...Argumentative essay Course title Course instructor Name Date Should the abortion be legalized? Abortion Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus becomes viable. It can be either therapeutic or accidental. In the former an RU 486 medication is administered or medical equipment used to perform procedure. The figure 1 below illustrates the abortion procedure using medical equipment Figure 1 the body parts are reached to with a looped clamp and pulled out part by part. The head is then reached for with a clamp and crushed so that it can come out of the virginal’s passage. Background The United States did not prohibit abortion in the past up until the 19th century. Antiabortion laws started being implemented with Britain being the first to do so. Abortion was only allowed if it was going to save the mother’s life. Though this, there were cases of abortion going on unpunished and being supported by the general public. A group of humanitarian reformists later arose and confronted abortion on the basis of being a “dangerous procedure”. The government also with the declining birth rate in the 1800’s, collaborated with eugenics movement and urged women to reproduce. As of now abortion is illegal in the United States with only American women being given the right to abort. Statistics show that between 80% and 90% of Americans approve of abortion in the case of poor health, a seriously defective fetus, or rape, and between 40% and 50% indicate...
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...Should Abortion be legalized? Introduction To fully understand the issue of abortion, we must first understand exactly what abortion is and the history behind the issue. According to the Webster’s Dictionary (2012) abortion is defined as the “termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus.” An abortion can take place under two different conditions. The two conditions are therapeutic and elective. Therapeutic abortion is when a pregnancy is terminated due to medical condition(s) that may endanger a mother’s health. On the other hand elective abortion is the termination of a pregnancy under any other conditions outside of health (Medical News Today, 2009). Throughout history there were various methods that were used in terminating pregnancies. However even though the methods differed, the trimester or duration of the pregnancy determined what type of procedure is used. Also the severity of the side effects and pain differed by what type of procedure use. According to the Medical News Today (2009) the methods used are clinical, surgical, and herbs. The two main types of abortions are the clinical and surgical. Although both procedures have their risks the herbal tends to be considered “extremely dangerous” compared to clinical and surgical abortion due to its history of causing internal injuries (Medical News Today). Foremost, both the clinical and the surgical procedure are...
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...Abortion should be Legal According to World Health Organization (WHO) unsafe abortion is defined as “A procedure for terminating unwanted pregnancy either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking minimal medical standards or both.” Each year approximately 1.3 million women decide to terminate their pregnancy in U.S.A according to a study published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. But why do women choose to end their pregnancies? Does legalizing of abortion in certain countries increase the number of abortions? The answer is no. Legalizing of abortion doesn’t have significant effect in the number. However, it has tremendous effect in decreasing the mortality rate of mothers and reducing health complications due to unsafe abortion. First, legalizing abortion decreases the mortality rate of mothers. There might be different reasons why women are forced to take the decision. Nevertheless, they made the decision because they couldn’t get alternative. Had there been an alternative to their decision for abortion, they wouldn’t carryout unsafe abortion in the countries where abortion is illegal. Worldwide 46 million abortions occur, and 20 million takes place in a country where abortion is illegal. (Facts in Brief: Induced Abortion Worldwide, 2003, Alan Guttmacher Institute). According to W.H.O the leading cause of maternal mortality in countries where abortion is illegal is unsafe abortion. A person who really...
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...| | When compared to other industrialised countries the US has one of the most significant homicide rates and crime rates. According to statistics published by the UN in 2010 the probability of being of a homicide victim is more than five times greater in the US than in the Netherlands and close to three times greater than in Canada. However in spite of these statistics and contrary to general public perception the United States have experienced a continued decline of its crime rates since the second half of the 1990’s. In 2010 there were 5.4 homicides per 100,000 persons compared to 9.8 in 1991 at its peak according to the US Bureau of Statistics (2004). Similarly, other statistics[1] published annually by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Justice statistics[2] have highlighted that violent crimes and property crimes rates have gradually declined, on average, in the US from their height in the beginning of the 1990’s to a low point in 2004 and continues to further decrease in spite of the current economic crisis. One would have expected that the recession would have ended this virtuous circle but instead “crimes of violence began going down in 2007, falling 0.7 percent that year and then an additional 1.9 percent in 2008. The trend accelerated [in 2009] with a 5.5 percent reduction in overall crime ...” (Jerry Markon, The Washington Post...
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...Abortion Should be Legalized The issue of abortion is very controversial in today's society. Although many people think it shouldn't be legalized, there are just as many who think it should. Your opinion rests with you and possibly the values you were brought up with. Whether you think women should have the right to abortion or not, you can find support for either side. Many individuals take the side of anti-abortion or pro-life which means they don't think women should have the right to abort an unborn child. This is the con side of legalizing abortion. Some of the pro-life members think that the reasons women shouldn't be able to abort is that the mother is ending an unborn child's life and if the mother is old enough to get pregnant they are old enough to have the child. Some pro-life activists think that even if you have to put the baby up for adoption later you should still have it. Although some of the reasoning that pro-life activist use, might seem a little ridiculous at times many of the activist aren't able to have children or are just trying to defend a baby that can't defend it self. The pro's of pro-life are that the baby gets a chance to live and experience life outside of the womb and maybe someone who is unable to have children will get the chance to be a mother or father if they adopt this child who would have been aborted. The opposing side takes a different side...
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...Wasn’t I wanted? Abortion has always been a controversial topic, infect no matter how many times this topic has been risen, but it has always remain as unsolved. There are many people out in the world who thinks that abortion should be legal and some think it should not be. I asked this question to my self is abortion right should be legal or not? I thought on this for a long time and then I made decision that abortion is not right. We have no right to take some one’s life. Abortion is not morally right. The reasons why abortion should not be legal: it is against in all religion, no moral value, adoption is alternative option for abortion, and it may effect on women’s life and future pregnancy. Every child is a precious and unique gift from god. We have no right to decline that gift. No religion says that we have right to take some one’s life. In every religion birth and death is the choice of god. We have no right to kill even fetus because fetus is also living thing. . Everyowane have right to live. How anyone kills their own baby people who do this have no moral values. There are so many people out in the world who have no babies and they do understand the value of child, and the one is getting opportunity to have baby is not ready to accept them. “A good society is said to be one that makes it easy for its citizens to be good. Western civilization has, until now, based its laws on the principles of Judeo-Christianity. Principles mean moral absolutes”...
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...increasing number of abortion cases throughout the world. This scenario has been fuelled by among other factors social and economic factors. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy. It is the removal of the foetus before it is viable. It is usually done before the foetus gets to 25 weeks old. It is either spontaneous or induced abortion. Abortion refers to the induced type (Malcolm 1977 page 12). In developed countries, abortion is legal whereas most developing countries do not encourage and permit abortion. This brings about the differences in safe and unsafe abortions. Abortion accounts for over 70,000 maternal deaths worldwide. Abortion has a long history. In the past, it was done using crude tools such as sharpened tools, physical trauma and other traditional methods. With advancement in the field of medicine, contemporary methods are now used and involve the use of medication and surgical procedures (Nada 1998 page 61). Each country in the world has different legality, cultural and religious statuses and prevalence of abortion. The ethical principles towards abortion and removal of pregnancies also vary. Countries such as the United States of America and Britain have heated politics surrounding the issue of abortion in pro-life and pro-choice campaigns (Ted 1995 page 66). These are based on the argument that for one group, it should be legalized and for the other, abortion should not. Most governments in the developed countries have legalized abortion. Many developing...
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...The argument whether abortion should be legal or not has been raging for years. In America where democracy rules and the right to freedom of choice are set at a high priority among citizens, it’s not hard to see pro-choice and pro-life ideals going head on. In this paper I will explain some of the major reasons woman have abortions, as well as how if we are truly a democratic society and we do have freedom, then pro-choice and legalizing abortion is the answer. I will also talk about ethical issues, and how the effect of legalized abortions has affected other countries, as opposed to countries where abortions are illegal. One of the major reasons some women have abortions is because they are too young, other reasons include not wanting to stop work or school, or simply can’t afford it. Some incidents of abortions include rape and incest which are big factors in under privileged countries like Africa. In developing countries, women have the additional concern of health risks and complications that occur as a result of unsafe practices in medical settings. This occurs when there is little social support, when a specific gender of a child is preferred or when governments enforce population control, such as China’s One Child Policy (Juggle, 2012). These reasons are consistent across numerous countries, but the difference between other countries and the US is that we have freedoms and inalienable rights which say woman have the right to make a choice. This country was founded...
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...Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? First before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mothers womb. This can be done by almost anyone from the mother herself to back alley abortions and even to abortions by clinics set up especially for this purpose. There are two sides to this abortion topic the PRO-LIFE which is those who are against abortion altogether and the PRO- CHOICE or those who believe it is the womans right to choose if she wants to have an abortion. 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. Although abortion is morally and ethically wrong should it be legal for victims of rape or incest who have no other alternative? There is no real answer to this controversy, there are two sides to it though which have been arguing for many years over the subject. The first is the pro-life group. This group does not believe in the abortion factor. To understand where the pro-life stands we must first understand its beliefs and reasons for its beliefs. Then we can discuss what their solution to the abortion...
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...Cruz 1 Do Not Cease the Pump of a Heart An unborn baby is not an object; it is a person! Stop the aborting method to end a human being’s life. Abortion is the termination of a human’s pregnancy. Women whom do not want to give birth to an unwanted baby use this unethical practice of terminating unborn fetuses. But Pro-life advocates are opposed to legalized abortion mainly because they consider the procedure a form of killing. Abortion could be justified if it was conducted to save the mother’s life. However, according to the United States Abortion Statistics website, “74 percent of women say having a baby would interfere with work, school, or other responsibilities” (“Abortion Statistics”). Therefore, the baby should not be punished by getting its life taken away due to the mother’s irresponsible actions and lack of preparedness for motherhood. Abortion should be made illegal because it is akin to murder, it can lead to physical and psychological complications of the mother, and there is a better alternative to abortion, which is adoption. The baby is known as an embryo upon fertilization and becomes a fetus after the eighth week of the pregnancy. According to...
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... 4th block ABORTIONS There are a lot of abortions in this generation. Financial hardship, inconvenient timing, lack of feeling responsible, and just being ashamed of being pregnant are some reasons women are driven to abortion. There is never an acceptable reason to kill an unborn child. Women who have abortions will always wonder about the baby and who that baby would have become. Even though they never met the baby, there will always be a vacancy in their heart. Abortions are not always successful. Failed abortions result in birth defects, premature delivery, and harming the physical health of the person carrying the child. Who knows when that baby feels pain? During failed abortions, no one knows how much pain babies feel. Survivors of failed abortions have many health issues and often cannot lead a normal life. People who are pro-abortion should watch the movie “October Baby”. Abortion was legalized as a result of a Supreme Court decision in 1973 called the Roe vs. Wade case. Jane Roe was a pregnant 20yearold with a 10th grade education who fought for the right of abortion. Norma McCorvey was her real name; she converted to Christianity and no longer supports abortions. She had three children: one was raised by her mother, her second child was raised by the father of the baby, and the third was put up for adoption. She never had an abortion and is against abortion on demand. Pro-abortion supporters claim than an unborn child is not...
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...i Abortion Controversy: Conflicting Beliefs and Values In American Society By: Joseph B. Tamney, Stephen D. Johnson, and Ronald Burton Submitted By: Thomala J. Hollingsworth Sociology 100 Professor: Gwendolyn Royal-Smith February 26, 2013 ii Abstract This study examines the ideological and structured basis for attitudes and political action relating to abortion. A sample from “Middletown” in fall of 1989 showed that most people believed that abortion begins at conception, a belief in privacy rights, and religion. Social traditionalism also played an important role in a pro-life stand, which is only influential for conservative Protestants and not for Catholics. Catholics believe in abstinence and refraining from taking anyone’s life as it relates to abortion. The political action, the data showed that the pro-life movement was more important in 1989 than the pro-choice movement. Party identification was not used for abortion as a political litmus test. However, attending pro-life churches did increase the likelihood of using abortion for voting decisions. I am interested in this particular article because the subject of legalized abortion or the lack thereof, hits home for me. I feel that women everywhere should have the right to say what happens to their bodies, which is in the United States, even in other countries where women are not allowed to have freedom of speech and treated unequally. Legalized Abortion I Women...
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...Martin flores English 1301 Jennifer Cedillos October 30, 2014 Abortion The word abortion by definition means the induced expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is able to survive. Abortion is an extremely controversial issue because while some people are against it, some believe it is a womans choice. Many people think that abortion an inhumane process, due to fact that it takes away the opportunity to live to a human being. Why is abortion bad, and why it shouldn’t be legalized? There are many arguments as to why it shouldn’t be legalized. Some are for and some are against abortion, which in many cases it makes us question the decision to be the correct one. To get a better idea on the topic, we need to pay more attention and look closely on all the point of views. Which are that abortion should be considered murder and with time a lot of women can use it as a form of birth control. Why should abortion be considered a crime? If abortion is legalized then murder should legal too. Abortion is immoral because it is intentional killing of a human being. It is a well known fact that life begins at the moment of conception. When an abortion is performed the life of an innocent child is taken. Abortion in many cases is used as a method to solve a problem. It is not correct because it is violating the rights of a human being who doesn’t have the option of choosing to live or not. Why deny the unborn child its right to live and experience the world. Also...
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...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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...Abortion Abortion, also called voluntary abortion, is a medical procedure used to end a pregnancy which results by the death of the fetus or embryo. In 76% of industrialized countries, abortion has been legalized, while the debate is still on table for the rest of the world. It’s a question that still divide although it’s quite difficult to take a clear position, there is no right or wrong but purely a question open to interpretation. Those who claim abortion to be right is the result of a personal free will, argue it’s a woman’s right be able to choose what happen to her body; in the other side those who refute claims it’s a murder of an innocent and vulnerable baby whose freedom was taken away. So many questions can be raised by this fervent debate that make me confused on my own position. First, as a supposedly living in a free world, women must have the right and freedom to control their body; therefore choose abortion and control their own reproductive capacity; abortion is thus a tool for it. Also what opposition forget sometimes is if abortion is illegal, it will only increase self-abortions or “back alley” abortions, or worse some exhausted or angry mother may kill their baby, as happened. During 1950’s in United States, the number of illegal abortion was between 250,000 and 1,2 millions per year; plus around 5500 of women died every year as a direct consequence of insecure abortion. Second, regardless religious arguments, opposition explain that pretending...
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