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
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.
Abortion is unnecessary and the statistics prove it. Forty-two million abortions take place around the world annually. This breaks down to approximately 115, 000 per day. Out of those 115,000; only seven percent are a result of rape, incest, or potential health risks. The other ninety-three percent of abortions take place because the child is either unwanted or inconvenient.
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).
Although the act was usually but not always the choice of the woman, abortion was illegal and to end pregnancy was considered to be murder. In the two decades before abortion was legal in America, it's been estimated that about one million women per year underwent illegal abortions. Because these illegal procedures were performed by the woman or someone else who was not medically trained to perform the procedure, women died. In my opinion trying to make abortion illegal is pointless because the women will resort to drastic measures and other means to end the unwanted birth. Here we are in this so-called world of freedom but when we exercise that freedom, we become ridiculed for making a choice.
It is your belief that the fetus is not a human, rather just a mass of tissue. So let’s look at this, illegal abortions have no real number to it. No one reports their illegal acts. So if someone tries to tell you there were ‘X’ number of illegal abortions they are only guessing. Since the 1940’s the death rate of women after receiving an illegal abortion has significantly dropped once new antibiotics were introduced.
Since the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion over 40 years ago, there have been more than 58 million unborn children who have been aborted. Nearly everyone believes that every person has a special moral status such as taking the life of someone else. Pro-life advocates argue that the same is true about abortion, because fetuses are people too. Argumentatively, many pro-choice advocates would argue that fetuses are not people until they reach a certain stage of development. Religious principles hold a much more forceful bias over those who oppose abortion
A babies heart begins beating just after 21 days after conception, many abortions happen much after that. Abortion is a very ugly thing, its murder. If people go to jail for shooting each other, why shouldn’t women that have abortions. They’re killing humans too
Pope John Paul II described abortion as a sign of “encroaching culture of death that threatens human dignity and freedom” (Zastrwon & Kirst-Ashman, 2013). Abortion is worse than ordinary murder, principally, because it involves the betrayal of a dependent by a natural guardian (Stith, 2009). An example of religion being a bias in society involves a Catholic University. Marquette University has formally decided to decline an abortion rights group on campus, though they do sanction an anti-abortion group. Catholics for a Free Choice contended that they should be allowed to add another voice, but the school has chosen to stick to religious and moral beliefs and deny the group opportunity.
In 20th century many western countries were successful in getting abortion bans repealed, but this legality is regularly challenged by anti-abortionist groups. Laws have actually never stopped abortion; it is a universal practice present since the beginning of time, whether legal or illegal. Should Abortion be legalized or does it pose a threat to humanity? This question is one of the most divisive and controversial issues of all time. It is not a social issue of mere preferences, but an issue about life and death.