Abortion and the Overall Decision to be Legal or Illegal This essay will report the different viewpoints of abortions and help clarify what really happens in an abortion. The safety of the mother in both illegal abortions and legal abortions is questionable in certain circumstances. Some procedures may cause pain to the mother even when being performed during the first trimester in safe environments. Public opinion of abortion is like many other controversial issues in the world, mainly based on religion. There are other options than abortion however, including birth control or planning pregnancies, however both may falter. If all other options fail, the mother can also decide to give up the child for abortion as well.
Safety
In Kaplan’s …show more content…
In many areas of the world, about 25% of the population, there are very strict policies on abortion prohibiting unreasoning abortions or unsafe abortions in generally (Kaplan, 2016). However, Henshaw and Martire’s reports show that over 4 million women in the United States have had an unsafe abortion (1982). It is a miracle that these women are even still living considering that WHO estimated in 2012 that 47,000 women throughout the world die each year from unsafe …show more content…
Some believe that “termination, although often requested, can rarely be justified on psychiatric grounds” (Clyne, 1970). Throughout history there have been groups of people that have standard beliefs for abortion, for example Christians generally believe that abortions is wrong under all circumstances. However, in the fifth century, Saint Augustine argued that the fetus of a child does not have a soul until the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy or until the first signs of movement in the mother’s stomach (Kaplan,
Safety
In Kaplan’s …show more content…
In many areas of the world, about 25% of the population, there are very strict policies on abortion prohibiting unreasoning abortions or unsafe abortions in generally (Kaplan, 2016). However, Henshaw and Martire’s reports show that over 4 million women in the United States have had an unsafe abortion (1982). It is a miracle that these women are even still living considering that WHO estimated in 2012 that 47,000 women throughout the world die each year from unsafe …show more content…
Some believe that “termination, although often requested, can rarely be justified on psychiatric grounds” (Clyne, 1970). Throughout history there have been groups of people that have standard beliefs for abortion, for example Christians generally believe that abortions is wrong under all circumstances. However, in the fifth century, Saint Augustine argued that the fetus of a child does not have a soul until the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy or until the first signs of movement in the mother’s stomach (Kaplan,