This essay will attempt to present both sides of the debate about abortion. On the one hand, a supporter of a woman's right to have an abortion tend to focus on the rights of the individual woman. Those who fundamentally oppose abortion tend to focus on the rights of the unborn child. While this summary does not in any way clearly delineate the two sides of the argument, nonetheless, it provides a basis from which the issue may be more clearly understood.
In Studies in Family Planning Ruth Roemer states that "the serious health and social consequences of adolescent pregnancy call for the examination of the laws that affect adolescents" access to contraception and abortion. The general law of any country relating to the availability, sale, or distribution and financing of contraceptives affects adolescents. Similarly, a country's general law on abortion applies to adolescents faced with unwanted pregnancy and affects them accordingly."1.
Whatever the laws about abortion say in any given country have even more affect on teenagers. "Particularly legislation or court decisions concerning parental consent for contraception or abortion for a minor, has an important influence on the access that sexually active young people have to services."2.
1 Ruth Roemer, "Legislation on Contraception and Abortion for Adolescents, "Studies in Family Planning, v.16,n.5, Sept./Oct.,1985, p.241.
2 Ruth Roemer, p.241.
Just as the study by Ruth Roemer indicates that there is an academic argument against the strict regulation of abortion, there is an equally compelling popular argument against abortion that is pointed out time and time again in our daily newspapers and magazines. Time Magazine contains the following quotation by one of these countries many teenage mothers:.
Sitting in her parents" Louisville living room, she is the prototypical adolescent, lobbying her mother for permission to attend a rock concert, asking if she can have a pet dog and complaining that she is not allowed to do anything.
One type is Medical Abortion which is an abortion brought on by taking medications to end a pregnancy instead of having a surgical abortion. ... The other type of abortion is Surgical Abortion. ... One type of Surgical abortion is called legal abortion. ... Less then 1% of the woman who get abortions experience a major complication with the abortion procedure. ... Abortion is a very debatable topic. ...
The abortion issue doesn't stop there. ... Abortion should remain legalized for the fact that if it's not kept legal many women perform illegal abortions. ... Abortion is a woman's choice. ... In 1821 the first U.S. abortion bill, passed in Connecticut, banned the use of poisons to induce abortion. ... In 1970 abortion is on its way towards legalization, as Hawaii becomes the first to make abortion legal. ...
Two method can be used to induce surgical abortion. ... During the yeas that abortion was illegal, more pregnant women died from complications from self-induced abortions or abortion attempted by untrained or unqualified practitioners than from any other cause. ... Illegal abortion is unsafe abortion. Abortion has not always been so safe. ... Complications from Legal Abortion. ...
Purpose: To inform audience about abortion. ... And on the other hand those who are against abortions declare that abortion is murder and a violation of the fetus's right to live. ... Body: There are two types of abortions: a spontaneous abortion occurs without medical interventions of miscarriages. 25% of all pregnancies end in spontaneous abortions. ... Women the ages of 15 to 19 account for 19% of abortions, women 20 to 24 account for another 33% and 25% of abortions are obtained by women who are 30 or older. 88% of abortions are obtained in the first trimester of pregnancy. ...
Abortion My topic is abortion. ... To begin with I should explain what abortion is. ... Abortion is a very controversial subject. ... As you well know there are people pro-abortion and against abortion. ... That is my speech about abortion....
Though abortion should be used in atrocious situation. One argument against abortions is that it is immoral. ... The audible difference between abortion and murder is that abortions are legal, and murders are not. ... In 1967 Colorado and California legalized abortion. ... In order to avoid abortions, the government put strict restrictions on abortions. ...
Abortion" Abortion has been an issue of heated debate in the United States for numerous years. ... Let us look at the definition of abortion. ... The same is true of abortion. ... This is called Post-Abortion Syndrome. ... That is just one draw back to abortion. ...
Abortion is Legal Abortion must be a legal and attainable procedure for women throughout the United States. ... And finally, should abortion be legal? ... Should abortion be legal? ... Is abortion physically safe for women? ... This statistic proves that with abortions being legal, women are at a lesser risk of injury through abortion. ...
Abortion was widely available throughout much era when abortion was a crime. ... In high abortion states, only arrests of those born after abortion legalization fall relative to low abortion states. ... The social movement to legalize abortion resulted in a long outstanding acceptance of abortion. ... (Abortion Related 1) Abortion is not something that is allowed in God's law. ... Is abortion murder? ...
There are many different viewpoints on abortion and it is important to exam both sides of the abortion controversy. ... The abortion controversy has two main view points, the view against abortion is known as pro-life and the view for abortion is pro-choice. ... The idea of this oath given by midwives was to not provoke abortion because abortion was legal under common law. ... Few doctors still performed abortions and since it was a great risk for them, they charged about $600 for an abortion. ... By 1972 the number of illegal abortions grew to about twenty five hundred abortions a day. ...
