Psychological Aspects Of Abortion

The legalization of abortion has become the modern Holocaust of America. The Holocaust in Germany was an effort to terminate the lives of the Jews during the time of 1933 to 1945. The Holocaust is taught in history classes around the world as a tragic killing led by Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler justified the killing of Jews by calling them “non-human” while today, the government is calling developing fetuses “non-human”. Consequently, the correlation has risen between the killing of the Jews and the killing of an unborn child inside the mother’s womb. The correlation appears extreme and horrifying to most people without given context. An evangelist, Ray Comfort, witnessed to various strangers on the street beginning with topic of Holocaust. Along with the topic of Holocaust, he leads into the debated topic of abortion and finally shifts into salvation. Through Ray Comfort’s effective use of ethos, pathos, and logos, he is persuasive and compelling in initiating people’s realization of abortion and their own salvation.

The only terms used by the scientific community to refer to psychological pain of abortion are those associated with anxiety, depression or some corollaries of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Indeed, testing protocols and treatment of PTSD can be used only if the symptoms provide clear manifestations in a period close to the event. However, the manifestation of suffering of abortion is often part time, or even cannot come to the surface at the approach of its own death. Encysted psychological suffering will then wait for an event occur and strong for the person to make the connection between past events and the suffering of abortion. Some testimonials even mention the period immediately following

A common belief among pro-choice supporters is that abortion cannot be murder because life does not begin until birth. However, pro-life believers say life begins at conception. Behind this belief stands the idea that an abortion is taking away the life and rights of an living individual. Since the day abortion became a vast issue, there has always been a lurking argument between the pro-life and pro-choice supporters as to when life exactly begins. This argument came about because pro-choice supporters used the statement that life does not begin until birth to oppose the pro-life opinion that

Various studies have been conducted to show the psychological effects following an abortion. According to the results some women experience depression and anxiety. These psychological effects reflect on several factors. Abortion may relieve stress by ending an unwanted pregnancy, but the event itself may simultaneously be experienced as a stressor causing anxiety grief, guilt, despair and anger. These factors could lead to depression, as feelings of powerless, anger and self-condemnation are emotions that underlie depression. Controversies exist whether abortion is linked with mental health or not. Future research requires a better understanding of the conditions that lead to unwanted pregnancy and abortion with the ultimate goal of improving women’s lives and well being.

In the beginning God made all of creation and looked around and saw that it was good, and this includes us, humanity. We were good in the beginning, created perfect, holy, and righteous, made in the image of God’s own self. God also gave us the freedom of choice, the free will to decide to follow our selfish desires or to follow the will of God. Back in the beginning Adam made that choice, biting into the forbidden fruit and bringing sin into the world. Humanity fallen from holiness was cast out of the garden and so we find ourselves broken and blinded to God by our own sin. Since that time humanity has been torn between the righteousness we were created for and the desires of our own flesh, each day confronted with the same choice as Adam.

I use emotional appeals during discussions with family members to persuade them to see things the way that I do fairly often. I used an emotional appeal when I was having a discussion about abortion with my husband. We were talking about this topic because an article was released about a woman’s right to have an abortion. I do not believe in abortion and I think that adoption is the better option, but that it what I would choose if I were in that situation. We were having this heated discussion because he didn’t see why I thought abortion wasn’t the right choice and why people should choose to put their children up for adoption instead. It was that moment that I told him the story about how I found a document that my mother had written

Thou shalt not kill; one-tenth of what may arguably be the most famous guidelines of morality in the western culture, and also the main driving force for pro-life advocates. The argument supporting their beliefs typically starts with the premises that a fetus is a person, and to destroy or to kill a person is unethical. Therefore abortion, the premeditated destruction of a human being, is murder, and consequently unethical. I deny the fact that the fetus, what I will refer to as an embryo up to 22 weeks old, has the right to live. The opposing argument is invalid because a fetus, although perhaps a part of human species, is not formally a person. This leaves it simply to be a part of the woman?s body, whose fate lies solely in the

Some critics believe that abortion is a woman’s choice; others believe that termination of a life even before it is born is still murder. I highly doubt that pro-choice advocates would support their stance if they too believed that abortion was murder, so how then can they justify their pro-choice affiliation? The true question to be asked is when does life actually begin? There would be no questions asked if someone could prove the point at which life begins. However there is a grey area, we do not know when “life” begins. Some believe at conception, others at heartbeat, and others at brain waves. No one can say for sure, I however prefer the stance of “better safe

Before Roe v. Wade there were as many as 5,000 American women who died annually as a result of unsafe abortions (OBOS Abortion Contributors). Now abortion is one of the safest clinical procedures in the United States with a death rate of 0.6 per 100,000 procedures according to the World Health Organization (OBOS Abortion Contributors). Legal abortion is a safe procedure that has not been shown to result in other complications such as mental health complications. It has also been shown to be safer than having a baby. There has also been studies done that find no link between abortion and an increased risk of having breast cancer. While some believe abortion eliminates innocent life in a cruel and inhumane way, legal abortions are safer and do

Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. The United States Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973: currently there are about 1.2 million abortions that are being performed each year in the United States (Trupin). Around the world there are 20 to 30 million legal abortions that are being performed and 10 to 20 million illegal abortions that are performed. Trupin states, “Abortion is one of the most visible, controversial, and legally active areas in the field of medicine.” Back when abortion was illegal there were many deaths that occurred due to illegal abortions. Abortion can emotionally affect each woman differently. Some may be fine afterwards but some may

Abortion was created to aid in certain situations in which a woman could not or did not want to give birth to a child and to care for the child. Abortion is a method in which the baby still in the mother’s womb or the living embryo/fetus is killed. Abortions will be performed for many reasons if it is an unwanted pregnancy for social and/or financial reasons or if there are medical circumstances with the child and/or the mother. A woman may be unable to carry the child or there may be congenital defects and the child would not be able to live afterbirth. The child may have genetic irregularities, such as Down syndrome. The parents may feel that they would be incapable of caring for the child and often the parents may feel that to have

Pro-life supporters believe there are alternatives to abortion. They believe that if a mother cannot cope physically or economically, then there are many childless couples who would willingly adopt the unwanted baby (BBC Ethics, 2014). According to the latest figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, the number of adoptions in England and Wales in 2011 was 4,734 (ONS, 2012). This includes babies born with disabilities. Prolife groups also protest against abortions on ground of fetal abnormality since they believe this encourages discrimination against disabled people (Trager, 1993, p. 219). The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) maintains that abortion does not solve the social problems that lead women

Lindsay was showing a nervous and uncomfortable body langue. She was leaning away, ringing her hands, and looking away from the interviewer. Her voiced stutter and cracked a few times; due to the emotional stress she was no doubt experiencing. Ryan, the interviewer, did not have a very open body langue yet he was clearly focused on Lindsay. He was at an angle with hands and legs crossed to show that he was focused on her. Ryan nodded his head and mm-mm numerous times to encourage Lindsay to keep talking. He restated select words to confirm what Lindsay was feeling in addition to giving her a chance to explain further on the subject. Lindsay would give non-verbal response at time by shaking or nodding her head to what Ryan was saying.

The literature agrees that emotions play a central role in most important life events. Bailey, quoting Professor Ray Dolan of University College, London, writes in an interview “that emotions influence our decisions all the time” (p. 29).14 It is also agreed that the psychological element of abortion cannot be ignored because abortion is, without doubt, an important life event causing high psychological stress at the time.15 Argent suggests that abortion may involve feelings of guilt, shame and regret.16 Yet others disagree, suggesting that the experience of abortion is emotionally benign despite acknowledgement in the same article that “abortion represents one of the most contentious political, social and moral issues of the day”.17 The literature

John and Sophia met a few weeks before New Year’s, at a party that John was hosting at his house. When, John saw Sophia there was something different about her, it seemed almost unreal that someone as pretty as her would show up at his party. While John was away from his iPad, John’s cousin and Sophia went through his iPad adding Sophia to his snap chat. The next day John noticed the new person on his snap chat and he started to message Sophia.