Is Abortion Just Or Unjust

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Is Abortions just or unjust
“The nurse asked me if I wanted to see what they took out and I said Yes. If didn’t look like much, but I felt emptiness.” (Tonya) Abortion is not just a simple medical procedure. For many women, it is a life changing event with significant physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences. Most women who struggle with past abortions say that they wish they had been told all the facts about abortion. There are two kinds of abortion, surgical and medical. My conclusion is why get an abortions if you want kids later in life and you already know that there is a 75% that you could never have a kid again. A federal judge in Arkansas has ban most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. It was a issue because there was …show more content…
I have had patients who had abortions before coming to see me. These people are the most miserable. My heart goes out to the woman who is suffering so much from the decision she has made years before. Many are seeing me because they are now infertile.
The guilt expressed is tremendous... They grieve when, if they do conceive and then hear the baby’s heartbeat with the ultrasonic instruments, they realize that the abortion they had previously was likewise a tiny baby with a heartbeat. The trauma they experienced is overwhelming. The act of the abortion is not just the removal of pregnancy tissue from the uterus. There is more, much more, to the procedure than the pro-abortion counselors ever tell the person who is trying to make a decision. Once done, the damage is very difficult to live with.”(Unknown) “Since the Court 's ruling in 1973, there have been many studies of the after effects of abortion. Their combined results paint a haunting picture of physical and psychological damage among millions of women who have undergone abortions.” National statistics on abortion show that 10% of women under going induced abortion suffer from quick drawback, of which one fifth 20% were review major. there was study of 500 aborted women, they found that 50 percent expressed negative feelings, and up to 10 percent were classified as having developed "serious psychiatric
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Abortion in simple terms means “ending of pregnancy before birth.” Many people believe abortion to be a moral issue. According to ninth amendment “The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” This right states that woman has the right to do anything with her body. Abortion causes death of an embryo. According to a survey conducted by CBS 41% of the people said that decision of abortion should be left to the mother and remaining 59% said abortion should be strictly banned by the government.

There has been a long on going debate for the need of abortion. “There are supporters for both the sides of abortion. In the cases of rape, child sexual abuse the person has no other choice than abortion. Abortion has always been a woman’s issue. Abortion can be performed due to many reasons like risking of woman’s health, rape victims. There are many religious beliefs regarding the not legalizing of abortion. Many countries have already banned abortion and some countries allow abortion only under certain circumstances.”(Unknown) Think about other opinion, you can always get and adoption, I know you will have to carry the baby for 9 months but it’s way better then having and abortions because just because it’s not in this in this world quite yet it’s still murder. Adoption may cost a lot but there are

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