...ABORTION The type of abortion procedure used in elective pregnancy termination is primarily determined by how far a woman is into pregnancy. During the first trimester, you will usually have the option of having a medical abortion procedure or a surgical abortion procedure. Before considering the options, it is recommended that you obtain a sonogram to determine if the pregnancy is viable and for accurate pregnancy dating.The Court established a right of personal privacy protected by the due process clause that includes the right of a woman to determine whether or not to bear a child. The Court dramatically increased judicial oversight of legislation under the privacy line of cases, striking down aspects of abortion-related laws in practically all the States, the District of Columbia, and the territories.The Court held that through the end of the first trimester of pregnancy, only a pregnant woman and her doctor have the legal right to make the decision about an abortion. States can restrict second-trimester abortions only in the interest of the woman's safety. Protection of a "viable fetus'' (able to survive outside the womb) is allowed only during the third trimester. If a pregnant woman's life or health is endangered, she cannot be forced to continue the pregnancy. In the five years before Roe, 16 states with 41 percent of the nation's population had liberalized their abortion laws. When the decision was announced, almost every state legislature was beginning its session...
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...first point out the fact that abortion is one of the most controversial issues in the United States. The progressive left stands strong on the argument that women deserve the sole right to decide on abortion. As for the conservative right they base their judgment of abortion on religious aspects than on women’s rights. Whether your stance on abortion is pro or anti it is a legal operation in the United States. In the year 1973 abortion laws were decided by the states. Most of the states banned legal abortion unless the woman’s life was at risk. The controversial case Roe v. Wade changed the outlook on abortion. “In that year, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the controversial case Roe v. Wade. The Roe decision acknowledged both a woman’s ‘fundamental right’ to terminate a pregnancy before fetal viability and the state’s legitimate interest in protecting both the women’s health and the ‘potential’ of the fetus. It prohibited states from banning abortion to protect the fetus before the third trimester of a pregnancy, and it ruled that even during that final trimester, a woman could obtain an abortion if she could prove that her life or health would be endangered by carrying the term”(Gordon, 214). This ruling gave woman the ability to make a decision of aborting a child based on their own rights and beliefs. As of 1973 to the present year of 2003 abortion is a legal procedure but is unfortunately looked upon by some, as murder. My standpoint on abortion is developed by both the progressive...
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...Zekeya Adams Holly Spinell DED61 March 10, 2015 Abortion One major issue that is being argued is the opposing beliefs on abortions. Abortion Mean “the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy” that is commonly addressed. Everybody has they own opinion on the issues. Some feel that a woman has the right to decide what happens to her body. As other feels that an unborn baby, as a human being has the separate right from those of the mother. I feel abortion is a personal choice, human life begins at conception, or that abortion can or cannot be justified. The relationship between morality and the law is often ignored in these debates. It’s assumed that if abortion is immoral, it ought to be illegal just for that reason. We can think of actions that are possibility immoral but that we would not want to be legally prohibited. Although the position that abortion ought to be a private matter and not a matter of law is debatable, it is much more difficult to make an argument that abortion is not a moral issue. There are many methods of abortion, morning-after pill, RU486 (mifepristone), uterine or vacuum aspiration, dilation and etc. Morning-after pill is a chemical compound, which the Food and Drug Administration refers to as Plan B, prevents the blastocyst from embedding in the uterine wall. Since 2006, this pill has been available over the counter for customers 18 and older. RU486 is a drug that was developed in France and induces uterine...
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...Townsend Med. Lit. Mrs. Averbeck February 27, 2016 On January 22, 1973 the United States Supreme Court made a 7 - 2 decision to legalize abortion in most of the fifty states. Although abortion was not legal in the past it was being preformed on women since the fifteenth century all over the globe, but, most women did not survive the surgery. That is the biggest reason it was preformed in secret because it was taking so many lives. Thanks to modern day medicine and technology the success rate for women is nearly one hundred percent. Today, the decision that was made in 1973 has caused American citizens, mostly women, to debate wether abortion is considered murder or just a simple act of not wanting to bring an unwanted child into a home but many people have not chosen a defining side in the debate, yet there are many valid points on both sides of the pro-life and pro-choice arguments. The pro-choice side has more supporters today and their case is making a stronger impact on America. Points made on the pro-choice side have very valid factual evidence supporting them, but some are also pure opinion. An example of a factual point from the pro-choice side is that abortion a now very safe procedure. Less then one percent of women who get an abortion, before twenty one weeks of pregnancy, experience any major complications. If abortion is made illegal the pro-choice side believes women will seek other options to terminate their pregnancy. This would cause many women's death or...
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...ngram, John Richard. "How My Position on Abortion Changed over Time."Morning Call 2015 feb 06: A.14 DB - SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. In his newspaper article, “How My Position on Abortion Changed over Time,” former president CEO of Missionvest Inc. and Ingram Real Estate Group, John Richard Ingram claims that abortions should be outlawed because all new human life should be seized as a blessing from God. Ingram claims that he did not always hold this stance about abortion, but his thinking has evolved to a Pro-Life stance, no matter what the circumstance. He begins by declaring that only a small amount of abortions are out of the women’s control, most of the time women are in complete control of getting pregnant in the first place and that only a small amount of abortions are sparked by rape or incest. He explains that more than often, abortions are motivated by fixable obstacles such as: financial hardship or parent selfishness. He highlights that ultrasound and other modern technology allow us to see that an unborn baby has a detectable heartbeat, has functioning organs, and can feel pain, by the time their reach 20 weeks. Ingram questions the moral of our society and strongly believes that this scientific evidence should give us justification to outlaw abortions. He declares...
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...We are gathered here today on January 22, 2017 to discuss the issue of abortion. On this date 44 years ago, the United States Supreme Court confirmed that abortion was legal under the 14th amendment after the case of Roe vs. Wade was brought into light. Roe vs. Wade legalized abortion throughout all stages of pregnancy, but gave the states the right to limit abortion during the second and third trimesters. Some states are unrestricted, some are prohibited after just 6 weeks, but the majority of states prohibit abortions after 24 to 26 weeks of pregnancy, unless it is a life or death situation. As a result of having a parent incapable of caring for them, many children spend their childhood suffering. On any given day, 415,000 American children are in foster care. Foster care houses children until they turn 18 and supposedly able to care for themselves. Although most children only stay for 2 years, there are always kids that spend their entire childhood in foster care. Many children know their parents gave them up, didn’t want them, or couldn’t have them and these children are living, suffering the consequences of this. Many children, not placed into a foster home or simply anywhere with care, resort to...
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...Hong Kong Baptist University College of International Education Thought and Writing 2 GECR2102 Section 18 Name: Guo Xiaohua (Steve) Student Number: 12639060 Abortion What is abortion? Abortion means the deliberate of a human pregnancy. For example, a woman has an unplanned pregnancy and she doesn’t want kid, so an abortion is her choice. Abortion is a common matter of debate in Europe and America. There are two different points of view. Life is sacred, abortion must be prohibited. In other side, people regard abortion as women’s rights, they have the choice. We can know that the problem of abortion is “what is the human” from the debate. But in fact, it refers human’s life and social mores. Abortion is not good both in morality and physiology. It is unrealistic to limit people by morality, the legal weapon is necessary. Abortion would make an injury to the mother’s body. It equals to cut a piece of meat from uterine wall. Therefore, the physiological hazard is obvious. First, it may cause natural habitual in future, the probability increase by the number of abortions. Second, bacterial infection is potential. If the medical of instrument disinfection is incomplete, the result would be very serious. The sufferer may lead to infertility. What’s more, abortion not only brings bodily harm but also menticide to the female. Many females will suffer from psychological disorders after aborting. They don’t want anybody else to know for fear of hurting their feelings and...
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...Savan Patel The most common and unnecessary form of infanticide is an abortion. The abortion rate of America alone is shockingly high and yet increases every year. So why are so many women choosing to end the lives of unborn babies that weren’t even given the chance to live? For most women, the reason is social issues: they may not feel ready or prepared to have a baby, they may be too young or they just view their pregnancy as a mistake. No matter the reason, abortions are not acceptable and we, as Americans, should fight as hard as we can to diminish them just like we would, murder or terrorism. Since abortions have become such an everyday procedure, scientists and physicians have developed many ways to perform them. One way, if the fetus is 12 to 14 weeks old, being through the use of vacuum aspiration equipment. After the women’s cervix is dilated with steel rods, the surgeon forces the cervix open little by little until it is wide enough for contents to be removed through it. A syringe especially designed for these procedures creates a vacuum inside the women and the suction pulls the contents out of the uterus, including the fetus, so that it is on the outside. For the last step, the physician makes sure to scrape the walls of the uterus using a curette and once he is finished, the women is once again without child. Performing an abortion anytime after this period can be dangerous because by this time the uterus and blood vessels are much larger, and if these fluids...
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...Margaret Sanger once said, “No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.” Abortion has always been a controversial topic in the United States; it clashes with religious beliefs and personal morals. The legalization of abortion is immensely vital to the Unites States, as it guarantees women the right to take ownership of their own bodies without outside factors meddling. Roe v Wade is a landmark decision by the Unites States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion in 1973, legalizing the termination of a human pregnancy throughout the country. Jane Roe, a pregnant single woman, filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas abortion laws. The lawsuit was filed against Henry Wade, a district attorney of Dallas...
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...known as “the modern movement of birth control” actually began in Great Britain. The writer Thomas Robert Malthus stirred up the interest regarding the time’s current over-population problem. As a result of his publications, by 1870 a wide range of birth control devices were made available in English and American pharmacies. These devices included; rubber condoms, diaphragms, vaginal sponges, and medicated tampons. Due to the easy access to these devices to the public, both countries created a bill to prohibit the distribution of contraceptives across state lines and through the mail. Before the use of birth control in America, many women had opted for abortions because they either had too many children to take care of or they were simply not ready to parents. In the early 19th century, abortions could be dangerous. Too many abortions often lead the woman’s death because the technology was not yet available to try and properly prevent internal hemorrhaging. In 1878, Aletta Jacobs established the first birth control clinic in Amsterdam. The first birth control clinic, in the United States, was opened in 1916 by Margaret Sanger and was located in Brooklyn, New York. The clinic opened by Margaret was later closed by the police and she was remanded to jail for thirty days because she was...
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...Certainly the issue of abortion is not something to be taken lightly because it is the termination of what could, potentially, become a human being. There are very many ways of looking at abortion, which make it hard to decide whether or not you are for it. Although there are many good reasons as to why someone would choose to be against it I, for one, believe abortion could, in some cases, be the right thing to do. Abortion could save women from an experience that could either damage or kill them. This is not the same for every single case but there are exceptions. First off there is the discussion of women's privacy and how the decision to abort a baby is mainly their decision. That and the decision of her partner is theirs alone, no one else's. There are many reasons a woman would not see it fit to continue with a pregnancy. According to the National Abortion Federation "Each year, one million American teenagers become pregnant, and 85% of these pregnancies are unintended." Most pregnancies that are aborted happen to be accidental. Although, yes, some of these accidents can be prevented some can't. If you force a woman or a teen to continue full term with her pregnancy it would be intruding into the privacy of her body. It is initially, the woman's choice as to whether or not to continue with her own pregnancy. "Being forced to proceed to childbirth can cause unique and psychological violence to a woman." I know someone who, recently, found out she was pregnant. She is very...
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...Argument Essay Drafts Step #1: Prewriting & Outline Directions: Complete all of the elements of the prewriting; otherwise, the content of your piece will not be accurate. My Topic: What do I believe about abortion. My Attitude: Abortion should be a decision that a female should make for herself. My Purpose: To inform women that it’s your choice to choose. My Thesis Statement: Abortion should be a woman’s choice. It’s her body, she shouldn’t be forced to feel that abourtion is murder. My Audience: 1. How much does my audience know about my subject? I feel my audience know a little bit about my subject. 2. Age? Gender? Race? Social Status? Location? Religion? Women ages 18-30 all races, social status, and religion. All over the world. 3. Where does my audience stand on the issue; are they Opposed or Neutral? My audience is neutral, not sure. Outline: 1. Abortion can be applied per the situation. A. Rape B. Too young/not ready 2. Bringing a child into this world, that’s unwanted for whatever reason can suffer. A. Child can be mistreated B. Abuse/not love 3. A right to choose is a very important right. A. It’s her body B. Her choice 4. Abortion other then adoption is a good option to me. A. Some women can’t afford children. B. The children will end up in a crowed foster home unwanted. 5. Step #2: Argument Essay Rough Draft ...
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...Abortions and Morals versus The Right To Choose Latrice Dixon PHI 103: Informal Logic Professor Victor Reppert 2/7/2012 // . Over the course of history topics have been discussed, debated, and then re-discussed. Some would say can’t they agree to disagree or maybe move on to another topic. The most controversial topic in America history has been and continues to be abortion, the right to choose life or death. This paper will give the argument for and against abortion, the history of abortions, the religious aspects, and the statics of abortions including complications. I am against abortion because of my religious views and I think it is morally wrong to have an abortion. Considering America’s ethics and values, death is morally wrong. This makes the killing of unborn fetuses morally wrong as well. Abortion is not justified because it goes against God’s word, is murder, and, poses risks to the mother. On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decisions, handed down two rulings legalizing abortion in America (http://prolifeaction.org). Prior to these rulings abortion was prohibited in most of the 50 states (http://prolifeaction.org). In two states abortions were allowed New York and California, but various restrictions were in place (http://prolifeaction.org). These restrictions were removed by the 1973 rulings (http://prolifeaction.org). The Supreme Court based its decision on the “right to privacy”, which it claimed was guaranteed...
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...the intruding device of death. This is, in all actuality, the witnessing of the killing of a person, a human being. This topic is so powerful that the debate over pro-life against pro-choice has been going on for many years. People need to be made aware of what is happening nearly everyday in the United States which is the killing of innocent lives by the thousands. According to the pro-life movement, abortions need to be prohibited with no exceptions, to defend the right of human life. Contrary to this belief, pro-choice activists strongly disagree by arguing on every level possible and stating that it is the woman’s decision if she wishes to interrupt a pregnancy within her womb. So, while supporters of abortion claim it should continue to be legal in the United States, especially if the mothers life is endangered or the pregnancy was caused by rape, it actually should not be made legal because of the fact that it is the killing of an innocent human being, the methods used to do so are barbaric, and because there are other choices available as an alternative to abortion. First, let’s take into account the pro-choice advocates issue regarding the right to terminate a pregnancy if that pregnancy endangers the mother’s life. According to Morgentaler who wrote an essay for 123.HelpMe.com, he states that,” when women are older, they no longer...
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...“Pro-choice Abortion” Abortion has been one of the biggest controversies of all time. Many people believe it is immoral and even consider it to be murder. The definition of abortion is; “The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to being capable of normal growth.” 1 These pro-life believers do not support the idea of induced abortion and believe it should be illegal. Many of these supporters do not know that if abortion were illegal they would still be performed, unfortunately by an uneducated staffs. Over 70 thousand maternal deaths occur every year because of unsafe abortions1. These women die, so the idea of supporting pro-life is contradictory, this is why the nation should be pro-choice. Pro-choice believers support the right to privacy and the idea women should have the choice to do what she pleases with her own body. As an example; a woman is raped by a man and becomes pregnant with his child. She decides she doesn’t want to keep the baby; she has an abortion because the idea of raising a child of her rapist is too painful for her to cope with. Pro-choice defenders take sympathies to this woman while she then gets called a murderer by pro-life supporters. Abortions sometimes results in the woman being harassed because of the choice she has made about her own body. That’s what pro-life supports. Often time’s situations like this turns into harassment which can be considered to be part of anti-abortion violence1....
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