Cohen, Susan A. "Facts and Consequences: Legality, Incidence and Safety of Abortion Worldwide." Guttmacher Institute. N.p., 03 Mar. 2016. Web. 31 Oct. 2016.
In Facts and Consequences: Legality, Incidence and Safe of Abortion Worldwide by Susan Cohen, Mrs.Cohen examines the worldwide issues and shines light on the Issues of unsafe abortions around the world. She gives statistics that surprise the reader, such as the fact that of the 42 million abortions that occur worldwide, almost half are performed by unskilled individuals. This idea gets looked into further throughout the essay, as she explores the various effects of unsafe abortions. The health, and legal aspect are thoroughly looked into as she explores the various unfortunate statistics …show more content…
The illegality of abortion for kids under 18 forces them to go to their parents. As many kids do not want to reveal to their parents that they are pregnant, they seek other dangerous methods. It is already unsafe to have a child at such a young age, as they are at high risk for pregnancy complications such as anemia.Young women having unsafe abortions is even more risky. Another issue with the illegality of abortions and how in most states if one wanted to get an abortion they need to get a wavier signed with their parents is the negative outcome of a daughter telling her parents. In most situations, many do not want to consult their parents as many come from families where such an announcement would only exacerbate an already dysfunctional family situation, causing even more harm in the pregnant woman 's life. Teen Pregnancy women catch no breaks, due to the fact that even if abortion is legal, health care costs are not cost effective are are for the most part not …show more content…
It also allowed me to bring a new idea to my essay as teens are faced with challenges with safety that other age groups don 't face. The idea of the law system, and health not allowing an individual to get access to a safe, affordable abortion was more thoroughly expressed in my essay using this article. With statistics, I was able to strengthen my argument, if there are more clinics,through legal changes, health complications for pregnant women/teens will decrease. The general pregnant teen idea also allowed me to state of my own personal beliefs in a form of a question, which is “Would you rather have a child grow up in an environment they are not loved/wanted in and when they grow older they might cause harm to themselves or others, or have an abortion, possibly saving the mother life and issues that come with having a child in a bad
In Facts and Consequences: Legality, Incidence and Safe of Abortion Worldwide by Susan Cohen, Mrs.Cohen examines the worldwide issues and shines light on the Issues of unsafe abortions around the world. She gives statistics that surprise the reader, such as the fact that of the 42 million abortions that occur worldwide, almost half are performed by unskilled individuals. This idea gets looked into further throughout the essay, as she explores the various effects of unsafe abortions. The health, and legal aspect are thoroughly looked into as she explores the various unfortunate statistics …show more content…
The illegality of abortion for kids under 18 forces them to go to their parents. As many kids do not want to reveal to their parents that they are pregnant, they seek other dangerous methods. It is already unsafe to have a child at such a young age, as they are at high risk for pregnancy complications such as anemia.Young women having unsafe abortions is even more risky. Another issue with the illegality of abortions and how in most states if one wanted to get an abortion they need to get a wavier signed with their parents is the negative outcome of a daughter telling her parents. In most situations, many do not want to consult their parents as many come from families where such an announcement would only exacerbate an already dysfunctional family situation, causing even more harm in the pregnant woman 's life. Teen Pregnancy women catch no breaks, due to the fact that even if abortion is legal, health care costs are not cost effective are are for the most part not …show more content…
It also allowed me to bring a new idea to my essay as teens are faced with challenges with safety that other age groups don 't face. The idea of the law system, and health not allowing an individual to get access to a safe, affordable abortion was more thoroughly expressed in my essay using this article. With statistics, I was able to strengthen my argument, if there are more clinics,through legal changes, health complications for pregnant women/teens will decrease. The general pregnant teen idea also allowed me to state of my own personal beliefs in a form of a question, which is “Would you rather have a child grow up in an environment they are not loved/wanted in and when they grow older they might cause harm to themselves or others, or have an abortion, possibly saving the mother life and issues that come with having a child in a bad