Abort Abortion If one were to look back and examine the course of human history, one would observe a trend amongst mankind: they do not always agree. Sure, there are times when society locks arms and sticks up for one another, but it is only natural that our opinions differ and we quarrel with one another. A politician will tell you, “You cannot make everyone happy.” Abortion is no exception. The practice of abortion has been around for centuries, along with the debate of its legal, moral, and social acceptance. Men and women, liberals and conservatives, young people and old people have all been dragged into the feud. The truth is this: abortion is wrong, and should not ever exist in a moral and truth-seeking society like the one in which
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Wade decision in 1973 and 2011, nearly fifty-three million abortions were performed in the United States, an average of 1.4 million per year (“Abortion ProCon.org”). It is a trend that needs to stop. The debate is split right down the middle, with forty-six percent of Americans considering themselves pro-life (opposed to abortion), and forty-seven percent considering themselves pro-choice (supporting abortion) according to a Gallup poll in May 2014 (“Abortion ProCon.org”). Abortion is usually discussed in a broad topic, but there are actually different forms of abortion and each situation is different. Nonetheless, abortion in any way is murder. It should be weeded out of our society …show more content…
In colonial times, abortions were permissible under the law as long as it was done before the “quickening”—the first detectable movement of the fetus, usually occurring between twelve and sixteen weeks into pregnancy (“Abortion History”). Though it was legal in the colonies, most abortions were not done professionally and women rarely fully recovered. Abortion was not even criminalized in the U.S. until 1821 when Connecticut became the first state to make it illegal. By 1965, every state in the union had made abortion illegal (“Abortion
Wade decision in 1973 and 2011, nearly fifty-three million abortions were performed in the United States, an average of 1.4 million per year (“Abortion ProCon.org”). It is a trend that needs to stop. The debate is split right down the middle, with forty-six percent of Americans considering themselves pro-life (opposed to abortion), and forty-seven percent considering themselves pro-choice (supporting abortion) according to a Gallup poll in May 2014 (“Abortion ProCon.org”). Abortion is usually discussed in a broad topic, but there are actually different forms of abortion and each situation is different. Nonetheless, abortion in any way is murder. It should be weeded out of our society …show more content…
In colonial times, abortions were permissible under the law as long as it was done before the “quickening”—the first detectable movement of the fetus, usually occurring between twelve and sixteen weeks into pregnancy (“Abortion History”). Though it was legal in the colonies, most abortions were not done professionally and women rarely fully recovered. Abortion was not even criminalized in the U.S. until 1821 when Connecticut became the first state to make it illegal. By 1965, every state in the union had made abortion illegal (“Abortion