Limits To Legalize Abortion

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Unwanted pregnancy and the laws concerning abortion According to the WHO “Each year women around the world experience 75 million unwanted pregnancies. Millions of women around the world risk their lives and health to end unwanted pregnancies” (statistics). The term unwanted pregnancy is very crucial when considering abortion because it is the leading factor for those seeking abortion. For women with unwanted pregnancies, abortion is the solution but the latter might not be within reach or legal in their respective countries. Laws and regulations are very different from country to country; some might not be in favor of abortion while some may be. For those who are in countries where abortion is illegal or restricted, women with unwanted pregnancy resort to unsafe abortion which has drastic consequences. To prevent these consequences, some laws should be a little more flexible in countries where abortion is not legal. The fine line lies when and how flexible the law should be depending on the circumstances that lead someone to seek abortion. In brief, abortion should be legal in very specific cases such as rape, incest and whereby abortion is the solution to prevent damage either physically or mentally to the mother. Unwanted pregnancy refers to the fact that a woman or a girl’s pregnancy is undesired; this can be a result from extreme cases like rape or incest, which need more speculation as these violent acts more frequently affect the woman’s mental state. Unwanted pregnancies and births can have many negative consequences, for the children themselves, their siblings, their parents, and society as a whole. Women bear the physical, emotional and financial burdens and heartache of unwanted pregnancies. Deciding whether to carry the pregnancy to full term or to have an abortion presents a painful dilemma. A woman may not be mentally or physically prepared to bear

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