Lavon Russell
Joannah Bruscell
English 120 - Advanced Composition
08 January 2015
Abstract
The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the benefits of allowing the freedom of choice on abortion to continue. The main debate is whether abortion is moral or immoral. One of the great things about being human is to have individual thoughts and opinions. That is something that will never change. In this paper, I will first discuss what abortion is as well as its origin. With the use of various sources, I will showcase statistics that lend support to how I came to the determination that abortion should remain legal. These statistics will include abortion rates in the United States vs. the rest of the world, how income or
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However, another source lists those statistics from the same 2010 report by the CDC, as 55.7% of women receiving an abortion had no previous abortions, and 7.7% of women that year had three or more prior abortions (“U.S. Abortion Statistics,” n.d.). Although 7.7% of that many women receiving three or more abortions is not negligible, the assumption that allowing abortion to remain legal will cause repeat abortions to rise is flawed. There are many quotes from the Bible used to determine that abortion is wrong, but abortion is never actually referenced. There are some that believe that it is common for the religious to skew Bible verses to fit the basis for their argument. Essentially adjusting the meaning of written text to what they want it to be. There have been religious texts that dictate when abortion is acceptable as well as early Christian text that prohibits it altogether, but does so in a nonspecific context. The earliest description of abortion dates back to 1550 BC, drawn in the Egyptian medical text known as Ebers Papyrus (Head, n.d.). Through various plants and herbs, to include pennyroyal (which may still be used to induce abortions in modern times), a medical or pharmaceutical form of abortion was possible. Surgical abortion didn’t commonly exist until the mid to late 1800s. It may have existed but would have been performed in less than safe conditions before the creation of the Hegar dilator in 1879. The
Abortion has been around since the earliest times. The first recorded abortion recipe dates back to 2600 B.C. (“History of Abortion”). Ancient societies supported abortion
The abortion question raises a number of issues that form the core of the abortion debate. Opponents and supporters of abortions have been battling over this particular problem for decades and still cannot come to an agreement. Being one of the most common and most controversial medical procedures, abortion tends to affect people on psychological and sociological levels. But while the discussion of the morality of abortion is an ongoing debate, the social issues surrounding abortion in most cases stay unnoticed. The social aspect of the issue is centered on the abortion policy. The main question of the abortion policy is whether the law should permit abortions and, if so under what circumstances. The other is whether the law should put the life of an unborn child first and legally protect it. The peculiarity of the abortion policy is that its measures are highly dependent on different public opinions.
Abortion has been around for thousands of years and was legal in the United States since the very beginning. First it became illegal throughout the 1880’s up until 1973. Although abortion was
Abortion has been around for quite some time. Laws have been set allowing it and banning it during different periods of time. The procedures that can be done are all very different. There is a medical abortion involving drugs and there are surgical abortion involving a more invasive procedure. There are also different points of view on it. There are those who fully support the termination of a pregnancy and those who are completely against it. There are many factors to consider and very different ideas out there.
Abortion has occurred throughout history, dating since 1550 B.C. with written evidence of the cessation of the Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Cambodians, and many others countries in the modern world, according to Wikipedia, the History of Abortion. Some methods of abortion include hard labor and herbal medicine.
This part of the paper will gives reasons as to why abortion should remain a legal choice under all circumstances. The most important reason to why abortion should remain legal is the awful amount
The restrictions and the debate that surrounds the issue of abortion has changed dramatically throughout the course of history and it continues to change until this very moment. All around the world and in every known society, women have used abortion to control their reproduction, regardless of it’s legality. Abortion used to be exercised freely in the United Sates, up Until all the states started to ban It and place a lot of restrictions on it. They stated that a woman can not abort except in extreme cases in which the mother’s life might be in danger. After the restrictions caused a lot of health issues and raised concerns on women’s health, The Government abolished all the restrictions. In this paper I will analyze and discuss three main positions on the issue of abortion. First, there are those who associate themselves with the title “pro-life”. These individuals are anti abortion, birth control, embryo research or anything that can control or cause any harm to the fetus. Second, there are those who at the other end of the spectrum who firmly believe that if a woman decides to abort, then it is her constitutional right to do so without any interference from the government. Third, are those who believe that if a woman is raped or her life is in danger, then abortion should be completely and solely up to the woman, but other than that, abortion should be illegal. This group of individuals are also for birth control and do not oppose educating
To get a better idea of whether legalized abortions increased or decreased the population, populace numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau were collected. On average, the population increases approximately two to two and a quarter percent per year (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000).
The argument whether abortion should be legal or not has been raging for years. In America where democracy rules and the right to freedom of choice are set at a high priority among citizens, it’s not hard to see pro-choice and pro-life ideals going head on. In this paper I will explain some of the major reasons woman have abortions, as well as how if we are truly a democratic society and we do have freedom, then pro-choice and legalizing abortion is the answer. I will also talk about ethical issues, and how the effect of legalized abortions has affected other countries, as opposed to countries where abortions are illegal.
Abortion is something that is constantly talked about by political leaders, religious leaders, single women, married women, the young, the old, and most everyone in between. Abortion is a topic that is sweeping through our nation on the tip of everyones’ tongues. Perhaps the largest debate about this is whether or not is okay to have an abortion. If it is only a fetus, is it murder? S.L.E.D. is a method demonstrated across the nation by Scott Klusendorf, in the case against abortion.
Ethical issues continue to weigh heavily in the way healthcare is delivered in the United States. Diversity makes the most sensitive issues settle in a grey area, rather than simply black or white. Many believe that abortion is ethically justified, when others believe it is morally wrong. The ethical differences in opinions will be explored in the following paragraphs, analyzing the issue from different perspectives. Yet the act of abortion appears to break the vows of non-maleficence that health professionals must remain committed to uphold.
Women have been having elective abortions, using different methods, all over the world, for thousands of years. In the United States, from the time the first settlers arrived abortion was legal during the first trimester or what was then called the quickening. The quickening was
Abortion is a controversial issue in many countries all the time and there are always two sides of abortion. Pro-life supporters believe that abortion is immoral, so they argue that it should be illegal because an unborn baby is life. However, they do not figure out that woman who is on the inevitable situation such as infection, rape, or extreme poverty would still have the abortion even though the abortion is illegal. Many women die due to unsafe abortion, which is illegal and performed by uneducated people. Therefore, the abortion should be legal to protect the life of ‘alive women’ because women’s life is equal to human’s right. I would like to provide more affirmative bases to support abortion in this paper.
For my final paper I have decided to do a on the ethical and controversial issue of abortion. In this report I will cover both sides of the abortion issue. I will summarize the stands of both Pro-Life advocates and Pro-Choice, by presenting arguments from organizations, authors, and journal articles from each side. As well as give a brief history on abortion and a look at the laws that govern this issue not only here at home but around the world. In conclusion of my report I will give my views on the issue and on which side of the fence my beliefs put me on. So lets begin.