A Personal Corruption : The Consequences Of Abortion

Abortion has taken the lives of more than 50 million babies since 1973 (“About Abortion”). The issue of abortion is one of the most common controversial issues in American politics and culture. In modern society, many women that have an unintended pregnancy and they result to abortion without researching other options. Abortion is not a substitute for birth control and this issue should be taken seriously. The individual woman needs to understand that by agreeing to have an abortion she is agreeing to kill an innocent fetus. Abortion rips the unborn child from his or hers right to life. Society needs to let women see through the eyes of the fetus and find alternative ways to raise the baby. Abortion should be

In the United States alone, over one million babies are aborted, making the counties abortion rate one of the highest among other countries. This means that one out of every four pregnancies end in abortion, one out of three American women will have an abortion by the time they are 45, and half of women seeking to abort a baby have already aborted one in the past (“U.S. Abortion Statistics.”). Since the 1930’s, the population growth in America has been the lowest because of abortion. Two generations of Americans have technically been murdered because the aborted children will not be able to have the families and lives of their own (Steven Ertelt.).

The acceptance and practice of abortions has greatly increased in America, with nearly 53 million legal abortions being performed from 1973 to 2011. To put this into perspective, that’s nearly 77 times the number of homicides and nonnegligent manslaughters from 1972 to 2007. ("Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics”). As of abortion rates in 2008, three in ten American women will have an abortion before the age of 45 (“Abortion ProCon.org”). Abortion has especially grown in acceptance among the younger generation, with 75% of women who have abortions being under the age of 30. Another shocking fact about abortion is that 9.3% of women who had abortions in 2011 had already had three or more abortions previously. In fact, a child is killed by an abortion in America every 26 seconds (“Online For Life”). While abortions can be dangerous for the mother, the mortality rate is only about 0.6 out of 100,000, which is about fourteen times smaller than the mortality rate of childbirth. So what do activists have to say about abortion?

Besides the fact that abortion has killed millions of innocent children and can have some barbaric techniques, it has had adverse effects socially and globally. Abortion has led to a damaging impact on the family, including difficulties in mother-child bonding, and the devaluation of the child. When a child learns that his mother aborted a previous pregnancy, he comes to realize this could have just as easily been him. He begins to think that his mother may not have wanted him, leading to difficulties in mother and child bonding. In addition, as abortion activists continue to campaign, citing abortion as a women’s right and choice, a child is increasingly looked at as property or a right instead of a blessing or gift. This has been shown to be responsible for the devaluation of the child. According to Dr. Philip G. Ney in an article on the impacts of abortion on

Abortion can offer a solution to unplanned pregnancy and may allow women to postpone pregnancy until they are adequately prepared to raise children, elevating the standard of living for newly born babies. “Fertilization is by no means perfect method, but therapeutic contraception and abortion complement natural processes that are designed to help us survive and thrive” (Tarico, 1). Contraceptives, such as the birth control pill, sometimes fail. To counter this, many new contraceptive procedures such as implants offer better protection and allow pregnancies to be an expected and planned occurrence. People often make mistakes when they are young, such as having unprotected sex. Abortion can provide an opportunity rebuild their lives and give them a second chance. Society’s attitudes towards conception and bearing of children change and evolve, and it is important to be compassionate, and understanding to the mother and the unborn fetus. Being pro-choice allows us to “stack the odds in the child’s favor” and give children the best chance of living a happy, healthy life (Tarico,

Saad is a senior editor for The Gallop Poll which is an American researched-based global performance management consulting company. Saad strictly writes this article to inform her readers on the topic of being pro-choice. She is unbiased when it comes to abortions since she is not a feminist or does not state her opinion. In addition, The Gallop Poll is very thorough with gathering data and conducts one thousand daily interviews almost every day of the year. The results for this survey were done by adults living in all fifty United States and the District of Columbia.

This harkens back to before 1973, when birth control and sex education was not as readily available, not always effective and never discussed in most families. Those old cultural issues are no longer relevant and therefore women should be responsible enough to use birth control and find effective contraceptives. Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman, an advocate for abortion, recently wrote, “After all, those of us who remember…when 10,000 American women a year died from illegal abortions don’t have to imagine a world without choices” (Goodman). This is one of many reasons why pro-choice members support legal abortion. This statistic, however, contradicts the Center for Disease Control who recorded in 1957 that only thirty-nine women died due to illegal abortions (Horn). While thirty-nine is still a significant number, it does not compare to Goodman’s estimate of 10,000, a number pro-choice supporters use to justify legal abortion. It is also very difficult to determine if abortions are safe because only “27 states require providers to report post-abortion complications” (“Abortion Reporting Requirements”). Another topic that enrages pro-choice supporters is the issue of rape. Many Americans believe that abortion should be allowed because of rape cases, albeit, less than one percent of the majority of abortions are due to rape cases. Pro-choice supporters also tend to argue that the legality of abortions must be continued following rape. There are however, emergency post-rape contraception that significantly reduces the incidents of pregnancy. According to some doctor’s views, this is a neglected preventative health measure (Steward and Trussell). While legal abortions, according to pro-choice members, are instituted for giving women the choice to choose, it

In 2000, Frederica Mathewes-Green published “Unplanned Parenthood” in Policy Review, a conservative journal. In this article, Mathewes-Green stated that “[a]bortion is a tragic attempt to escape a desperate situation by an act of violence and self-loss,” and that society must make abortion its problem if it desires a decline in abortions anytime soon (Mathewes-Green 28). The first step to help women with their abortions is to “[provide them] with simple information about the risks of abortion and the availability of alternatives” (Mathewes-Green 30). With this step, society has a duty to inform a woman, prior to undergoing an abortion, that she may become a victim of some side effects associated with the procedure. That she may face infertility due to scraping from the suction tube or a weakened cervix that will not allow her to carry to full term. Not only must she be made aware of the risks, she must also know about the alternatives to abortion. In the United States, “there are approximately 3,500 pro-life agencies offering crisis pregnancy services” such as “shelter, medical care, counseling, maternity clothes, legal assistance, [and] other forms of aid” (Mathewes-Green 29). Most women are unaware of the choices they actually have since the rhetoric in mainstream media is always Pro-Life versus Pro-Choice without really delving into the choices that are available. The next step to help pregnant women is to increase the involvement of the child’s father. Nowadays, it is

In society today, people are bombarded with many different social issues. These subjects raise a multitude of questions as men and women must find their stance on such matters. For example, the topic of abortion forces people to discover their position on such a procedure. According to the Guttmacher Institute, in 2011, there were 1.06 million abortions in the United States. In addition, this institute also says that “nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and about four in ten of these are terminated by abortion” (Guttmacher Institute, n.d.). Although many people argue that abortion is an acceptable action, abortion

The public’s stance on abortion has remained relatively stable since the Roe decision. Fifty six percent of the general public feels that abortion should be legal in certain circumstances such as rape, incest or health complications. Overall, pro-life advocates’ views on abortion tend to be congruent across the board. Ninety eight percent of abortion opponents feel it is morally wrong in all circumstances (Scott). However, the pro-choice movement is more fragmented in its opinions. Twenty-seven percent of pro-choice people support abortion even though they believe it is morally

In the article, “Becoming a Mother Made Me Even More Pro-Choice,” Maureen Shaw explains how she fully understands why people fight for pro-choice and points how her being a mother made her more of a supporter because of it. She proves the reason is not only because of the idea of abortion everyone is scared about, financial matters, avoiding to be a single mother, or simply not being ready but that it’s because “they respect children and motherhood” (Shaw). To make people understand the meaning of abortion and why it’s so important is the first

IIn our society today with the pro-choice world, there are many issues that women discuss like worrying about getting pregnant; it is a fear that everyone who is sexually active has to face. Having babies is a magnificent thing and embraced by many women around the world, yet having an unplanned baby at the wrong time is not so pleasant. Some women do not believe in abortion, so instead of aborting the baby, they keep the baby no matter what the conditions are. For example, some conditions are if you are young and having a baby it will be difficult to continue school, and financial wise. The population of our nation has expanded due to families having unplanned pregnancies. Today Women have many birth control options that allow them to plan to have a family. Access to contraception provides women and men choices regarding family size and timing to bring a baby into the world. Often times, groups and individuals on both sides the debate feel like outsiders who champion their cause to help women

Abortion is a controversial topic that neither man nor women in a relationship can see eye to eye on. Abortion is something that is taken very seriously since it does come down to a fetus life. Globally, abortion puts innocent lives each year at stake; is a senseless option when there are other alternatives such as adoption for someone who doesn’t want to take accountability for their irresponsible actions.

It’s sad to hear nearly half of American women will become pregnant without intending to have a child, but what’s worse is that 3 in 10 women age 45 and younger will abort their child without even giving it a second thought (https://www.guttmacher.org/media/presskits/abortion-US/statsandfacts.html). Think about it like this: there are 40 women, all pregnant, that’s 40 babies, 40 lives. Before even figuring out the sex of the child, 12 of them are already planning to go to an abortion

Abortion has been around since a lot of years in every inhabited corner of the globe. It has always been accepted as a means to prevent the suffering of both woman and potential child. It has been practiced widely in every society for many reasons including famine, war, poverty, overpopulation, or simply because a woman felt she was not ready for a child (Whitney 40). No one ever questioned a woman’s right to this procedure till the 1800’s. During this era of change people began to turn their attention in a new direction, the fetus. They began to protest abortion as cruel, inhumane, and murderous. Abortionists who were once revered and depended upon were scorned and threatened. Though abortions still happened with regularity, they were kept silent and seen as a matter of shame. “Over the next hundred years, public sentiment for fetus continued to rise until the inevitable happened in America during the early 40’s; Abortion was made illegal.” (Cohen 17). The pro-life supporters had succeeded in saving the lives of innocent babies who would have been slaughtered for the convenience of selfish, ignorant and irresponsible women. This new law had made women actually settle down and raise families or give birth to beautiful children. We all know that, it has been proven time to time throughout history that the human spirit will not allow prohibition. Something inside us feels the need to strike out at that, which restrains us and holds us from the