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             During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and .
             war as one of the most debatable subject of controversy in the United .
             States. It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions and law .
             come together. Abortion poses a moral, social and medical dilemma that .
             faces many individuals to create a emotional and violent atmosphere. .
             There are many points of view toward abortion but the only two fine .
             distinctions are "pro-choice" and "pro-life". A pro-choicer would feel .
             that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the mothers and the .
             state has no right to interfere. A pro-lifer would hold that from the .
             moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is alive. This life imposes .
             on us a moral obligation to preserve it and that abortion is .
             tantamount to murder (Kolner 5). .
             In the United States about 1.6 million pregnancies end in .
             abortion. Women with incomes under eleven thousand are over three .
             times more likely to abort than those with incomes above twenty-five .
             thousand. Unmarried women are four to five times more likely to abort .
             than married and the abortion rate has doubled for 18 and 19 year .
             olds. Recently the U.S. rate dropped 6 percent overall but the rate of .
             abortion among girls younger than 15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among .
             minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189 per 1,000. .
             The most popular procedure involved in abortions is the vacuum .
             aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or .
             less since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted .
             through the cervix and the contents of the uterus are vacuumed out. .
             The most commonly used type of second trimester abortion is called .
             dilation and evacuation. Since the fetus has bones, bulk and can move, .
             second trimester is not as simple. When as much of the fetus and .
             placenta are vacuumed out then tweezers are used to remove larger .
             parts. After this, or the beginning of the fifth month abortion is .


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