Abortion: Legal or Illegal?

Abortion: Legal or Illegal Alfred LaBarre HCS/455 Professor Patricia Getchell 09/19/2011

Policies are sought out in an attempt to improve the health care system in America. Everyone is affected by policies so we have to consider the outcome before they become effective. Policies are major topics that are discussed before becoming a particular policy. Without certain policies, public health care will be at a huge risk. The great concern of abortion eventually leads to policies that affect many Americans. Polices are being passed frequently, being strict on physicians allowed to perform the procedure. Abortion can be considered wrong for many reasons. Abortion can be looked upon as deliberately killing a defenseless fetus. Does the woman necessarily have the right to abort a defenseless unborn child? Many argue that the child should not be punished for activity the mother engaged in. It is possible for women to have regret shortly after having the abortion. Many women are not aware that abortions can cause them to be more at risk for breast cancer. Also women could possibly die from having an abortion performed on them. After all, the child could be given up for adoption and still have the chance of living a normal life. Everyone alive today was given an opportunity by their mother to live. At least the child had the opportunity to have a life one might argue. Abortion opens the opportunity for pressure from family members and friends. Some people have reasons to support abortions as well. Few believe that abortions keep the world from being overcrowded. Women with severe medical conditions abort children to prevent from having disease or birth defects. When pregnancy is resulted from a woman being raped many believe