Melissa Wilson Miss Windish English II 4 October 2017 Stop Murder in the Womb Would you consider killing a teenager? How about a toddler? Would you contemplate killing an infant baby? An abortion is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy” (Sullivan 63). Although there are many reasons as to why women have an abortion, it should be illegal, because of the medical risks and ethics. Before support is shown as to why abortion should be illegal, here is some historical background. Abortions first started with the Native Americans and the settlers. In the mid 1800s states started to pass laws making abortion illegal. One reason people wanted to keep abortions legal however was because the settlers birth rate was much higher than the Natives, and the Native Americans didn’t want the settlers to overpower them. During this time abortion was a very risky and dangerous thing. Hospitals were not a common thing. There weren't very many doctors around. Doctors weren’t very educated so most could only focus on basic needs. In 1910 abortion was made illegal in all states but one. The only time where abortion was accepted was when the birth of the child would lead to the mother's death (“History of Abortion-National Abortion Federation”). In 1970 Lina Coffee and Sarah Wedding of the University of Texas Law filed a lawsuit for their pregnant friend Jane Roe. They stated that the law of illegal abortions breaks her
Abortion has been one of the biggest controversies of all time. Many people believe it is 100% wrong and even consider it to be murder. The definition of abortion is; “The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to being capable of normal growth.” These pro-life believers do not support the idea of abortion and believe it should be illegal. Many of these supporters do not know that if abortion were illegal they would still be performed, unfortunately by an uneducated staff. Over 70 thousand maternal deaths occur every year because of unsafe abortions. These women die, so the idea of supporting pro-life is contradictory, this is why the nation should be pro-choice.
1 out of every 6 women in America has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Reports conclude that 5% of these victims become pregnant, and that’s in America alone. To make matters worse, most of these women cannot afford an abortion and have to live with a constant reminder of the horrible things they’ve been through. That’s why victims of sexual assault should have free access to an abortion if needed.
Abortion is one of the most disputed issues in society today. Imagine becoming pregnant accidentally and having to deal with it endlessly till death. Mistakes were made in the past, and now another human being has to suffer. Abortion is the act of terminating a pregnancy in which the fetuses or embryo disintegrates. There are two sides to this debate - those supporting (pro-choice) and those opposing (pro-life) its legalization. Controversies often touched by the supporting side when discussing the topic of abortion are personhood, women’s health and profound abnormalities. While many believe that terminating a pregnancy is immoral, the freedom to choose whether or not to bear a child should be every woman’s right.
Abortion; “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.”
There are strong opinions when it comes to the subject of abortion and miscarriage. Everybody regardless can agree both are horrible unfortunate things. Life has moments that help define a person and shape them to who they will become. No matter what either one a person might go to it will stay with that person for the rest of their life. Abortion is a decision by the parent or parents but a miscarriage, nobody has a say in that. Everything happens for a reason.
Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus. An abortion that occurs spontaneously is also known as a miscarriage. You can either be for it or against it. Pro-life, being against abortion, and Pro-choice, being “for” it. Being Pro-choice doesn’t necessarily mean you are for abortion but more for the idea of choosing to keep the baby or get rid of it. Pro-choice is not a synonym for pro-abortion. Pro-choice, in my opinion, is the right decision to make because everyone goes through different things in life and the future is unpredictable.
For what reasons is it acceptable to terminate a pregnancy, or is it ever acceptable? To what degree can a person have the right to object the execution of abortion? Abortion is a very controversial issue in the United States. Abortion is a clinical intervention that terminates a pregnancy during the first twenty-eight weeks. When we view abortion as a choice women face moral dilemmas. When it comes to the issue of abortion, many have different perspectives, many argue that a fetus is a human life and a gift from God. Therefore, the unborn child is alive in the minute of conception and should be given the right to live. The cautious obliteration of a human life is painstaking morally wrong. On the other hand, others argue that a fetus is not a human life, as well as, women having the right to have complete control of their fertility and if they decided to terminate their pregnancy, they should be able to do so. Having a child is a personal choice, a woman should not feel obligated to have a child because certain individuals believe is morally wrong to abort. If the country makes abortion illegal, women will be looking for different methods to get an abortion. If the country continues to make abortions harder to obtain we will have a lot of women looking for alternatives ways to get the procedure done. They will troll around different doctors until they find how an illegal abortion can be done. This includes “back-alley’ and self-induced abortions, which will risk many
The topic on debating about abortion has been one of the biggest controversies there has been in human history. There are many people in this planet that believe that it is very immoral and even consider it to be murder. The definition of abortion is, “When a pregnancy ends abruptly, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and the fetus is expelled from the womb before it can live on its own. There are many ways you can see things in life, every human being has a different type of perspective. The way we see things in life and how we feel about them are completely different for all of us. Now in the case of pro-life believers, they do not support the idea of having an induced abortion and truly believe it should be illegal. There are many supporters that do not know that if abortion were to be illegal they would still be performed, sadly by uneducated staffs. There are over 80 thousand maternal deaths that occur almost every year because of unsafe abortions.
According to the Guttmacher Institute of Research, ”a state cannot ban abortion before viability , which is the point at which a fetus can survive outside the uterus, and that any restriction on abortion after viability must contain exceptions to protect the life and health of the woman.” Texas has to abide by these laws because abortion is a governmental issue. However, Texas has made some revisions in order for women to have an abortion in the state of Texas. Women who are about to have an abortion procedure must seek professional counseling for 24 hours before the operation is provided. If the girl is a minor, the parent or guardian must give approvement and consent and must also be notified before the procedure. Also, the girl can have public funding if they are aborting the fetus because they were raped or if there was incest in the family. Lastly, the female must undergo an ultrasound at least 24 hours before the operation and must describe the image to the nurse giving the ultrasound(Guttenmacher Institute).
In countries that have made abortion illegal, over 70,000 maternal deaths occur each year as a result of self-induced abortion. Abortion is a highly controversial topic that people have debated for years. Abortion is the act of deliberately terminated a pregnancy and is most often performed during the first 28 weeks. This is a highly controversial topic that has been debated in politics for many years. Some argue that abortion is immoral, and can even be considered murder. On the controversy, others believe that abortion is saving the children from being raised in an unstable family. Currently, abortion is legal in the U. S., however some states may have some restrictions on abortion. In the end, however, abortions are supported to help protect the rights of the mother.
The U.S supreme court has declared abortion to be a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S constitution. The important Supreme Court decision in Roe V. Wade to some extent supported that view when it ruled that a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy came under the freedom of a personal choice in family matters and was protected by the 14th amendment of the U.S constitution. A woman should have the right to choose either to abort or not because no one knows what situation the female is in, the government shouldn’t decide the fate of someone’s life, and men don’t have the right to determine whether a woman may or may not seek an abortion.
It is exactly 11:00am on October 27th, 2017 and the recorded number of abortions that happened today alone in the U.S. is 1,165, and the day isn’t even halfway over yet. Over the course of the whole year so far there have been 761,863 and that number is only going up. World-wide for this past year has been about 1,450,000 abortions; that is over 1,450,000 lives that could’ve been saved and had a chance at life in this world (Number of Abortions). These numbers consist of mostly surgical abortions; they have not added the tally for chemical abortions. An abortion is a surgical or medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy. There are three different types of abortions: surgical and medical, partial birth, and late term abortions. Furthermore, there are different procedures for each of the different types of abortion, but they consist of surgical, medical, and chemical. Those who oppose abortion are pro-life. I believe that a fetus has rights even though it is not born yet, I am pro-life. With more knowledge that will be provided about what an abortion is, the problem with abortion, and what solutions and alternatives that are out there will prove these rights of a fetus and they should be given the opportunity at life.
An abortion is legal in the United States via the case of Roe v. Wade since 1973 in which the Supreme Court decided to make it possible for women to get safe, legal abortions. However, some states have limits to the use of abortion. The law Roe v. Wade defines as, “a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that declared a pregnant woman is entitled to have an abortion until the end of the first trimester of pregnancy without any interference by the state” (encyclopedia). In the West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, the case Roe v. Wade explained, how an unmarried pregnant woman who wanted to maintain her identity private identified as Jane Roe, who later went public and identified as Norma McCorvey. At the time she was living in Texas, she wanted to end her pregnancy but abortion was not legal in the state. “She filed a lawsuit in federal district court on behalf of herself and all other pregnant women. The suit sought to have the Texas abortion law declared unconstitutional as an invasion of her right to privacy as guaranteed by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. She also sought to have an injunction, or court order, issued against the statute's enforcement so that she might go forward with the abortion” (encyclopedia). Norma McCorvey later revealed her real identity, Jane Roe in 1984 in a television interview. “The plaintiff in the most famous abortion case in U.S. history, Roe v. Wade. In 1994, she published an autobiography…that puts a human
In 2016 alone, 1.15 million abortions were performed; that's three thousand one hundred fifty abortions a day. Some women are allergic to latex, some can't use birth control pills, shots, or IDUs, so since there is no other way for them so prevent pregnancy, they go to abortion so they don't have the child they created. ¨Happily, abortion became legal soon after that, so I never had to experience that kind of near-death experience again, because I had several abortions after that. I am one of those unfortunate few who never found a form of birth control that wasn’t life threatening for me. I had three surgeries to take an IUD out. I am severely allergic to latex, so condoms and diaphragms do not work; I got blood clots with the pill, had toxic shock from the sponge, and there were no patches, nova rings, or injections when I was of childbirth age. And, abstinence is not an option when married.¨ this statement is from Susan Michelle-Hanson
The Supreme Court has had a big impact on many events over the past hundred years or so. So there are many cases that have changed history, but one of the main ones would have to be the Roe vs. Wade case. This cases stands out because it is over the hot topic, which has been discussed for about a hundred years now. That topic would be abortion. This is a very controversial issue because there are so many views on abortion. For instance some people believe it is okay that a mother has an abortion because it is her body so it is her choice, and the other side would say abortion is completely wrong because it is the murdering of an innocent child. So it is no surprise that this case occurred. Even though this case did occur there is still not full closure on this topic since it is so controversial.