The Supreme Court legalized abortion in the United States during 1973 with the court case Roe v. Wade (Saad 1). Many women choose to have abortions because of medical necessities. For example a woman with diabeties can develop a codition called hyperemesis gravidarum, this disease threatens heart failure. The only way to cure it is abortion (International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family 3). Most people agree with keeping abortions leagalized during the first trimester because of the health of the mother or the health of the unborn child (Saad 1).
Selective reduction is the process of voluntarily terminating one or more fetuses in a multi-fetal pregnancy in order to increase the likelihood of a successful and viable birth. The procedure is used to manage multiple pregnancies that result from fertility treatments such as IVF and also some naturally occurring multi-fetal pregnancies. This procedure was developed in the 1980’s by Dr. Mark Evans (Evans & Britt, 2010). This is a controversial topic to many people who classify this action as abortion. Abortion is the termination of the entire pregnancy yet selective reduction is performed to improve the survival rate of the remaining fetuses and also the mother.
At the current rates nearly one-third of American women will have an abortion. The same study states that on average, women give at least 3 reasons for choosing abortion. 3/4 of women’s first reason is because having the baby would interfere with work, school, or other responsibilities. 3/4 of women’s second reason is because they cannot afford a child. 1/2 of women’s third reason is because they are having marital issues.
A piece of evil had entered me.” (Bazelon, 2007) We cannot assume all patients have the same post trauma, this woman may have had a psychological disorder, or received extreme amounts of pressure or stress before encountering her abortion. Statistically, after a study in California of medicare patients who received abortions, researchers say that 44% complained of nervous disorder, 31% had regrets about the abortions and 11% were prescribed psychotropic drugs by medical doctors (AfterAbortion, 2011). Putting into perspective that this studying was strictly done in California can allow for a bias opinion, as different parts of the country have different religions, cultures and abortion laws or
Jane’s contributed a lot to the women help. In 1973, the case of Roe vs. Wade they came up with the decision of that abortion would be legalized but this happened after Jane’s members had performed all of those abortions. Jane’s group way of doing abortion was illegal but that was the reality women faced back then. As for women’s who had the money had a safer way of doing the abortion than for the women’s who had limited income. Also it helps us see that some women’s will go to great measure to have an abortion even though it is
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.
These are all reason that could be avoided, and save many lives in the early stages. One controversial reason a woman might have an abortion is if she has been raped. There are very few cases like this, and in the instance of pregnancy resulting from rape, Linda Lowen informs us “proper medical care can ensure that a woman will not get pregnant” (Abortion Arguments). Overall, the most common reason for having an abortion is that “over 95 percent… [are] women who simply do not want to have a baby” (Abortion is Murder). Women who get pregnant and are not ready to accept the responsibility should not let this result in the death of a human
This method is used if the doctor determines that the age of the fetus is late in the second trimester. Labor induction usually requires a longer stay and is not performed in a clinic setting. The medical risks are also a huge problem for you later on in life. For example: As with childbirth, possible complications of third trimester labor induction include infection, heavy bleeding, and high blood pressure. This is the most common abortion time period.
Abortion Abortion is one of the biggest controversial issues in the U.S. ever since the roe vs. wade decision in 1973. This legalized that a woman could chose to abort her baby in the earlier months of pregnancy without restriction until the baby had reached a certain stage of growth. It passed because mothers were experiencing painful side effects or having bad health from being pregnant. Women were having abortions at first because they thought abortion was the only way out. Those women who are considering abortion because of personal issues should choose adoption instead.
Abortion Should Be a Woman’s Choice In Linda Greenhouse’s “A Never-Ending Story,” she brings up the abortion debate. The author describes what prompted her thoughts of abortion. Recently, a German pharmaceutical company issued an apology to the victims of a drug it produced 50 years ago, called thalidomide. Thalidomide was sold as a drug to help lessen the effects of morning sickness in pregnant women. Unknown to the thousands of soon-to-be mothers who took the drug was the fact that it caused babies to be born with “deformed or missing limbs” (Greenhouse).