Induced abortion, the deliberate termination of a pregnancy has been one of the biggest issues in America for decades. ... This is why a woman should be allowed to choose whether she to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. ... Women with Diabetes, for example, are at high risk of having a pregnancy that threatens their life. ... Indeed, not all women have high-risk pregnancies. ... Unfortunately, pregnancy is not a risk-free life event" (Painter, 2012). ...

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Even with teenage pregnancy figures declining, this is a prevalent dilemma in the United States. The majority of teen pregnancies, approximately 78 percent are unintentional. Studies from the mid-1990s indicate that 43 percent of pregnancies to teenage girls, ages 15-19 end in unintended births and yet another 35 percent end in abortions. ... "Pro-choice" supporters believe that early abortions are morally acceptable and some believe abortion at any time during the pregnancy is acceptable. ... If she deems that she cannot raise the child at this stage in her life or go through the 9-month preg...

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It cannot be viable in the early months of woman's pregnancy and it is still a part of its mother "s body. ... There are many reasons for not wishing to continue a pregnancy: 1) the woman may be too young or too old. Teenager pregnancy is a good example. ... I believe in the right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy before it harms to the life of baby and the mother. ... Man can just walk a way with pregnancy but woman is the one who go through nine months of pregnancy alone with like I mentioned it before, mentally and physically. ...

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Wade, ruled that, during the first trimester of pregnancy, the state had no right to prohibit abortion and that, during the second trimester, the state could prohibit abortion unless the pregnancy endangered the mother's health or life" (Rein 112). ... Whether legal or not, each year millions of women of all backgrounds seek abortions when they cannot carry a pregnancy to term. ... There are many people waiting to adopt a baby, and adoption serves as an option to an unwanted pregnancy. ... Pregnancies that are a result of rape or incest can pose serious problems for a woman. Also a y...

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Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines abortion as: the termination of pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus a: spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first twelve weeks of gestation. ... First of all, abortion is the "termination of pregnancy". Stopping the women's pregnancy means to destroy the embryo or the fetus. ... The matter of when a fetus feels pain is also debatable since brain structure and nerve-cell connection that characterize the thinking and feeling part of the brain will not develop...

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For example, when pro-choice activist support abortions due to unwanted pregnancies, the activists are not rallying behind the idea of sexual incompetence, sometimes pregnancies due to lack of birth control. ... Congenital defects, is when deformities within the baby are detected during an early stage of pregnancy. ... Economics can also include cases such as teen age pregnancies The anti-abortionists have numerous reasons for their beliefs, and many of them are attached to their religion ideals. Religious ideals, range from having an abortion before 120 days after the pregnancy, such as in I...

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(Page 284) He described that abortion can only be justified when (1) to save the mother from the most extreme harm or else (2) to save the mother from a lesser harm when the pregnancy was the result of the wrongful acts of others for which the woman had no responsibility, or when (3) it can be claimed for a defective or diseased fetus that it has a right not to be born. ... "When the pregnancy was the result of the wrongful acts of others for which the women has no responsibility." ... In my opinion, abortion is not the real problem; the real problem is what should we do in order to prevent t...

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In summary, the ideas of this group are that abortion is permissible in the early months of pregnancy when the fetus hardly resembles a baby at all. ... In the final months of pregnancy, abortion seems to be wrong and immoral. ... I do not believe the fetus is a human until the middle months of pregnancy where the fetus begins to resemble a person. ... Also, rape and incest pregnancies serve as another argument. ... Meaning that every woman should be given the right to decide whether or not she would like to continue through the pregnancy or abort the fetus. ...

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The new law would have made abortion punishable by up to two years in jail unless a doctor determined that continuing a pregnancy threatened a woman's physical, mental or psychological health. ... First, pregnancy through rape or incest is very rare. Only 0.6 percent of the rape cases result in pregnancy. Second, even if the hideous violation were to result in pregnancy, logically it does not make sense to murder the baby for a crime that his father committed. ... I am not stating that the women should keep the baby, I am simply stating that women should continue the pregnancy. ...

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In many countries, like Afghanistan, women still go to prison for having an illegal abortion and is not allowed even in cases of rape or when the pregnancy endangers the life of the woman. ... Since pregnancy places a toll on a woman and even puts her at risk of death, forcing her to carry a child that she does not wish to have goes against her legal rights in some countries, but not Afghanistan. ... Abortion was prohibited in 30 states and legal under certain circumstances (such as pregnancies resulting from rape, incest, and date drug.) ... Some states did include provisions allowing for abo...

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These women resorted to dangerous illegal abortions to end their pregnancies. ... 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. ... Women who's pregnancies which are unwanted are often less likely to get prenatal care, are statistically more likely to use cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs during their pregnancy, and are more likely to give birth to low birth weight, sick babies, as well as not breast feed. ...

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First, besides being a traumatic experience, rape can result in an unwanted pregnancy. ... Unwanted Pregnancies Although the act of rape can produce several outcomes, I think that one of the most important is unwanted pregnancies. ...

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Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. ... Pro-choice supporters shed light on situations that many people may not find relevant when a woman makes a conscious decision to terminate her pregnancy. ... Roe v Wade made it illegal for women to have abortions after a certain point in the pregnancy, if the government says abortion cannot be performed up into a certain point does that make it right or wrong? ... For pro-life supporters there is never a reason to terminate a pregnancy. ...

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America Split in Two Women have the right to there body and anti abortion is impeding that right. Abortion has been one the most controversial subjects in American history both socially and politically. America has split in to two sides; pro - choice and pro - life. In January 22, 1973 U. S Supre...

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Pro-life vs. Pro-choice The topic of abortion is one of the most controversial of our times. It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions and law come together. There are different points of views towards abortion. These views can be broken down into two categories, Pro-life and Pro-choic...

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Your sexual contacts lead to pregnancy no matter you like it or not. ... But let me underline the escence of what i think about abortion exactley - if pregnancy is not in any way of menace to your health and life - then don't you think you are obliged to face the results of your imprudence for example! ...

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Abortion is the unnatural end of pregnancy and should be illegal except in instances when the mother or child's life is in danger. ... Let us make this unplanned or unwanted pregnancy a win-win situation for everyone by doing the right thing, either raising the child or giving it up for adoption. ...

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Anti-abortion advocacy groups argue that women seeking abortions do not report problems because they do not want to disclose an unwanted pregnancy. ... Other states have attempted to implement anti-abortion legislation by using different tactics, such as mandatory sonograms and anti-abortion counseling, sweeping limits on insurance coverage, and bans on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. ... In South Dakota, legislation required women seeking abortions to wait out a 3-day period and participate in counseling at pregnancy help centers that discourages abortion. ...

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In America, it is legal to abort a baby through all nine months of pregnancy, but it is important to realize: "That children much younger than nine months are dynamic and alive as well. ... Another would be that if the victims were to go through the pregnancy they would have conquered the rape, and by giving birth she can receive some of her self-esteem. ... There are many ways around the social, emotional, economic and physical struggles, young parents go through during pregnancy. For example, pregnancycenters.org is one great site dedicated to young struggling parents going through pregnan...

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According to Carey Goldberg and Janet Elder in the New York Times article dated, January 16, 1998, "In a poll that was given in 1989, when people were asked whether a pregnant woman should be able to get a legal abortion if her pregnancy would force her to interrupt her career, 37 percent said yes and 56 percent said no; In 1998, only 25 percent said yes and 70 percent said no. ... I also believe it is important for a young teenage girl to have the right to continue her education and to make her own decisions regarding an unwanted pregnancy. Whereas, a young woman with a career facing similar...

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Suction is applied through the tube and the pregnancy is terminated. ... The termination usually occurs within 12 hours of beginning the second course of tablets when the woman passes the pregnancy vaginally. ... Pro-choice is the name given to those who believe that abortion should be legal and freely available to those women who wish to terminate their pregnancy. ... That each woman should have the right to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes. ...

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Abortion is murder and should be illegal except in instances when the mother's life is endangered by the pregnancy. ... Abortion is a horrible atrocity that should be illegal unless the mother's life is endangered by the pregnancy. ...

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I believe that abortion should also be valid if continuing the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother or will threaten the mother with physical disability and other permanent medical problems. ... In conclusion, I personally feel that abortion should continue to be legal but under at least the following circumstances; it could only be performed before 9 weeks through fetal development, and it could be performed at any time, if the pregnancy threatens the mother. ...

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The Constitutional Question Should people be allowed access to drugs or devices designed to stop contraception, and thus be able to engage in sex without having to worry as much about pregnancy? ... This decision also paved the way for Roe v Wade, which acknowledged that women's privacy included a right to determine whether or not their own pregnancy should be carried to full term. ...

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In 1979, China (which contained approximately 25% of the world's population), initiated a dramatic policy named "one child family" that aimed for major social and economic reforms. Rather then just trying to use other forms of birth prevention to control the countries population and limit industrial...

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