They’re More than a Blob of Cells There are roughly 1.3 million abortions each year worldwide. Abortion is currently a huge debate in today's society, whether people are pro-life or pro-choice. When people make these decisions do they ever think about the unborn child? Abortion is a deliberate termination of an unborn fetus. People should think about all the brainpower and all the amazing things those children could have done. Instead, they were killed because the mother didn't want them or couldn't support them. Abortions worldwide do more harm than good; therefore, abortions worldwide should be illegal because they are an act of murder against defenseless unborn babies, abortions can cause psychological damage to the mothers, and abortions
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In "Abortion and mental health” Coleman proposes that, “Women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81% increased risk of mental health problems.” (Coleman 1) After an abortion women are more likely to have psychological damage to their brains. Abortions cause mothers to go through mental and emotional pain. Women would experience less mental pain if they were to give the baby up for adoption. A consistent finding has been that mental illness’ and subsequent mental health problems after either abortion or childbirth are increased. (Cameron 657) Women who had abortions are at a 59 percent increased risk for suicidal thoughts and a 61 percent increased risk for mood disorders. Emotional and psychological effects following abortion are more common than physical side effects and can range from mild regret to more serious complications such as depression. (Coleman 1) Women are at a much greater risk of psychological damage after an abortion. If women are considering abortion a better option to keep them from being at risk to psychological damage would be to carry the baby to term and give it up for …show more content…
Women should be able to do what they want with their bodies, abortions could be a mean of population control, and a child should not come into the world unwanted. Although women should be in charge of their bodies, the growing fetus is still a human being. It has the right to life. The child should be able to have a chance at life, and growing up. If after the women has the child she decides she cannot take care of it, she should give it up for adoption. Abortions are justified as a mean of population control. Abortions may be a mean of population control but there are plenty of resources to support aborted babies. Couples who aren’t able to get pregnant would do anything to have a child. They would give it the best possible home and give it a chance to thrive. A baby should not come into the world unwanted. No baby comes into the world unwanted. As stated before for every eligible child there are 36 couples who would love to have that baby. Although the biological mother may not want the child there are couples out there who do. Every child comes into the world with a purpose, and there is someone out there that would love that baby with their whole
In "Abortion and mental health” Coleman proposes that, “Women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81% increased risk of mental health problems.” (Coleman 1) After an abortion women are more likely to have psychological damage to their brains. Abortions cause mothers to go through mental and emotional pain. Women would experience less mental pain if they were to give the baby up for adoption. A consistent finding has been that mental illness’ and subsequent mental health problems after either abortion or childbirth are increased. (Cameron 657) Women who had abortions are at a 59 percent increased risk for suicidal thoughts and a 61 percent increased risk for mood disorders. Emotional and psychological effects following abortion are more common than physical side effects and can range from mild regret to more serious complications such as depression. (Coleman 1) Women are at a much greater risk of psychological damage after an abortion. If women are considering abortion a better option to keep them from being at risk to psychological damage would be to carry the baby to term and give it up for …show more content…
Women should be able to do what they want with their bodies, abortions could be a mean of population control, and a child should not come into the world unwanted. Although women should be in charge of their bodies, the growing fetus is still a human being. It has the right to life. The child should be able to have a chance at life, and growing up. If after the women has the child she decides she cannot take care of it, she should give it up for adoption. Abortions are justified as a mean of population control. Abortions may be a mean of population control but there are plenty of resources to support aborted babies. Couples who aren’t able to get pregnant would do anything to have a child. They would give it the best possible home and give it a chance to thrive. A baby should not come into the world unwanted. No baby comes into the world unwanted. As stated before for every eligible child there are 36 couples who would love to have that baby. Although the biological mother may not want the child there are couples out there who do. Every child comes into the world with a purpose, and there is someone out there that would love that baby with their whole