Regardless of anyone's feelings about an embryos" or fetuses" rights or of women, sex and responsibility or of God, Karma or of the Bible, one cannot over look the fact that women have always used abortion to prevent child birth and always will. No matter what other think, women will turn to abortion as a last resort. If abortion is illegal, it is unsafe and dangerous therefore it must be kept legal and accessible to ensure the safety of the women.
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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 there were at least 500,000 illegal abortions each year."(Sykes) Is a women's life worth less than that of her unborn baby? A women is going to have an abortion whether it is legal or not, if that is her choice. Why not make it as safe as possible for her? Present day changes in the law have produced a mortality rate from legal abortions to be almost zero, " and abortion accounts for only 3% of maternal deaths."(Sykes) It is clear that legal abortions yield much less maternal deaths than that .
of illegal abortions. If saving lives is the issue than allowing women to have a choice in the matter seems to be the only answer.
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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.
One type is Medical Abortion which is an abortion brought on by taking medications to end a pregnancy instead of having a surgical abortion. ... The other type of abortion is Surgical Abortion. ... One type of Surgical abortion is called legal abortion. ... Less then 1% of the woman who get abortions experience a major complication with the abortion procedure. ... Abortion is a very debatable topic. ...
The abortion issue doesn't stop there. ... Abortion should remain legalized for the fact that if it's not kept legal many women perform illegal abortions. ... Abortion is a woman's choice. ... In 1821 the first U.S. abortion bill, passed in Connecticut, banned the use of poisons to induce abortion. ... In 1970 abortion is on its way towards legalization, as Hawaii becomes the first to make abortion legal. ...
Two method can be used to induce surgical abortion. ... During the yeas that abortion was illegal, more pregnant women died from complications from self-induced abortions or abortion attempted by untrained or unqualified practitioners than from any other cause. ... Illegal abortion is unsafe abortion. Abortion has not always been so safe. ... Complications from Legal Abortion. ...
Purpose: To inform audience about abortion. ... And on the other hand those who are against abortions declare that abortion is murder and a violation of the fetus's right to live. ... Body: There are two types of abortions: a spontaneous abortion occurs without medical interventions of miscarriages. 25% of all pregnancies end in spontaneous abortions. ... Women the ages of 15 to 19 account for 19% of abortions, women 20 to 24 account for another 33% and 25% of abortions are obtained by women who are 30 or older. 88% of abortions are obtained in the first trimester of pregnancy. ...
Abortion My topic is abortion. ... To begin with I should explain what abortion is. ... Abortion is a very controversial subject. ... As you well know there are people pro-abortion and against abortion. ... That is my speech about abortion....
Though abortion should be used in atrocious situation. One argument against abortions is that it is immoral. ... The audible difference between abortion and murder is that abortions are legal, and murders are not. ... In 1967 Colorado and California legalized abortion. ... In order to avoid abortions, the government put strict restrictions on abortions. ...
Abortion" Abortion has been an issue of heated debate in the United States for numerous years. ... Let us look at the definition of abortion. ... The same is true of abortion. ... This is called Post-Abortion Syndrome. ... That is just one draw back to abortion. ...
Abortion is Legal Abortion must be a legal and attainable procedure for women throughout the United States. ... And finally, should abortion be legal? ... Should abortion be legal? ... Is abortion physically safe for women? ... This statistic proves that with abortions being legal, women are at a lesser risk of injury through abortion. ...
Abortion was widely available throughout much era when abortion was a crime. ... In high abortion states, only arrests of those born after abortion legalization fall relative to low abortion states. ... The social movement to legalize abortion resulted in a long outstanding acceptance of abortion. ... (Abortion Related 1) Abortion is not something that is allowed in God's law. ... Is abortion murder? ...
There are many different viewpoints on abortion and it is important to exam both sides of the abortion controversy. ... The abortion controversy has two main view points, the view against abortion is known as pro-life and the view for abortion is pro-choice. ... The idea of this oath given by midwives was to not provoke abortion because abortion was legal under common law. ... Few doctors still performed abortions and since it was a great risk for them, they charged about $600 for an abortion. ... By 1972 the number of illegal abortions grew to about twenty five hundred abortions a day. ...
