmarried women. This is a major point because why should the mother be forced to have the child and not be
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