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The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

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Abortion is a long lasting debate that’s been going on not only in the United States but around the world for decades now. In the 1900s abortion in the United States was illegal and not to be performed unless it was to save a mother’s life. Abortions had become very common even though they were illegal. The difficulties and dangers had come into play after this law was passed, there was an upsurge in deaths and injuries from people trying to do them on their own. Having this happen a woman named Margaret Sanger, had explained the circumstances that had led to these actions to happen and had removed the law in 1973. When talking about abortion you’re always in one of the two categories; number one pro-life, which is self explanatory it’s someone who thinks that a new human life is created the moment of fertilization and is entitled to the same legal protections as any other human. Number two would be pro-choice. Pro-choice is supporting the belief that pregnant women have the freedom to choose an abortion if she does not want a baby. Between the two I lean more towards pro-choice because I believe that if you were to take the baby out of the fetus that there is no way it could survive on it’s own, it needs that mother's body, also the heart doesn’t form until week 4 and the lungs don’t form until week 24. I also think that if you don’t want a child you shouldn’t be forced to have one and one of the go to arguments that someone pro-life always has is “if you don’t want the

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