Reasons to be Against Abortion
Have you wondered how much abortion has happened since the time of legalizing abortion in the US? Since the legalization of abortion in the US at the time of the Roe v. Wade, the infamous Supreme court decision, there has been 55,772,015 abortions [Add source]. Half of the pregnancies are not planned and 4 in 10 of them are killed by abortion. At the current rate, one third of American women will have an abortion. Also women who are in their 20s have the highest abortion rates (U.S. Abortion Statistics). The statistics continue to be very disconcerting. In fact, 10% of women have complications during their first abortion, but after that, the percentage is much higher during the second trimester (Abortion Risks). …show more content…
It has an emotional impact, marital issues, and communication problem. The family faces emotional impacts due to the abortion that a family member has. Vincent Rue, Ph.D., wrote that the men in the family tend to feel grief, but not to show it openly as to what Rue says. Also, Rue states that men may have a quick and fast response and it is hard for the men to isolate themselves from their partner even though they may feel anger. It is normal for them to immediately have a reaction. Marital issues also has a negative effect on families. According to Elizabeth Cassidy, forty and fifty percent of couples end up divorcing after abortion. Mostly, for the younger women, it is them who end their relationships because they may have been the main person who promoted the abortion. The mothers want to protect their daughters as well. The article mentions that 48% of the women in relationships with her partner is changed in some way by abortion. Lastly, communication problems is a negative effect on families. Because the woman has the final say to have an abortion, it creates an unbalanced communication because she can choose whether or not to include the man (Reisser). Another issue with communication is that society does not grief with the couple. At the end of the abortion, the couple is left with confusion and stress and without the community’s help (Reisser). These reasons only further the argument that abortion has negative effects on
Have you wondered how much abortion has happened since the time of legalizing abortion in the US? Since the legalization of abortion in the US at the time of the Roe v. Wade, the infamous Supreme court decision, there has been 55,772,015 abortions [Add source]. Half of the pregnancies are not planned and 4 in 10 of them are killed by abortion. At the current rate, one third of American women will have an abortion. Also women who are in their 20s have the highest abortion rates (U.S. Abortion Statistics). The statistics continue to be very disconcerting. In fact, 10% of women have complications during their first abortion, but after that, the percentage is much higher during the second trimester (Abortion Risks). …show more content…
It has an emotional impact, marital issues, and communication problem. The family faces emotional impacts due to the abortion that a family member has. Vincent Rue, Ph.D., wrote that the men in the family tend to feel grief, but not to show it openly as to what Rue says. Also, Rue states that men may have a quick and fast response and it is hard for the men to isolate themselves from their partner even though they may feel anger. It is normal for them to immediately have a reaction. Marital issues also has a negative effect on families. According to Elizabeth Cassidy, forty and fifty percent of couples end up divorcing after abortion. Mostly, for the younger women, it is them who end their relationships because they may have been the main person who promoted the abortion. The mothers want to protect their daughters as well. The article mentions that 48% of the women in relationships with her partner is changed in some way by abortion. Lastly, communication problems is a negative effect on families. Because the woman has the final say to have an abortion, it creates an unbalanced communication because she can choose whether or not to include the man (Reisser). Another issue with communication is that society does not grief with the couple. At the end of the abortion, the couple is left with confusion and stress and without the community’s help (Reisser). These reasons only further the argument that abortion has negative effects on