abortion

             serious and actually induced as childbirth. That is, the mother is .
             given substances which puts her into labor and delivers the fetus as .
             she would a full-term baby. About 40 percent of Americans believe that .
             abortion should remain legal and 40 percent believe it should be .
             banned except when the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother or .
             is the result of rape or incest. Also 15 percent b eveit should be .
             illegal in all cases. Although abortion is regarded as a women's .
             right, it should be banned with exceptions because it's considered .
             murder, has many psychological side effects and there is an .
             alternative. .
             Abortion is a women's own right and choice. In 1973 the Roe v. .
             Wade decision proved this by recognizing abortion as a fundamental .
             constitution right and made it legal in all states. The law now .
             permits abortion at the request of the women without any restrictions .
             in the first trimester and some restrictions in the second trimester .
             to protect the women's health. The National Abortion Right Act League .
             argues that without legal abortion women would be denied their .
             constitutional right of privacy and liberty. The women's right to her .
             own body subordinates those of the fetus and the U.S. Supreme Court in .
             Roe v. Wade argued that the women's "right to privacy" overruled the .
             fetus's right to life. If abortion was illegal it would force .
             poor women to bear and raise children they can't afford to bring up. .
             There would be a number of unsafe abortions in back allies. It would .
             also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up .
             babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims of apeand incest to .
             carry and nurture the offspring of their rapist.(Kolner 5) Abortion is .
             necessary for women to have control over their own bodies and life. .
             One activist said, "If I hadn't had that abortion my life would have .
             been a disaster. I wouldn't have made it to medical school. I was .
             married at that point to a very ill man and it would have been .