The Social Problem Of Abortion

Teens should be able to get an abortion without parental consent because balancing school and taking care of a baby can be very challenging. According to the article”Tell parents of abortions”, the author states "Schools that support teenage girls through abortion only provide support during school hours. Who is supporting the girls after school?” (Hill). This evidence proves that not only can it be challenging to go to school and taking care of a child but the support systems for teen parents are

Choice, what is choice? Choice is the right, power, or opportunity to choose. Everybody in society has a choice and these choices have many outcomes. A woman’s right to choose to have an abortion or not, is her fundamental right. If society outlaws abortion, society is interfering with the woman’s right to make decisions related to her own body. Many theorists believe that sexuality is what divides women from men and makes women less valuable than men; keeping this concept in mind it can be said that gender plays an immense role in social inequality. In one of Thomas Jefferson’s speeches, he explains how we should never put at risk our rights because our freedom can be next. (lp. org 2007) Roe.V .Wade is believed to have been the

Most minors voluntarily involve their parents in abortion cases and if they don’t involve their parents, it's usually because they wouldn't be cooperative; “Since "privacy" rights have been found to be fundamental and protected by the due process clause, it is plausible that these rights are also fundamental for purposes of equal protection clause analysis” (Wand). The Court has stated that minors are protected by the right to privacy, so minors should have the right as to whether or not to terminate her own pregnancy. In addition, government intrusion does not make family relations stronger and could just sway a woman’s decision. The Court supported this in 1976 during the case Planned Parenthood v. Danforth. In this case, Missouri legislators passed a law requiring abortion doctors to obtain a written statement of the mother’s consent that stated that “the consent was freely given and not the result of coercion” (“Planned Parenthood v. Danforth”). The Court upheld the written consent of women, however, it concluded that spousal and parental consent requirements amounted to an unconstitutional "veto power" over a decision which should be left to the "medical judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician" according to Roe (“Planned Parenthood v. Danforth”).

To begin with, there has always been a huge issue with the topic of abortion, why? Well, it’s a tough subject and can get extremely emotional and very defensive. Honestly, people just need to open up their eye’s and understand that it's murder and not just a choice. It is murder because two can create a blessing and the choice of aborting it, is more like a sacrifice for the reason a mother can’t carry a baby for nine months. Whether a person is a teen, young adult, or an adult and is in a horrible situation that believes they cannot proceed with the pregnancy, they should know there are other options. Teens aborting an unborn baby is not a choice and should be banned because it is wrong without parental consent, the rights of a child, and

Abortion is a very emotional and debatable topic that the general public deals with. It is so debatable because there are so many unanswered questions that surround the subject. When is a baby actually considered to be “born”? Is abortion actually considered to be murder? Should the procedure be legal? At what stage during pregnancy is a fetus considered to be alive? One of the most important questions that relate to the subject is whether or not parents should have the right to consent to whether or not their daughter (who must be a minor) can have an abortion. The two articles, “Parental Consent Laws are Necessary” by Michael New and “Parental Consent Laws Are Unnecessary” by Diana Phillip are identical in topic but also have many distinct differences pertaining to whether or not a parent should consent to the abortion of a minor.

“After the first blush of sin comes it's indifference; and from immoral it becomes, as it were, unmoral, and not quite unnecessary to that life which we have made.” (Thoreau, paragraph 14, line 20). Abortion is an injustice. It is the rationalized “removal” of a human life from existence, and it is wrong. Arguably reminiscent of the dreaded extermination camps of the second world war, deciding the death of millions has become a matter of routine for the world today. Abortion has ceased to be considered as wrong by many, and the majority would argue that it is instead quite necessary for their lifestyle. Several scenarios which argue their point include teen pregnancy, rape, and finding out the unborn child is mentally retarded.

Abortion has become a growing trend among the youth in the 20th century. About a quarter of all teenage pregnancies in the U.S. end in abortion. Teens make choice to have an abortion because of the worries about the baby distracting them from future goals and education. A teen considering an abortion influenced by her religious

Underage people are prohibiting smoking, drinking, or going in field trips without their parents’ permission. Therefore, how can a teenage girl have an abortion without the approval of her parents? Abortion itself is a controversial subject, and underage abortion is even more controversial. Minors should not have an abortion without the consent of their parents or their legal guardians for a variety of reasons.

The legal issues of minors surrounding reproductive rights have been largely debated for decades. While courts have made a variety of decisions regarding these issues, still to this day, citizens debate which rights should and should not be allowed. Regardless of one’s views on abortion, there are a variety of factors to consider and any decision made is not an easy one.

From a political perspective, pregnant teenagers loose all of their autonomy. Some teenagers could be afraid to tell their parents and attempt a self abortion, whereby putting their life in danger. This causes health issues for the young women in our society. From a social aspect, parents can coerce their child to have an abortion. They don't want their friends and family to know, this can be a way for the parents to sweep it under the rug. However, the teenager just might want to give the baby up for adoption rather than have an abortion. On the other hand, some parents will insist the teenager have the baby, due to their religious beliefs. Since a woman must receive "informed consent" and wait 24 hours, she can be persuaded not to have an abortion. Clergy can be standing by to convince the family not to abort.

Furthermore, after the parent have been informed, the law needs them to make formal consents stating why they think abortion is appropriate in such cases. However, if this minor cannot obtain the consent of the parent, then she will be required to obtain a judicial bypass from the court. The teenager will be advised and accompanied by a counsellor to the court of law. The judge will then scrutinize the evidence presented by the minor and judge whether the teen is old enough to reach such a decision and check if abortion is the only best option for her

Abortion for minors is a major public health concern in the United States. There are more than 300,000 births to teens each year, increasing the risk of both the mother and the baby’s health. Abortions on minors have raised political, clinical, social, and economic awareness. In order to make effective changes to abortion for the minor one must produce empirical evidence, to evaluate policy options for persons involved in public health policy and legislation. In January 2000, Texas enacted a law requiring physicians to notify the parent before an abortion is done with a minor, or notifies at least one parent of the intent to terminate the

This problem becomes more complicated when the topic of discussion is controversial. A controversy can at best be defined as a concept or idea, which produces discord among a number of people (Xu, Parks, Chu, & Zhang, 2010). Controversies therefore, describe information on which a lot of people strongly disagree creating a false ring of truth around the topic. controversies often have profound social, political and economic implications, and more and more often they feature public disagreements among scientific, technical or medical experts. Whether the confrontation occurs over the control of AIDS, about the proposed introduction of the "abortion pill," about whether vaccines causes autism, over the location of an airport, or over the implications of the "greenhouse effect," experts become involved. Disputes between experts provoke major difficulties for decision-making and policy implementation in the case of such public confrontations, which, more often than not, are vociferous, protracted, rancorous and unresolved (). Disputes between experts provoke major difficulties for decision-making and policy implementation in the case of such public confrontations, which, more often than not, are vociferous, protracted, rancorous and unresolved.

The idea of parental consent when comes to teens getting abortions, is a war of permission vs. freedom choice. The argument of whether teenage girls require parental consent to obtain an abortion, has been around for a while. Some will disagree but due to the fact that it is her body, it was her mistake, it is her life, and that the parents may not agree to the abortion the child should not require parental consent to abort. If a young woman becomes pregnant and she feels she is not for motherhood,who has the right to tell her no. It is her that is affected by the decision and as humans we have the right to determine the course of our own lives.

An abortion is a women’s right as it benefits her mental well-being as having an unwanted child puts an undebatable amount of strain on a woman. It also affects her financial well-being, as a child can cost around $233,6106 which is a substantial amount of money for anyone. Especially for teenage mothers who are the most likely group of