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Many individuals fail to understand the sheer magnitude of bloodshed, tribulation, and despair legalized abortion has initiated into the human experience – both in the United States and worldwide. Far more human lives have been violently ended by this immoral decision than any other war or genocide in history. It is one of the most controversial issues in today’s society. Abortion is the intentional decision to murder a human fetus by chemical, medical or surgical procedures. Those who support the rights of abortion argue that women should be able to decide what can be done to their bodies, yet the unborn baby inside a woman is a living being, and terminating that pregnancy is the equivalent of murder. These innocent children should not be held responsible for your mistakes. Don’t terminate pregnancy now, because you may not have children in the future at all.

However, people fail, and not only because of lack of education or responsibility, but also because of simple contraceptives unavailability. At this stage, a woman face a perspective of bearing and having an unplanned and consequently, unwanted child.

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.).

Assuming that abortions have continued at the same rate since 1996, a cumulative total of at least 39.7 million legal abortions have been “performed” in America from the late 1960s through 1999. If all these abortions had instead been live births of children who lived normal lives, the population (taking into account the small fraction of natural deaths that might have been expected) would today be about 38.9 million — or fourteen percent — larger than the actual population of 275 million.

Abortion can have several effects on the society. Some may be noticeable, and others less. Abortion increases the amount of unintended pregnancies and deaths, and can affect the economy due to low birth rates (Dailard, 2001). Legalizing abortion reduces the consequences of having a child which increases the amount of sexual activity (Dailard, 2001). This results in the large number of children being conceived than there would have been if abortion wasn’t as available (Dailard, 2001). Some women who have unintended pregnancies will seek out an abortion regardless of its legal situation, even if it can put their lives in danger (Dailard 2001). In many countries where abortion is illegal, women tend to get abortions at a very high rate (Dailard, 2001). It is estimated there are around six-hundred-thousand pregnancy related deaths, and out of those, there were seventy-eight-thousand that are caused by complications due to unsafe abortions (Dailard, 2001). As the death rates increase, the birthrates decrease. As shown in a study in New Zealand, in some developing countries, abortion is leading to lower birthrates (“Impact of Abortion on Society”). Those lower birthrates can lead to a decrease in sales (“Impact of Abortion on Society”). In the twenty-two years leading up to 1999, there were over two-hundred thousand abortions, which led to the fewer sales of children items (“Impact of Abortion on Society”). As abortion has not severely effected society

Access to services may be out of reach or too costly to some young women and or low income women. The lack of awareness of family planning services, limited access, to public funded services, limited access to insurance coverage or it could be no or little transportation to the services needed. I personally believe contraceptive use is low among some not all families living in poverty is that like most families who are not in poverty the conversation about sex education

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

Birth control should be able to be accessed by all because a leading cause of poverty is unplanned pregnancy. My unwanted pregnancies can result in neglection of the children. In the article “The way to beat poverty” By Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn It refers to a study done by Michael Meaney of Mcgill university, Michael Meaney studied the effects of mothers attention on rat pups. He noticed some rat mothers were more attentive of their young while others were not, “He found that rats that had been licked and cuddled as pups were far more self-confident, curious and intelligent. They were also better at mazes, healthier and longer-lived.” In order to eliminate error of biological intelligence Meaney switched the rat pups mother at birth and yet again the tests proved that pups who were attended to more as pups were more intelligent. This study can be attributed to the stress hormone called

Unwanted children are an indirectly responsible for a huge number of family problems, such as child abuse, divorce, and poverty. Women between 15 and 19 account for at least 5 million abortions every year.In some cases, the child would be relying on a single mother while in high school, have a non-supportive family, and won’t have the financial resources to support a child. Which can be led into negative health and psychological consequences?

However, it is incorrect to assume that cutting funding to programs like Medicaid and Planned Parenthood are the way to save money. In fact, by providing care which included birth control, family planning clinics alone “helped prevent 2.2 million unplanned pregnancies in 2010” (Culp-Ressler). This study shows that it is more cost effective to supply birth control freely than it is to financially aid women in properly caring for unanticipated children. For example, in 2011, unplanned pregnancies nationwide totaled an average of $11 billion in costs for American taxpayers. However, reducing unintentional pregnancies averages to a total of $5.6 billion in savings (“Nation Pays Steep”). Therefore, a viable solution to attain these kinds of savings is it to prevent these accidental pregnancies in the first place which free birth control can do. Furthermore, cutting funding to Medicaid and family planning services is ineffective and additionally reduces the chances of a woman to attain birth control.

For women in large swaths of the United States, access to abortion services is more limited now than at any time since Roe v. Wade. The goal of antiabortion advocates is to make abortion impossible to obtain by layering multiple restrictions, even though many claim that their motivation is only to protect women’s health. Attempts to stop abortion by making it illegal or hard to obtain, however, have never succeeded in ending abortion, either in the United States before Roe v. Wade or in other countries where it is currently banned or severely restricted by law. The primary result of abortion restrictions is to expose women to more health hazards. Women will self-induce if that is their only option, despite the fact that it puts their health at risk—and in many cases, their liberty, as well.

In an excerpt from Edin and Kefalas book, Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage, the issue of pregnancy among low socioeconomic teens is analyzed. By using Mill’s sociological imagination, Edin and Kefalas disprove America’s stereotype towards this type of pregnancy: having a baby as an impoverished teen can be beneficial in the long run.

One can access the contraceptives with ease, over the counter or under doctor’s prescription. As a result, there is no justifiable reason for unplanned pregnancy. Individuals who turn to abortion as a way of dealing with an unplanned pregnancy are irresponsible because they could have taken the necessary steps to prevent unplanned pregnancies instead of resorting to abortion. Some contraceptives are also less costly to health and finances as compared with abortions hence there is no reason not to use them (Durrett, 2000). Justifying abortion therefore validates irresponsibility and disregards the significant progress made in matters of birth control.

The concept of abortion has over the years triggered extreme controversial views among different stakeholders.  As such, spiritual leaders and scientists have made various postulations that seek to oppose and support abortion.  According to World Health Organization, approximately 25% of pregnant women end up carrying out an abortion. This means that over 50 million women every year terminate their pregnancies through planned abortions.  Every day, it is estimated that there are over 120,000 abortions around the globe.  Looking at these statistics, it is evident that the issues surrounding abortions cannot be ignored at all.  In a highly capitalistic and materialistic world, people have turned their bodies into sources of income. As a result, an individual may indulge in illicit sexual escapades for the sake of money. Moreover, social variables such as poverty have also contributed to the increase in the unplanned pregnancies.

Many women feel that abortion is their only option when they face an unplanned pregnancy, simply because they are unaware that there is support and other resources available. We help eliminate unwanted and unnecessary abortions by giving women and families crucial support as they welcome their child and create their own success story.