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    Abortion Abortion is one of the most personal, widely discussed, and controversial topics in American culture today. In most cases, people on both sides of the argument take worthy and moral positions. Who can blame someone who wishes to prevent the termination of a teen pregnancy to save the life of an unborn child? On the other hand, who can blame anyone who advocates the soon-to-be mother's right to make such a personal, heartbreaking choice? No matter what she chooses to do, should anyone

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    Abortion: A Controversial Issue      One of the major controversial issues confronting the society today is abortion. I choose abortion as the topic of discussion since it contradicts my values and beliefs. Abortion is the extraction of the human fetus from the mother’s womb with an intention to end the life of that fetus prior to its natural birth. The controversy surrounding abortion is whether it should be legalized or not? In my opinion, abortion is morally and ethically

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    This article absolutely infuriated me. To read about how these women have to jump through hoops to have an abortion even though it is a completely legal procedure, is so aggravating. I completely believe that a person has the right to their body and they can do whatever the hell they want to do with it, whether its have an abortion, drink ridiculous amounts of alcohol, etc. IT'S THEIR BODY. I neither anyone else has the right to tell someone what they can or cannot do with their body because it is

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    their decision to end a pregnancy through abortion. Prior to this case, in almost all 50 states abortions were deemed illegal. History of Abortions Prior to 1973 and the legalization of medical professionals performing abortions, women had to fight for many reproductive rights, including birth control for all females, not just married couples. As far back as 1821, states follow

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    Roe v. Wade (1973) ruled unconstitutional a state law that banned abortions except to save the life of the mother. The Court ruled that the states were forbidden from outlawing or regulating any aspect of abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy, could only enact abortion regulations reasonably related to maternal health in the second and third trimesters, and could enact abortion laws protecting the life of the fetus only in the third trimester. Even then, an exception had to be

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    The Ethical Issues of Abortion Abortion is a highly-debated topic of whether it is ethical for a woman to decide to have one. Abortion is any of various surgical methods for deliberately terminating a pregnancy. When we speak of abortion today, we mean induced abortion performed by trained doctors, not including miscarriage (MacKinnon & Fiala, 2015). Some current methods of abortion are morning-after pill, mifepristone, uterine or vacuum aspiration, dilation and curettage, saline solution, prostaglandin

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    Do you believe in abortion? Well this question can have multiple answers according to your ethical beliefs and religion. Abortion is one of the most fiercely discussed ethical problems in the recent decades in America. Abortion which can be defined as, the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy, is an old, but living topic for debate. It has been argued that the world remains divided between legalizing abortion or not. Since the Supreme Court handed down its 1973

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    each year. Abortion should be illegal because it is breaking the ideas of the US Constitution by not giving all humans a right to life, it can cause pain to the fetus,

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    Abortion can be termed as the deliberate termination of pregnancy which does not result to the birth of a child. There has been heated debate regarding the support for and against abortion which leads to legalization or illegalization of the act. Communities and societies have not supported the issue of abortion since the start of time. Abortion should be banned from our society. Abortion has been one of the most controversial issues in the United States since its legalization in the 70’s. The

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    One of the most highly debated topics is abortion and whether or not it should be legal. People who oppose abortion, meaning they are pro-life claim that abortion should be completely illegal with no aspects of it whatsoever; it can be a murder for the people standing against it. The other side of the argument, meaning people who are pro-choice, defend it by believing it to be a right been given to the women. They also claim even if abortion was to be illegal, it would still be practiced. Every

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