Should Abortion Be Legal?

Around the world many women are receiving abortions legally and illegally. I believe receiving abortions should be against the law, with the exception of rape and incest. Taking the life of an unborn human being is not only cruel but wrong. The decision of taking another human beings life should not lie in our hands.

Abortion, for the vast majority of people is not a subject that is easy to talk about. According to the World Health Organization, out of the 211 million pregnancies, 46 million end up in abortion and 18 million of those abortions are done in what WHO considers unsafe conditions (World Health Report, 2007). Unsafe conditions are defined by WHO as, “ abortions performed by people lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking the minimal medical standards, or both” (World Health Report, 2007). The maternal death rate for women who have unsafe abortions is 350 out of 100,000, and there are other complications that are not fatal but can lead to disease or disability (World Health Report, 2007).

321,500 women a year are raped a year and 1 out of every 6 women admit to being raped and young women are at the most risk of rape. And women have babies that is a fact it is impossible for not a single one of these violated women to not have an unwanted strangers baby. About 40 percent of births a year are unwanted and they could be stopped by a simple abortion so much pain in the future stopped.

I personally think that each situation is different, and if a woman gets pregnant and she comes from a strict and religious family she might be pressured by her family to get an abortion. If a woman is raped and she finds out she is pregnant it would be very difficult for her to go through with having the baby. The main problem is there are no specific laws that are in place that are agreed upon so that everywhere in America there is at least a mutual understanding. My beliefs are that it should be a woman’s right to do what she chooses to do with her body, however I think this should only bet the case until after the second month of her pregnancy, because it is within that time period that a fetus is insider her and it develops feelings and there have been documented cases of fetuses being able to survive outside the womb as early as 21 weeks. (Thompson, Ph.D., 2003). It is after the second month of pregnancy that I feel a fetus deserves human rights and should not be aborted because then it can be considered murder since it has developed its heartbeat and begins to develop senses and physical features

What would you say to the girl who was raped and is pregnant? Would you say that she couldn't have an abortion, or would you tell her to suck it up and have a child? Abortion is a very controversial issue in the United States of America. Many people say that abortion is murder, but women should have a say over their own bodies and financial needs. Many studies show that women who are denied abortions are more likely to become unemployed, abuse their child, and have financial disadvantages. These are all unhealthy consequences when a woman is denied an abortion.

Abortions should not be banned in the United States. For example, if you’re not capable of raising a newborn, then you should be allowed to file for abortion. This shows that women should be allowed to apply for an abortion if wanted because of the difficulty of raising a newborn; there are a lot of requirements for raising a newborn, sometimes the requirements are difficult to meet, maybe you don’t have the money, or a home to raise the newborn. Maybe you don’t have the right amount of money to get the baby what it requires or want; sometimes raising a baby can be as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. In addition, if a rape victim was conceived, then that person should be given an option for abortion because the baby wasn’t noticed or

More importantly a woman should have the right to terminate her pregnancy due to the fact of the possibility that that child was conceived through rape or incest. A woman should never have to give birth or raise a child that was forced upon her. Abortions had by victims of rape only account for .5% of the United States’ abortions. Although the percentage of abortions that happen because of rape victims is very slim it still should be an option to all women who may ever need this. Carrying the child of a man who forced sexual intercourse upon a woman could be very emotionally detrimental to her mental health. Depending on how the woman feels about it she should have right to make that choice for her own sake. Furthermore, a woman who is carrying a child with a major disability should have every right to determine whether she wants to carry this child full term or to terminate the pregnancy. Raising a kid that would barely ever be able to function in life is a very challenging, 24 hour 7 days a week, task. Who knows what the outcome would be anyway. Some children with

First of all, we know that there are a lot controversies or problem in our society. Nowadays, they can easily do something that can affect someone physically and emotionally, we don’t understand why they are doing these kinds of things and one of the issues I knew is abortion. Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in our generation. People might just think that what is wrong in doing the abortion thing, it’s just a baby with no feelings after all. What is abortion? It is when you choose to end your pregnancy so that it doesn’t result in the birth of child. For me, abortion is just the same as killing because how can someone do that to a baby without any hesitation and regret. People who do that are way too ignorant for me. However, we do not know their reason behind that decision they made, maybe some of them are just forced to do it because they are still young and they don’t have enough knowledge about having a baby. Another is they don’t want their parents to know about their pregnancy because it is pre- marital sex or raped and also maybe because of poverty. We know that baby is a gift because it can give us a more meaningful life.

Abortion should be legal. There are a lot of raped women wo are pregnant now. They are

There are many things in this world that people have different views on, but this topic, I feel, is a very controversial one that causes a lot of dispute. I feel that if you are a victim of rape then you should have the right to have abortion be one of your options.

Imagine a woman was raped and later became pregnant. Shouldn 't she have the right to abort the child or should she be forced to deliver? Put yourself in her shoes. Can you imagine the pain she might feel every time she looks at the child? Should she be forced to endure this? Women should be allowed to have abortions under circumstances such as these.

A common debate in the world today involves abortion, the deliberate end of human pregnancy, and whether or not it should be legalized. “Every year in the world there are an estimated 40-50 million abortions. This corresponds to approximately 125,000 abortions per day” (“Abortions Worldwide this Year”). On one side of the argument, people are not disturbed by this grotesque number, and on the other side there are people outraged and simply appalled. Although people attempt to deem abortion acceptable in society because of circumstances like the mother not being able to support the child or in instances of rape, it is still morally wrong.

Almost all abortions occur during the first trimester when the fetus cannot live outside of the mother’s body. People who are pro-choice believe that “at birth, a baby is a human life. At conception, it 's something, perhaps, but it 's not really a human life (McDowell).” In other words when the baby has a heart beat it is not a human life. Or when the baby is kicking inside the mother’s womb it is not a human life. The child is not a human life until it is outside of the mother’s body. In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman made pregnant by this violent act would possibly cause further psychological harm to the victim (Lowen). More often than not the woman who was sexually assaulted is too afraid to speak up against her attacker.

There are also many negative physical effects of an abortion, according to americapregancy.org some of these may include abdominal pain, cramping, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, spotting and bleeding.Some of the mental/emotional side effects of abortion, are regret, anger, guilt, shame, sense of loneliness or isolation, loss of self confidence, insomnia or nightmares, relationship issues, suicidal thoughts and feelings, eating disorders, anxiety and depression

The topic of abortion alone is universally seen as a relatively treacherous ethical topic. When the already highly volatile topic is paired with the concept of rape or incest, it becomes even more uncomfortable to discuss and just downright disturbing to even consider. The disturbing factor, however, is not that a