Unfortunately, there are several different reasons that conclude why abortions are appropriate in certain cases. A few examples depend on one’s financial stability, age, environment, and their position of dependency. As discussed in the previous paragraph, I discussed the different reasons in which several women feel obligated to get abortions. For the women who go through with their pregnancies, who are not financially stable or who are irresponsible, results in the neglection of their children, foster care or put up for adoption, led into prostitution, and the abuse of drugs and alcohol. It results in a life time of misery and suffering for the child all because their parents never had their best interest at heart.
There are many reasons, most of them being because the parents are not prepared to handle the responsibility of a child, and have conceived an infant by accident. According to Linda Lowen, “4 out of 10 unintended pregnancies end in abortion” (Abortion Facts). This is a large number of 40% of children who get their lives taken away because of a careless mistake of someone who was not prepared to have a child. Statistics show that three of the main reasons for having an abortion are, “3/4 say that having a baby would interfere with work, school, or other responsibilities; about ¾ say they cannot afford a child; and ½ say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner” (The Alan Guttmacher Institute). These are all reason that could be avoided, and save many lives in the early stages.
Multiple fetuses such as twins, triplets, and beyond are treated as one pregnancy and one birth when recording the GTPAL. Amanda's GTPAL is 4 (pregnancies counting current one) - 1 (infant born at 39 weeks) - 1 (twins born at 35 weeks) - 1 (spontaneous abortion at 9 weeks) - 3 (each twin and the singleton, all living). D) 4-2-1-0-2. INCORRECT This does not reflect the client's obstetrical history. The nurse notes that Amanda's fasting 1 hour glucose screening level, which was done 2 days previously, is 158 mg/dl.
Say an under aged girl, or even a girl who isn’t under aged was molested or raped, and that resulted in a pregnancy. Someone with Utilitarian views could say it is better to have the abortion because it could cause more harm on the baby or the mother if she continues the pregnancy, and suffers depression by the constant reminder growing inside of her, or after the child is born she could resent the child and cause it harm. These situations would have a negative outcome for more people than a good one, so in Utilitarinaism eyes, aborting the baby would be the right thing to do. Consider someone who is looking to adopt a baby, because they cannot have a baby of their own. If a woman aborts her baby she could be denying that couple who can’t have a baby the opportunity to adopt.
I Won’t Roll the Biological Dice In most societies it is celebrated when a woman gives birth to a child. It is normal and obvious that women want to marry and raise children. But for some women, this is not true. What makes a woman decide that being a mother is not a role she wants to pursue? Here are some reasons: Economic recession, infertility, education and career ambition, or medical issues, might make a woman not want to be a mother.
Women need to avoid fatiguing work. If pregnant women do not get enough rest the consequence can impede with their slumber, absorption or diet this can lead to premature babies or miscarriage (Berger, K. S. (2010). The second step for women that are six months pregnant or more need to stay away from teratogens. Teratogens are agents and conditions, including viruses, drugs, and chemicals, that might impair prenatal
Abortion: Pro-life or Pro-choice? Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, which is most often performed during the first 20 weeks of being pregnant (Oxford, 2014). Back in 1969 when abortion became legalized in Canada, uproar had taken over the country. Even with underreported and underrepresented figures, it is clear that more than three million abortions have occurred in Canada since 1969; when abortion was first decriminalized (AbortionInCanada, 2011). Society tends to focus the majority of their attention towards the controversy, and very little towards the women who are emotionally confused or unstable.
Opinions on abortion vary for numerous reasons, but under certain circumstances, abortion may be the most appropriate action to take. “Approximately one-half of the 6.4 million pregnancies in 2001 in the United States were unplanned”(Henshaw, pg 90). That is about three million unplanned pregnancies. “These three million unplanned pregnancies include 1.3 million pregnancies that ended in abortion; 1.4 million live births that women reported were unplanned at the time of conception; and 411,000 miscarriages of unplanned pregnancies” (Henshaw, pg 91). Who really experience these unplanned pregnancies?
A child at such an early age can bring stress onto not only the girl, but to her family. If the girl was on birth control at the time, a child may not have to be born, lessening the stress to the already chaotic situation. The choice should, ultimately, be up to the girl. After all, it is her body. Birth control could also possibly reduce the pregnancy rate among young teens.
This will save the waiting time for a donor to be found and save the risk of a wrong match. Rick Kent who had decided to have savior sibling for her daughter who is suffering from leukemia says in local news of California VenturaCountyStar.com, "Pretty much any parent would do it to save their child,”(par.13). It is understandable for all the people to be willing to save a person’s life if there is a way to do so. Creating a savior sibling is one way to save a child such as Rick Kent’s daughter. However, there is its controversy if it is ethically justified to have a savior sibling even it determinates their significance of life.