Abortion is not a minor decision, it is a life changing decision. Sadly, the life that it most affects does not get a say of whether or not they would like to partake in the act. Abortion has been used for more years than one could count, and the practice can be dated back to the beginning of time. Abortions are used as an escape from pregnancy, whether the goal is to hide the fact that one was pregnant, or to get out of the parenting responsibility. Abortions can be dangerous to the mother, and it is harmful to the child who is taken from his/her life. The decision of abortion is not one that can easily be made, and one can be quick to change their mind, but by that time it is too late to go back. Abortion should be outlawed because every
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If a person knows that they do not want to have a child yet, then it is their responsibility to either stay away from sexual relations, or to use contraceptives (knowing that they will never be one hundred percent effective). Throughout the past fifty years contraceptives have been made more durable and effective to decrease the undesired pregnancy (Shulman, 2011). There are many different centers, and insurance plans that offer free contraceptives, and not everyone takes advantage of that benefit. Who 's fault is it if a person doesn 't use contraceptives and ends up bearing a child? It should be the fault of the people who engaged in sexual activity, and not the unborn child 's fault. Unfortunately, in many cases that child has to pay the consequences with their life. In the year 2011, about 730,322 abortions occurred ("Abortions in America," 2015). This means that out of every ten children unborn children, four of them were killed ("Abortions In America," 2015). As for contraceptives, there are sterilization methods, intrauterine methods, hormonal methods, and barrier methods; each of these types has many different sub-levels, that are specific contraceptives (Brown, 2014). Since there are so many different types of contraceptives, any person can find the type that is suitable to them. With the use of contraceptives, there can be a major reduction of unwanted pregnancies. With a decline in unwanted pregnancies that will control the amount of people who would want an abortion. If abortion were to be outlawed, then that would make for a sufficient amount of children to be adopted. If people were responsible enough to prevent a pregnancy, then there wouldn 't be so many deaths of innocent babies by abortion. It is not the child 's fault that they were conceived, so they shouldn 't be the ones paying the
If a person knows that they do not want to have a child yet, then it is their responsibility to either stay away from sexual relations, or to use contraceptives (knowing that they will never be one hundred percent effective). Throughout the past fifty years contraceptives have been made more durable and effective to decrease the undesired pregnancy (Shulman, 2011). There are many different centers, and insurance plans that offer free contraceptives, and not everyone takes advantage of that benefit. Who 's fault is it if a person doesn 't use contraceptives and ends up bearing a child? It should be the fault of the people who engaged in sexual activity, and not the unborn child 's fault. Unfortunately, in many cases that child has to pay the consequences with their life. In the year 2011, about 730,322 abortions occurred ("Abortions in America," 2015). This means that out of every ten children unborn children, four of them were killed ("Abortions In America," 2015). As for contraceptives, there are sterilization methods, intrauterine methods, hormonal methods, and barrier methods; each of these types has many different sub-levels, that are specific contraceptives (Brown, 2014). Since there are so many different types of contraceptives, any person can find the type that is suitable to them. With the use of contraceptives, there can be a major reduction of unwanted pregnancies. With a decline in unwanted pregnancies that will control the amount of people who would want an abortion. If abortion were to be outlawed, then that would make for a sufficient amount of children to be adopted. If people were responsible enough to prevent a pregnancy, then there wouldn 't be so many deaths of innocent babies by abortion. It is not the child 's fault that they were conceived, so they shouldn 't be the ones paying the