Should Abortion Be Legal?

Planned parenthood is the center of attention in the abortion debate in the U.S. It has also been the biggest target for pro-life activists to shutdown the organization. However, Planned Parenthood claims that it does not use the tax money to fund abortion services. On a psychological standpoint, women tend to have lifelong regrets after having an abortion. Young women are usually ignorant on their decisions because of their insufficient experience with life. They tend to not fully understand what they are doing and this may cause psychological stress and pain. According to the American Pregnancy Association, “Potential side effects include: regret, anger, guilty feelings, shame eating disorders, depression, anxiety, insomnia etc.” Pro-Choice activists have set arguments for the services of abortions and why women should be given a choice. Abortions are safe and legal medical procedures that mostly take place in the first couple of months of after conception. New studies have shown that it is safer than giving childbirth. “Although more than half of states counsel women on the risks of abortion, a study published online Monday in Obstetrics & Gynecology finds that a legal abortion is actually far safer than giving birth” (Rochman). Controversy on rape and incest are the main arguments