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Abortions

 

            Throughout the years of history, there existed several controversial topics which .
             have caused severe discrepancy among different groups of people. Abortion is a highly .
             controversial issue which has been constantly argued over for the past few years and .
             probably for many years to come in the future. The main controversy rests with the .
             question of whether Abortion should be outlawed?- whether the law should permit a .
             woman to have an abortion and, if so, under what circumstances or whether the law .
             should protect the unborn. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while.
             the child is still in the mothers womb. In other words, Abortion is the ending of .
             pregnancy before birth. There are two sides to this controversial topic of abortion. One .
             side is the PRO-LIFE, which describes those people who are against abortion altogether. .
             The other side is the PRO- CHOICE which are those who believe it is the woman's right .
             to choose if she wants to have an abortion. ( David M. O'Brien, "Abortion," World Book .
             Online America Edition,http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wbol/wbPage/na/ar/co/).
             These two groups offer different solutions to problem. The pro-life solution is to have the .
             child and basically live with it. They believe abortion is not an answer. The pro-choice .
             solution is abortion because of reasons they feel are appropriate.
             The controversy lies within Induced Abortion. Induced Abortion are procedures .
             carried out to bring on abortion. Such include vacuum suction, which the most common .
             type- this is used in the early stages of pregnancy, dilatation and evacuation (D and E), .
             induction, which the injection of abortifacients such as prostaglandin into the uterus), and .
             hysterotomy, which is a surgical procedure similar to cesarean section used later in .
             pregnancy, especially when the woman's life is in danger. (M. Muldoon, The Abortion .
             Debate in the United States and Canada: A Source Book )The "abortion pill,"" the drug .


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