The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

There are two main political parties you can choose from in the United States, The Democrats and the Republicans. There are also third parties you can choose from. People can choose to be part of any party. We are divided by the left and right side on the political spectrum. The right are more conservative and the left are more liberal. These two political parties show philosophical differences through their viewpoints on major topics. With so many differences between the parties, finding topics or issues upon which constituents agree on can be difficult.

Many individuals fail to understand the sheer magnitude of bloodshed, tribulation, and despair legalized abortion has initiated into the human experience – both in the United States and worldwide. Far more human lives have been violently ended by this immoral decision than any other war or genocide in history. It is one of the most controversial issues in today’s society. Abortion is the intentional decision to murder a human fetus by chemical, medical or surgical procedures. Those who support the rights of abortion argue that women should be able to decide what can be done to their bodies, yet the unborn baby inside a woman is a living being, and terminating that pregnancy is the equivalent of murder. These innocent children should not be held responsible for your mistakes. Don’t terminate pregnancy now, because you may not have children in the future at all.

El Salvador has one of the strictest and most archaic anti-abortion laws in the world with a total ban on abortion, even in in cases of rape or incest, if the mother’s life is in danger, or if the fetus is not viable outside the uterus. Since 1998, the adopted legislation has increasingly made it more dangerous for women to seek medical attention when in reference to their reproductive health. These laws allow prosecutors to convert many abortion charges to aggravated homicide, which carries a sentence of 30-50 years.

“How can the “Dream” survive if we murder children? Every aborted baby is like a slave in the womb of his or her mother. The mother decides his or her fate” (Martin Luther King, Jr). This quote, by Martin Luther King Jr, represents how Martin Luther King Jr really feels about abortions, and how abortions relate back to the idea of slavery. As abortions are spreading all across the world many people have wondered if there are any positives to abortions? If there are not any positives to abortion then people may wonder, what are the negatives to abortions, and how do other people feel about abortions.

Abortion has been a controversial subject for centuries across the globe. Although the fetus may not be scientifically a human being, there is budding humanity within it; and hence trying to terminate fetus must be considered as criminal offense of killing a human being. Not many of the world’s population have realized the effects caused by the abortion and its impacts on the society. Abortion is considered to be immoral crime affecting not only the mother but also the family, the community, and most significantly the fetus.

Abortion is a subject that numerous people have strong opinions about; some believe that it is a form of murder and should be banned, yet others believe that the decision should be for the woman herself to make. In my eyes, the choice to abort or not abort is the woman’s, not the public’s. However, many men disagree with pro-choice.

Abortion is a very controversial topic in today’s society. Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks (Abortion). Many people have issues regarding this topic, while some support the idea. This paper will be covering the pros and cons, people’s attitudes, and how a researcher could possible change your perspective on the topic at hand.

I hold the belief that a woman should have the right to have an abortion if that is what she would like. This means I identify as a pro-choice supporter. If the government ever decide to illegalize abortion, it would mean that women do not 'own' their body and instead the lawmakers do. As soon as a third party, such as lawmakers, are given the power to decide that abortions are wrong and they decide to ban abortions, women are no longer in control of their own bodies which makes them powerless.

In the United States there are more than a billion abortions performed each year. Since the court case Roe vs Wade in 1973 more than 56 million babies have been murdered in the United States before they had the chance to take their first breath (Snyder, Michael). These statics along with many more show the huge injustice that is happening in the country I call home.

An acknowledged journalist and author, Erika Guevara- Rosas in her article for the New York Times paper, “El Salvador And ‘Las 17’”, justifies the intense and altering consequences women are put in jail for having miscarriages and abortions. Rosas’ main drive is to enlighten her readers on the prejudice that is occurring in El Salvador where all abortions are forbidden including “when the mother’s life or well-being is in danger, and in all incidents of rape” (Rosas). “Carmen Guadalupe Vásquez Aldana was just 18 when, in 2008, she was sentenced to 30 years in jail” (Rosas). Her crime was for having a miscarriage. February of 2015, Vasquez was finally released after being incarcerated for almost a decade. She

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics and many argue that it's wrong, but I disagree, I am a strong supporter of abortions. An abortion is when a woman deliberately terminates a pregnancy, there are many medical methods used to perform an abortion. The techniques used for abortion have changed drastically over time and many cultures developed their own forms of abortions. Originally abortions were unregulated and many women performed abortions on themselves at home, which were very unsafe and many at home abortions resulted in injury or death. The two main methods of abortion as of right now are surgical and medical abortion, these are much safer than previous methods and rarely inflict any harm onto the woman. The surgical method is performed using a vacuum like device to empty the uterus of its content. The medical abortion can only be used early in a pregnancy and requires a woman to take a prescribed pill for the first seven weeks of her pregnancy.

Have you ever wondered why abortion is such a debated topic. How some politicians use it as a political ploy and others are completely against abortion? Also, if the supreme court says abortion is legal, why have many states added so many restrictions and rules to it. If abortion is legal, why does the government try so hard to make women feel like it isn’t. When did it become ok for the government tell women what and what not to do with our bodies and made our decisions for us? These new abortion restrictions makes it even harder for women to have an abortions, then it already is.

This made me think about what is going on in Florida and how many women in Florida, many want to seek abortions but are unable to due to the laws. Abortions can help save a mother’s life and even can save a child a life of misery. El Salvador is one of the five countries that actually send women on trial and sent to actual prison because their body suffered from a miscarriage, stillborn birth, or other obstetric emergency. What interested me was that, this is life and this nothing that these women have a right over. There is nothing that they can do, or anyone that can reverse what they went through, and how it was caused. Without adequate healthcare, without money, and without a lot of other necessary things to support a baby or to even find out if one is pregnant, is a hassle and can take a financial toll on those who just do not have it. While, the United States are teaming up with El Salvadorian officials and are trying to help bring about ways to help the women and ways that they can maybe set up alternative terms, is a big step. Many officials have asked both governments to continue helping the women, and at least try to change things and revisit the cases, of the women. Mainly because, imprisoning women who have no control of their health and of their maternal health should not be imprisoned, this is a human’s rights violation, and something has to be

So draconian are the country’s pro-life laws that even women who lose their unborn babies during medical emergencies can be jailed. Such is the case for 17 women, known as “Las 17,” who are serving jail sentences of up to 40 years for allegedly murdering their foetuses after suffering miscarriages, stillbirths or other life threatening complications. Carmen Guadalupe Vasquez, one of Las 17, was granted an unprecedented pardon last month. Is this fair or is it compatible. Hundreds have fallen victim to El Salvador's abortion laws. El Salvador are imprisoning women for having miscarriages that can not necessarily be their fault, including a cancer-sufferer who died while in prison for an apparent aggravated homicide following a miscarriage. El Salvador’s abortion laws have caused a mass amount off feud all around the world due to false imprisonment, like a miscarriage or

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