Making abortion illegal has little effect on the number of abortions performed and there is evidence from all over the world that shows this. In the 1930’s there were thousands of criminal abortions in the United States and Canada. The number of births dropped by about half, as women refused to bring children into a depressed economy. These women resorted to dangerous illegal abortions to end their pregnancies. Due to this, about 2500 women died every year from abortion complications, making up for one in four maternal deaths. From 1950 to 1965 in the US alone, there were over 250 abortion related deaths reported each year. At the time illegal abortions were approximately two to three times more dangerous than a legal abortions and “…simple calculations show the

Abortion may not be right or wrong, but this is beside the point. Abortion has simply become a fact of life and must be allowed in order to satisfy the needs of everyone. Pro-choice seems to be the more politically correct view since it does not attempt to impose personal views upon others, but rather suggests a viable solution to one of the many problems the world faces. In a society such as the one in which we live it is necessary to view abortion objectively. One must ask themselves if unwanted, sick, and abandoned babies are needed and if it is just or a good moral decision to bring such babies into the world, human or not.

It is also true that, women whose own health is compromised during pregnancy are more likely to miscarry and to deliver babies who are sick. Their babies are also more likely to die soon after birth. Women who’s pregnancies which are unwanted are often less likely to get prenatal care, are statistically more likely to use cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs during their pregnancy, and are more likely to give birth to low birth weight, sick babies, as well as not breast feed. Should a baby be forced to be brought up under these conditions? Like drinking, drug use, prostitution, and sex, abortion is a victimless crime. In 1965, sociologist and lawyer Edwin Schur looked at the existing laws against homosexuality drug use, and abort

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