During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and .
war as one of the most debatable subject of controversy in the United .
States. It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions and law .
come together. Abortion poses a moral, social and medical dilemma that .
faces many individuals to create a emotional and violent atmosphere. .
There are many points of view toward abortion but the only two fine .
distinctions are "pro-choice" and "pro-life". A pro-choicer would feel .
that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the mothers and the .
state has no right to interfere. A pro-lifer would hold that from the .
moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is alive. This life imposes .
on us a moral obligation to preserve it and that abortion is .
tantamount to murder (Kolner 5). .
In the United States about 1.6 million pregnancies end in .
abortion. Women with incomes under eleven thousand are over three .
times more likely to abort than those with incomes above twenty-five .
thousand. Unmarried women are four to five times more likely to abort .
than married and the abortion rate has doubled for 18 and 19 year .
olds. Recently the U.S. rate dropped 6 percent overall but the rate of .
abortion among girls younger than 15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among .
minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189 per 1,000. .
The most popular procedure involved in abortions is the vacuum .
aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or .
less since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted .
through the cervix and the contents of the uterus are vacuumed out. .
The most commonly used type of second trimester abortion is called .
dilation and evacuation. Since the fetus has bones, bulk and can move, .
second trimester is not as simple. When as much of the fetus and .
placenta are vacuumed out then tweezers are used to remove larger .
parts. After this, or the beginning of the fifth month abortion is .