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The Issue Of Adolescent Abortion

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Jehanzaib Mazhar
Ms. Petrelli
ENG 3U1
16 October 2014
Adolescent Abortion Abortion is a major controversy amongst teenagers; it is a huge issue in the society today. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy due to certain conditions. It can happen automatically due to a person’s health, but most of the time it is done intentionally, through medical or surgical procedures. Some teenagers want to have an abortion because they didn’t use proper protection while engaging in sexual intercourse and they are not ready to be parents, while others are forced to have an abortion due to lack of support from others, incest, rape, or health issues. That’s why they count for 30% of all abortions. Only nine countries legalize abortion in this world, including Canada after twenty weeks of pregnancy. In many other countries it is strictly prohibited, and can lead to severe consequences such as the death penalty for the murder of another human. It is taking the life of an innocent child, and demolishing their entire future, because of the decision the mother chose to take. By having an abortion as an adolescent, one suffers psychological emotional remorse, health risks, and having an abortion is morally wrong. I am against abortion because it is taking the right of another human, and is sometimes done for selfish reasons. If the pregnancy occurred due to rape, then it is better for the mother to have the child and then give it up for adoption, since they might not be ready to be parents,

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