The Main Barrier Against The Abortion

Twenty to thirty million legal abortions occur worldwide each year. The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between – (Mother Teresa). Before 1973, individual states were allowed to decide whether abortion would be legal within their borders. The topic of abortion and whether or not it is right or wrong is a constant debate in todays society. Everyone has their own beliefs on the matter, but it should not be a question of what we believe, it should be the question of whether or not this procedure should be considered an illegal act. There are hundreds of woman everyday that have an abortion, and hundreds of innocent lives being slaughtered legally. The fact that this procedure is legal in the U.S, and that people actually see it as their “choice” or “right” to abort the baby, disturbs me immensely. Preforming the procedure of an abortion should be illegal in all states because abortion is murder, the fetuses can feel the pain during the procedure, and abortion can lead to psychological damage.

The pregnant woman who might soon to become a mother should endure the process of abortion where the fetus is slaughtered within the uterus and extract from the mothers body. The decision making regarding the abortion often turns out to be a regrettable option. The parents may think abortion is the only right thing to do at the time but in a while, they may recognize that they actually needed to keep the child and it is too late. And thereon, it affects individuals, family, and the society who said ‘yes’ to the abortion process to be done. Therefore, by legalizing the act, no one is left with a choice, where anyone who says ‘yes’ to abortion must be liable for

(García et al., 2004a) In most states it is also allowed if the pregnancy puts the woman’s life at risk (García et al., 2004a). These laws make the vast majority of abortions in Mexico take place in unsafe conditions (Juarez, Singh, Garcia, & Olavarrieta, 2008). The estimate of abortions that take place in Mexico is 33 per 1000 women aged 15-44 (Juarez, Singh, Garcia, & Olavarrieta, 2008). The contraception use rate is 72.5% and their maternal mortality rate is 38 deaths per 100,00 live births (“The World Factbook - Mexico,” 2001). There is a lot of stigma surrounding abortion in Mexico although studies have shown that the majority of Mexicans think abortion should be allowed under certain circumstances (García et al., 2004b). I support a woman’s right to choose if she wants an abortion or not so I do not agree with the laws in Mexico. Contraception, unless it is abstinence, is never 100% effective and there should be a legal method to end an unwanted pregnancy if a woman chooses to do

In this study they estimated mortality rates from 1998 to 2005. Their data was gathered from reports posted out by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System. They looked at pregnancy-related mortality, common maternal comorbidities, and the characteristics of women. The data they found was over a ratio of 100,000 births and 100,00 abortions. In the discussion part of their study and one of their recognized strengths they explain that expressing information like mortality risks into ratio format is easier to understand. Pregnant women considering their options should be entitled to have accurate information about their risk factors (Raymond & Grimes, 2012). They found that 10.4 deaths occur per 100,000 live births and 0.6 deaths occurred per 100,000 abortions. All together their results conclude that according to national data sets, legal abortion in the United States remains much safe than

In the United Nations Global review on Abortion policies in Spain in the year of 2001, abortion was permitted on almost all grounds. These grounds are inclusive of factors regarding health and preserving both physical and mental health. Women could rightfully receive an abortion if she was raped, or if the pregnancy caused severe mental or physical health issues to either mother or child. Consequently, abortion was not permitted for social or economic reasons and any women who pursued an abortion that was not performed in a health care establishment would be penalized and the individual who performed the illegal abortion was subjected to imprisonment if caught. In retrospect, contraception and sterilization was not legalized in Spain until

Furthermore, modern abortion procedures are extremely safe. So safe, in fact, that the risk of a woman dying from an abortion is less that one out of 100,000. On the other hand, the number of women who die during childbirth is 13.3 out of 100,000. Access to legal, professionally performed abortion reduces both injury and death caused by “back-alley” abortions. These back-alley abortions account for 68,000 maternal deaths a year in the 33 countries where abortion is either not legal, or unavailable (World Health Organization, Oct. 2006).

The fact that it is not legalized in some states makes it hard for women and teenagers who would like to procure abortion to do so safely. This has led to severe consequences on the side of the women. It is estimated that unsafe abortion accounts for

While Latin America’s lack of reproductive rights would seem to be common knowledge, many are unaware of how exactly women in Latin American countries are affected. In a fairly large number of countries, abortion is illegal. In regards to this, “in 2008, 12 percent of maternal deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean were due to unsafe abortions.” (Mane, 2013) 95% of the abortions

800 women die daily from “causes related to pregnancy and childbirth”, and nearly 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries(“Mic Network”). There is a high rate of newborn fatalities as well. In addition to fatal deliveries, there are also fatal abortions. Without any sort of birth control to prevent unwanted pregnancy, women take their chances at an unsafe abortion. 10-15% of pregnancy related deaths are caused by unsafe abortions(“Globalization 101”). Birth control could make such tragic issues preventable.

Abortions in Latin American countries are rare and only legal on the basis of three situations; 1) the woman was raped, 2) the life of the woman in endangered, or 3) if the fetus the woman is carrying in anencephalic. In six countries, abortion is considered a criminal at and can be punishable by time in prison (Stern). Any other reason for an abortion and the government will most likely deny the

Abortion. When we think about the word abortion we think about is it morally right or wrong to take the life of a fetus. The topic of abortion is continually debated, there are those who have a more conservative perspective, liberal view and those in between who believe only under certain circumstances should a woman be able to have an abortion. El Salvador is one of those conservative countries, who in fact, is one of seven Latin American countries that have an abortion ban law (Alvarez, 2015, p. 674). Prior to the abortion ban law, El Salvador allowed abortions under three circumstances, which includes, to save the life of the mother, pregnancy occurred as a result of rape, and fetal impairment (Alvarez, 2015, p. 678). Then, in 1998 the

The debate over abortions has been a controversial one in the United States through the years. The primary question has been, “ Does a women have the right to have an abortion performed?” and if they do have this right, “when, why and under what conditions should the procedure be performed.” Women decide to get abortions for a multitude of reasons such as: medical issues, toxic family life, rape, economic situations, and some simply do not wish to have children. For a Hispanic women, an abortion is one of the hardest thins to decide, due to family dynamics, religion and resources. Never the less an abortion is an elective medical procedure, and like any other medical procedure, it should be offer to anyone who wants it, without prejudice in a safe environment.

ABORTION IN CHILE Why does Chile change it ́s opinion from permitting abortion to 541 days of jail if that happens? The military dictatorship could answe that there is nothing for what you need to practice abortion because of advances in medicine. I will try to describe the Restrictive Laws of abortion and consequences of it, problems of health post abortion, and ways of abortion, safe and unsafe, Chiles opinion of abortion is that is completely inhuman and harmful for women and the baby coming. Now days Chile has prohibited abortion because advances on medicine make you have no excuses for that. Current laws against abortion are codified in the penal code articles 324 to 345 under the title “Crimes and Offences

In 1988, according to the Pan American Health Organization, abortion was declared Latin America's leading cause of pregnancy-related mortality. Nearly two decades later a solution has not been found to the increasing deaths of Latin American women. In Latin America, there are restrictive laws on reproductive rights because abortion and contraceptives are considered immoral by the Catholic Church. Catholicism has dominated the region politically and socially since colonial times. Despite illegality, the abortion rate in Latin America is higher than all of Western Europe and the United States, where abortion is legal under all circumstances. By denying women reproductive rights, governments are denying them of human rights. Abortion is illegal under all circumstances in four Latin American countries: Chile, Nicaragua, Colombia, and El Salvador. Restrictive laws on abortion present various problems for women in the region. Women who are faced with unwanted pregnancies do not have the option to decide whether they are mentally, physically, or economically stable enough to support a child because of government restrictions on reproductive rights as well as pressures put on them by men to fulfill their duty as mothers. Lack of contraceptives in poor areas, coupled with minimal or no sex education, makes it nearly impossible for women to control pregnancies. As a result, women resort to back street clandestine abortions performed by unlicensed and often unskilled

Today, 76 percent of the world's people live in countries where induced abortion is legal, at least for health reasons, and 39 percent reside in nations where abortion is available upon request. The procedure is legal in nearly every developed country, and although a majority of developing countries prohibit abortion, 67 percent of the residents of the developing world live in countries where it is permitted at least for health reasons. The other 33 percent-more than one billion people, most of living in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the more strongly fundamentalist Islamic nations-have little of no access to legal induced abortion.