Should Abortion Be Legal?

A common perception about abortion is that it is only legal in the first 24 weeks of a pregnancy. In reality, abortion is legal throughout the entire nine months of a pregnancy. According to “Texas Right to Life” there are roughly over 1.2 million abortions reported every year. They report that by the age 20, one in every seven women have had at least one abortion, and by the age 45, these statistics rise to one in every three women.

When women are faced with an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy, there are many options for them. Most of their options are not straight forward or easy to see. Some mothers decide to keep their child while others feel that adoption or abortion is the better choice for both themselves and the unborn child. In the United States, nearly one in four pregnancies end in abortion. Adoption is a better choice because it is just the beginning for a life.

In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Roe V. Wade that extended the right of privacy under the due process clause to a women's right to have an abortion. However, the case also ensured a balancing of the states rights to regulate those abortions, meaning, that while abortions are legal across the 50 states the time in which you can receive an abortion is different from state to state. In Idaho, under code title 18 chapter 6 abortion is only legal in the first

It is known that one out of every three teen girls get pregnant at least once before

Abortion is a topic that must be analyzed in its present state, and acknowledge that is exists and is widely used in the United States. In 2016, currently every state in the United States allows abortion, but many have separate restrictions regarding late-term abortions. More recently, a controversial bill passed in Ohio restricts abortions after just 20 weeks, earlier than many women realize they are pregnant. In 2013,

The "fetus" or baby growing inside the womans uterus could potentially become the doctor or scientist that cures cancer, but we would never know it because of the legalization of abortion, without enoigh limitations. Women, especailly teenagers have began ot use abortiona s a form of contraception, because they feel they are not ready to have a baby. The teens not only have one abortion, like it could have just been a poor decision or malfunction, they have several all becaus eit is legal. Abortion needs to have limitations and regulations in place to keep this from happening. These young women think abortion is woinderful being that they wont have to aassume the role of mom but what they don’t realize is that it can be more harmful ot them than they think. Abortion can cause them both mental and physcial hardship. Some women becoem clinically depressed after the procedure, and some have issues getting pregnant after having an

Poor, illegal, and having just become a teenage parent four years prior, my mother faced a difficult decision to make. Should she continue struggling through life as a single parent of two children or walk down to the local abortion clinic and make life a little easier for herself? Having had the fear of the Almighty One instilled in her from a very young age and taught the importance of every life, my mother made a choice that lead to my birth. Just like my mother, many women--both young and old--face very difficult decisions to make when a pregnancy occurs. “Will I have enough money to support a child?” “What if the baby has developmental issues?” “How can I have a baby that came from being raped?” These are all questions and circumstances that trouble many women in the U.S. and has lead to the controversial topic of the legality of abortion in our country. Based on my own personal beliefs and values, I believe that abortions should not be legal but, at the same time, no one should govern what a person decides to do with their body.

One of a few reasons that having a choice can cause issues is the age of consent, the age of consent varies from state to state, many schools and places of education don’t offer education on sexual health and ages of consent, which leaves the decision up to the teenager. Leaving the decision up to the mother of the baby can cause problems- if an individual has decided to be sexually active that should mean that they have come to terms with potential consequences such as potential pregnancy and std’s, but since many teenagers are uneducated they don’t know exactly what could happen, Say a teenage girl was not educated but still made the decision to be sexually active and is now paying the consequences, she’s pregnant and has very little background education on what can happen if she keeps of if she aborts the baby. If she decides to keep the baby she may not have the ability support the baby financially. Planned parenthood centers offer help, but if abortions become obsolete then planned parenthood centers will become few and far between- making it harder to get help many people need and increasing the frequency of unsafe abortions. Especially in the case of minors looking for abortions, in states that do not require parental consent or parental notification of the abortion the individual may not tell their guardian which may result in financial problems and unsafe

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.

Abortion is a deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. There are series of legal, moral and ethical issues which may arise about abortion. Most arguments about abortion are often focused on political insinuations and the legal aspect of such actions. Some frequently asked questions’ regarding the issue is if the practice should be outlawed and regarded as murder or should women have the right to practice it. For example, prior to becoming pregnant, some women feel that they would be able to choose the abortion option without trouble. However, even with reasons why having an abortion would be the best option, some women feel that this decision would not be right for them. On the other hand, some women have a strong belief that abortion is unethical prior to becoming pregnant.

Abortion is an extremely controversial topic, which brings out strong opinions on whether or not it should be illegal. “The U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973” (emedicinehealth). Abortion is a widely discussed topic throughout the American society, some people find it to be a good thing, and others find it to be a bad thing, and lastly some people find there to be pros and cons of abortion.

Abortion has become a common argument topic in America; numerous individuals consider themselves pro-life and others pro-choice. Those who consider themselves pro-life oppose abortion, while those who are pro-choice advocate for abortion to be legalized. I believe that abortion should be illegal and that life should be recognized upon conception.

Those that support abortion ban say it would be same as murder, because after 20 weeks the fetus can now feel pain and is considered “alive.” Which brings in the other side of the argument that “fetuses cannot survive outside the womb until about 28 weeks of pregnancy,” (Culp-Ressler 1) which means that if taking away an abortion after 20 weeks, and a problem happens between 20-28 weeks, the baby could not be aborted and could cause potentially health risks to the mother, even though the baby could not survive outside the womb. Also it should be the woman 's choice to abort the child or not. The mother might not have the conditions to take care of the baby, or it is too risky of a pregnancy to be had, it is not right to impose one’s beliefs onto others. The mother has to have the choice, especially if she is not capable of taking care of the child. One should not interfere with other people’s lives, the abortion ban could potentially ruin many children’s and mother’s lives. Fetal pain measures represent a politically popular way of defining a policy that can force women to carry doomed pregnancies to term.

I decide to talk about this special state of Arkansas because the state law is not equal. Women freedom to choose is import over her own body. The state has only four abortion clinics, and before you get an appointment, you need to go through the long process of abortion counseling, get permission from the father of the baby, and then get on the waiting list. It’s like they are waiting for