Abortion prevents the mother’s or father’s life from turning for the worse. Various factors play into this decision which frequently is also benefiting the potential child. Having children costs lots of money and I certainly wouldn’t want to be born into a family that has to worry about paying basic medical expenses, education, mortgage and so on.
The battle between pro- life and pro- choice activists rages on since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jane Roe in 1973, giving a woman a constitutional right to abortion under certain conditions. However, recently stricter abortion laws and social pressure deny women the right to abortion, completely ignoring the reasons for why they arrive at this decision.
Despite the fact that various laws in favor of pro- life activists have taken effect, aborting pregnancy has to be legal under the right conditions in order to protect the mother and her potential child.
A study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute found, that from 2008 to 2011 the rate of abortion in the U.S. has declined by 13%. (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1506575)
Pro- life activists attribute this drop to stricter abortion laws; if there’s a lower availability of abortion they will happen less frequent. However, contrary to their beliefs, “The abortion decline between 2008 and 2011 was …show more content…
For one thing there is the strictly medical basis for abortion. This includes cases in which a mother’s life is endangered should the pregnancy continue, as well as situations associated with a low chance of survival for the fetus. However, there are a number of non- medical reasons that impact this decision. This includes sexual abuse or incest resulting in a pregnancy. However, a recent study conducted by BMC Women’s Health published by BioMed Central in 2013 uncovers the supports the studies of the late 19 hundreds, many of which were cited until recently despite being
The battle between pro- life and pro- choice activists rages on since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jane Roe in 1973, giving a woman a constitutional right to abortion under certain conditions. However, recently stricter abortion laws and social pressure deny women the right to abortion, completely ignoring the reasons for why they arrive at this decision.
Despite the fact that various laws in favor of pro- life activists have taken effect, aborting pregnancy has to be legal under the right conditions in order to protect the mother and her potential child.
A study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute found, that from 2008 to 2011 the rate of abortion in the U.S. has declined by 13%. (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1506575)
Pro- life activists attribute this drop to stricter abortion laws; if there’s a lower availability of abortion they will happen less frequent. However, contrary to their beliefs, “The abortion decline between 2008 and 2011 was …show more content…
For one thing there is the strictly medical basis for abortion. This includes cases in which a mother’s life is endangered should the pregnancy continue, as well as situations associated with a low chance of survival for the fetus. However, there are a number of non- medical reasons that impact this decision. This includes sexual abuse or incest resulting in a pregnancy. However, a recent study conducted by BMC Women’s Health published by BioMed Central in 2013 uncovers the supports the studies of the late 19 hundreds, many of which were cited until recently despite being