Since ancient times abortion has been legal and practiced in many cultures and countries. In the United States abortion was legal under common law until it was first restricted in Connecticut in 1821 (Wilson, 2013). It restricted the use of toxic substances to cause miscarriage after “quickening” when a woman feels her child move (Wilson, 2013). In 1873 the Comstock Law banning the distribution of materials related to contraception and abortion is passed. During the Great Depression abortions increased as mothers could not afford to feed another mouth. In the 50s hospitals form board to decide if doctors can perform abortions. Therapeutic abortions are allowed by law if the mother’s life is in danger (Wilson, 2013). In 1955 Planned Parenthood
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The debate begins with what is life and who has rights to it? When do cells become a person? Do fetuses have rights to life and do the fetus’s rights to life outweigh the rights of the woman who carries that life? Religious people believe that life begins at conception, but no scripture actually says anything about abortion specifically. It only states that they should value life and to not commit murder. Christians and Catholics follow one of the Ten Commandments: “thou shall not murder” and they believe that it includes to fetuses. However no physician or Pope has ever declared a fetus a person. If a fetus is not a person then abortion is not murder and it has no rights. However even without the religious component we as humans have generally valued life and abhor murder. We want humanity to continue and abortion would seem to impede population growth. But that is not the case. Even with abortions and infanticide the human population has managed to reach seven billion. The only way it will be reduced is if some catastrophe happens to occur in the future that changes the environment so drastically that humans are no longer able to survive on earth or a plague wipes out a portion of the …show more content…
Early in the pregnancy abortion is between three hundred and five hundred dollars. The longer the woman waits the price of the abortion increases and can cost thousands of dollars. This is why many women go to places where abortions are free or done at a reduced price. Under the Affordable Care Act insurers are not required to provide for abortions. This is why many Pro-life supporters want to defund places that use government money to provide free abortions. If women cannot afford an abortion they will not get an abortion. Another issue is the availability of places that will perform abortions. Plan Parenthood continues to be defunded by the government and has consequently closed down many locations. This had lead several states to only have a handful of abortion clinics to serve the entire state. Another economic component of abortions is the transportation costs that women incur going to these far off clinics and the time and wages lost when they take time off work they miss when they get the procedure done. Politicians like the abortion debate because they know that it has stayed pretty much the same and that if they use it as a part of their platform they will get votes. The technological aspects of abortion are the procedures that are used to perform the abortions themselves and what happens to the fetuses afterwards. They have greatly improved over time. Now with a single pill a
The debate begins with what is life and who has rights to it? When do cells become a person? Do fetuses have rights to life and do the fetus’s rights to life outweigh the rights of the woman who carries that life? Religious people believe that life begins at conception, but no scripture actually says anything about abortion specifically. It only states that they should value life and to not commit murder. Christians and Catholics follow one of the Ten Commandments: “thou shall not murder” and they believe that it includes to fetuses. However no physician or Pope has ever declared a fetus a person. If a fetus is not a person then abortion is not murder and it has no rights. However even without the religious component we as humans have generally valued life and abhor murder. We want humanity to continue and abortion would seem to impede population growth. But that is not the case. Even with abortions and infanticide the human population has managed to reach seven billion. The only way it will be reduced is if some catastrophe happens to occur in the future that changes the environment so drastically that humans are no longer able to survive on earth or a plague wipes out a portion of the …show more content…
Early in the pregnancy abortion is between three hundred and five hundred dollars. The longer the woman waits the price of the abortion increases and can cost thousands of dollars. This is why many women go to places where abortions are free or done at a reduced price. Under the Affordable Care Act insurers are not required to provide for abortions. This is why many Pro-life supporters want to defund places that use government money to provide free abortions. If women cannot afford an abortion they will not get an abortion. Another issue is the availability of places that will perform abortions. Plan Parenthood continues to be defunded by the government and has consequently closed down many locations. This had lead several states to only have a handful of abortion clinics to serve the entire state. Another economic component of abortions is the transportation costs that women incur going to these far off clinics and the time and wages lost when they take time off work they miss when they get the procedure done. Politicians like the abortion debate because they know that it has stayed pretty much the same and that if they use it as a part of their platform they will get votes. The technological aspects of abortion are the procedures that are used to perform the abortions themselves and what happens to the fetuses afterwards. They have greatly improved over time. Now with a single pill a