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    Around the world about 26-53 million induced abortions occur every year (Ikeanyi). Through legal means in countries that allow abortions or through illegal means in countries where abortions are not allowed, women everywhere are finding ways to terminate their pregnancy. Although the question of whether abortions should be legal or not is a very complicated questions, there are clear and definite reasons as to why it should be legal. Women should have the choice to end their pregnancy because sometimes

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    Abortions have been performed on women for thousands of years. Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. Most often it is performed during the first 20 weeks of being pregnant. The controversy over whether or not abortion should be legal continues to divide Americans till this day. An important landmark case was the Roe v. Wade case, where the Court argued that the "zone of privacy" was "broad enough to encompass a woman 's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy."(McBride

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    or not abortion should be a legal option continues to divide Americans long after the US Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision on Roe v. Wade declared the procedure a "fundamental right” in 1973. Advocates, also known as pro-choice, say that choosing abortion is a woman 's right that should not be limited by governmental or religious authority, which outweighs any right claimed for a fetus. One of the arguments is that pregnant women will resort to dangerous, illegal abortions if there is no legal option

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    Moral and Legal Implications of Abortion What would a child choose if given a voice in the womb, abortion or a chance at life? With ceaseless controversy over abortion, it is crucial to take into account both the moral and legal implications. A unborn child’s personhood has a considerable effect on the views of the morality of abortion. Legally, it is critical to consider parental rights and regulations placed on abortion. This contentious debate has been involved in the United State’s

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    Abortion is a critical topic that many people like to avoid arguing about. Abortion is currently legal and many “mothers” have aborted their baby. Abortion is a sensitive thing to consider and talk about for many, but it should be discussed and argued about. Abortion terminates a pregnancy after so much time has passed, that’s ending a life of another. Babies don’t ask to come into the world, but these doctors who are supposed to be saving lives are ending many of them. Abortion should not be legal

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    When the word abortion is heard, it is always associated with many negative things such as murder and inhumanity. However not legalizing abortion creates a huge problem for women around the world. Having a child takes consideration, planning and preparation and if pregnancy happens without any of this, why bother to have it at all? The reasons why abortion should be legal is that it supports the fundamental human rights for women by giving them a choice, it reduces crime by reducing the number of

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    Abortion, to some it is the murder of an innocent fetus with a heartbeat. To others it is considered an option to be freed from the responsibilities of parenthood. We all have different views that can be controversial to the opinions of others. Yet, there are proven facts and cases where making abortion illegal is the best decision. Propaganda for Prolife is everywhere, but is there enough to show the world how wrong abortion is? I believe there is not, yet there are some very emotional advertisements

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    Should Abortion Be Legal?

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    Abortion is controversial in the United States; it seems impossible to have any accord or compromise on this topic because the views regarding it are so widely divergent. These views are based on whether people decide that priority should be given to treating women as rational beings and allowing them the autonomy to get an abortion or to enabling the development of a fetus. I believe that priority should be given to providing women with complete autonomy, but there are those who disagree, and act

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    Should Abortion be legal? People don’t like to touch this topic, because it reaches different levels. Some history about abortion; “prior to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, and throughout a large portion of America’s history, states have vastly encumbered women’s right to an abortion”. Abortion was Legal in 1973 Supreme Court Decision. The Court held that “the abortion decision in all its aspects is inherently, and primarily, a medical decision, and basic responsibility

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    Should Abortion Be Legal?

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    studying the debate on whether or not abortion should be illegal, you are approached by many different writers with interesting arguments, filled with their opinions and reasons for why abortion should or should not be allowed. Two essays that have caught my attention while reading about the debate of abortion are: “A Defense of Abortion” by Judith Jarvis Thomson, and “An Almost Absolute Value in History”, by John T. Noonan Jr. Thomson argues that abortion is permissible in cases where the mother’s

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