Presently, a significant proportion of Western Countries have legalized abortion. ... Even in more conservative countries such as India, abortion was legalized in 1971. ... It is also interesting to note that no prosecutions have been made in any state or territory for many years, and that opinion polls have shown a majority of Australians support the concept of legalizing abortion and the payment of medical benefits for the procedure. ... COMPLETING SENTENCE If abortion is not legalized in Australia there are still alternative measures that can be explored. ... It is important that effi...

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Abortion tecniques are described in the oldest known medical texts. 1 The acient Chinese and Egyptians had their methods and recipes to cause abortion, and Greek and Roman civilizations considered abortion an integral part of maintaining a stable population. ... Attitudes toward sexuality and procreation were changing in the twentieth century, which was contributing to the legalization of abortion. ... The major reason for legalization was that women were being injured or dying from unnecassarily dangerous illegal abortions. ... By keeping abortion illegal, one creates a major conflict for w...

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There are two kinds of surgical methods that can be applied to end pregnancy. In one method, the cervix is opened and the contents of the uterus are extracted; the contents include the fetus and the placenta. The second method is mostly used if the pregnancy is past 22 weeks. ... Many countries that illegalize abortion have high death rates of women compared to countries that legalize abortions, such as United States. ... According to some statistics, there have been over 40 million abortions since abortions have been legalized in the United States. ...

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Advocates of this argument would most likely state that since the legalization of abortion an account of accurate records has been kept thus catering to health concerns. Other statements claim that since 1973 the number of women, percentage wise, who are using safer methods has increased (Richardson, 51). In my personal opinion these arguments simply state how legalized abortion has reduce the black market. ... To argue that society is better off with legalized abortion because it reduces the black market isn't a very good solution. ...

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The members of the "right to life" movement have lobbied for a constitutional amendment on the rights of the unborn since the legalization of abortion. ... Many women have used legal abortions as a drastic form of contraception, due to carelessness or ignorance of better methods. ...

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