One of the most controversial topic that society and lawmakers often debate about is abortion. Before 1971 when abortion was illegal it was done in the back alleys of city streets with an inexperienced person doing this procedure. Thousands of women died due to improper procedure, unsterile equipment, and complications due medical malpractice. This changed in December 1971 when a single mother to be chose to fight against the anti-abortion law in the state of Texas. At the time the state of Texas only allowed legal abortions to women that had been raped or was impregnated by incest.
Though some may disagree on this point, the fact is that legalized abortion is the only option that will protect the lives of American citizens. One only needs to look into American history to see the results of prohibiting abortions to women. The process of abortions has definitely come a long way. Even after abortion was legalized, women were still very afraid to go to the abortion facilities because they were afraid of being attached just for entering the building. It is better now that they have a place to go where abortions can be performed cleanly and with minimal risk.
In fact if we force this woman to have the surgery it could compromise the sanctity of a woman’s body. This would bring up the whole debate of abortion. Having the fetus’s rights just as important if not more than the mother’s, could say that if you have an abortion or miscarriage that you could be charged with a criminal offence. In the interest of fairness and justice, she should not be forced to have the
This is a strong point that causes much debate, but one concept that has to be taken into account here is viability. Viability is the ability for a fetus to live outside the mother’s womb. Studies have been done to show that there are no signs of viability in the first twenty-eight weeks of a pregnancy (Turpin). Can it really be considered murder if the child would not be able to live on their own as their own person? If anything, abortion should not be completely illegal but could only if performed after these first twenty-eight weeks of the pregnancy.
Abortion - Our question is if abortion should be made illegal in society - We are not talking about cases of rape or incest; those are situations in which it was not the choice of the woman to produce a child and where it is the responsibility of society and the government to help them through the traumatic situation they will go through. - My position on the debate is that yes, abortion should be made illegal in Canada Adoption is an excellent alternative to abortion - The choice of adoption is one of the many reasons why abortion should be made illegal. There are thousands of couples waiting for a child to be made available for them to adopt because they don’t have the privilege of being able to produce a child. In 2005, close to 100,000 abortions were performed on Canadian women (according to StatsCan) while 200,000 couples were waiting to adopt (as reported by National Council on Adoption). If those abortions had not taken place, close to 100,000 couples would have received the gift of a child and many babies would have been able to live.
Every day more people die in America than are born. Any increases in population since 1972 have been due to immigration.2 The sociological perils we face are not those of population explosion, but population reduction. The Population Research Institute agrees, and concluded, “Our long-term problem is not too many children, but too few children.”3 The legalization of abortion resulted in a drastic reduction of the number of children in this country. By 1980 there were 6.5 million fewer school-age children in America than just a decade earlier. This required the closing of nine-thousand elementary schools.4 Legalized abortion has resulted in over 46 million fewer taxpayers in America to support the elderly.
Who really experience these unplanned pregnancies? The answer is women between the ages of 20 and 24 if you go by age or unmarried women if you go by marital status. If abortion is outlawed that could also mean there will be more teenagers having children. I agree that abortion should not be a form of birth control, but if something does happen there should be the option of abortion so that the wrong mother doesn’t have to raise a child at such a young
12 Apr. 2012 Many people do not want to hear the word abortion, but when it comes to rape victims that get pregnant, it is often brought up. Even pro-life advocates agree that an innocent child shouldn’t perish for the sins of their father (1). Harvard students give their opinions and come to the conclusion that no rape victim shall be frowned upon when deciding to get an abortion. “Abortion is not some magical surgery which turns back time to make a woman ‘un-pregnant’ – or, for the matter, ‘un-raped’” (1).
On the other hand some people argued that late-term abortion should not be banned because it is necessary to terminate a fetus when the life of the woman is in danger as a result of complicated pregnancy; or when pregnancy result from incest or rape and the woman may be late in finding out that she is pregnant. Late-term abortion is also favored when the fetus genetic defect,
To begin with, abortion became legalized in Canada in 1969. Just to think, abortion was illegal 43 years ago. In addition, over 100 000 abortions are performed in Canada per year at a ratio of 30 abortions per 100 live births. In this class there are roughly 15 girls in our If we used this ratio to the girls in this class, about 4-5 girls would abort their babies (after assumptions). Also, more than three million unborn babies have died from abortion in Canada since 1969 when abortion was first decriminalized.