Abortion Is Only An Option! Abortion is one of the biggest controversial topics, not only in America but worldwide. When it comes to the topic of abortion there is two sides, pro-life and pro-choice. People who believe in pro-life believe that abortion should be totally illegal. Pro-life also has very good points that will be mentioned. But pro-choice is the better option because it is only an option for people. Abortion really started to blow up as a problem in 1973 in the Roe Vs. Wade case. Here’s a little summary of Roe Vs. Wade. The Court held that a woman 's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy (recognized in Griswold v. Connecticut) protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman a right to abortion
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Abortions are most commonly done by doctors in a hospital with the proper training and equipment. But for people in places where it is not legal, women might get an illegal abortion with people that do not have the proper training or equipment. This may lead to unnecessary deaths of women. “The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide 110,000 women die and six times as many are damaged every year from badly performed illegal abortions” (“Abortion”). The article explains how damaging illegal abortions can be, an estimated 110,000 die of illegal abortions and 660,000 are damaged each year. If abortion was legal worldwide then this would be much less of a problem. People may want an abortion for many different reasons, like not being prepared, money can be another problem, not having time or resources to take care of a baby. Especially in rape cases women may want to abort the rapist’s baby because it reminds them of the horrible act that happened. That is a completely understandable reason to get an abortion. Many undesired pregnancies may lead to economic deprivation and an on-going cycle of poverty and despair. Groups identifying themselves as “pro-choice” defend a woman 's right to have control over her own body. Abortion should be a legal option for women because it’s the woman’s body, she might not be able to support the baby and because it is better to abort than to raise a child unloved, mistreated or even
Abortions are most commonly done by doctors in a hospital with the proper training and equipment. But for people in places where it is not legal, women might get an illegal abortion with people that do not have the proper training or equipment. This may lead to unnecessary deaths of women. “The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide 110,000 women die and six times as many are damaged every year from badly performed illegal abortions” (“Abortion”). The article explains how damaging illegal abortions can be, an estimated 110,000 die of illegal abortions and 660,000 are damaged each year. If abortion was legal worldwide then this would be much less of a problem. People may want an abortion for many different reasons, like not being prepared, money can be another problem, not having time or resources to take care of a baby. Especially in rape cases women may want to abort the rapist’s baby because it reminds them of the horrible act that happened. That is a completely understandable reason to get an abortion. Many undesired pregnancies may lead to economic deprivation and an on-going cycle of poverty and despair. Groups identifying themselves as “pro-choice” defend a woman 's right to have control over her own body. Abortion should be a legal option for women because it’s the woman’s body, she might not be able to support the baby and because it is better to abort than to raise a child unloved, mistreated or even