No one ever wants to be in the position of having an unplanned pregnancy but sometimes it happens and what if that sometime is you, what if one day that was you put in that position? How would you handle the situation? A life was created because of you whether it is an accident or not. Abortion is the process of removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. There are two kinds of abortions in the United States, the in-clinic abortion and the abortion pill. There are so many things to consider when deciding to abort; girls/ladies need to look at the long term cons and not only the future “pros” of abortion. An abortion takes a toll on a woman’s health and can lead to serious long term effects. Abortion can affect
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Everyone knows the possible outcomes when choosing to engage in sexual activity and they still choose to do so and now that one ended up in an unplanned pregnancy they want to terminate an innocent child’s birth, who cannot stand up for his/her own life. Abortion should not be legal; a child is a blessing from God and every baby deserves the chance to be able to have a life. The statistics on abortion in America are very important to one so they are aware of the abortion numbers. Out of all the unintended pregnancies, four out of ten are aborted. It has been approximated that there are 1.21 million abortions performed in America each year. That is 1.21 million lives that have been taken away and not given the chance at life. Why do women choose abortion? It is reported in “Considering social policy on abortion: respecting women as moral agents,” that …show more content…
21 states require an abortion to be performed in a hospital after a specified point in the pregnancy, and 18 states require the involvement of a second physician after a specified point, 42 states prohibit abortions, generally except when necessary to protect the woman’s life or health, after a specified point in pregnancy, most often fetal viability, 46 states allow individual health care providers to refuse to participate in an abortion., 43 states allow institutions to refuse to perform abortions, 16 of which limit refusal to private or religious institutions, 17 states mandate that women be given counseling before an abortion that includes information on at least one of the following: the purported link between abortion and breast cancer (5 states), the ability of a fetus to feel pain (12 states) or long-term mental health consequences for the woman (8 states), 26 states require a woman seeking an abortion to wait a specified period of time, usually 24 hours, between when she receives counseling and the procedure is performed, 10 of these states have laws that effectively require the woman make two separate trips to the clinic to obtain the procedure, and 38 states require some type of parental involvement in a minor’s decision to have an abortion. 21 states require one or both
Everyone knows the possible outcomes when choosing to engage in sexual activity and they still choose to do so and now that one ended up in an unplanned pregnancy they want to terminate an innocent child’s birth, who cannot stand up for his/her own life. Abortion should not be legal; a child is a blessing from God and every baby deserves the chance to be able to have a life. The statistics on abortion in America are very important to one so they are aware of the abortion numbers. Out of all the unintended pregnancies, four out of ten are aborted. It has been approximated that there are 1.21 million abortions performed in America each year. That is 1.21 million lives that have been taken away and not given the chance at life. Why do women choose abortion? It is reported in “Considering social policy on abortion: respecting women as moral agents,” that …show more content…
21 states require an abortion to be performed in a hospital after a specified point in the pregnancy, and 18 states require the involvement of a second physician after a specified point, 42 states prohibit abortions, generally except when necessary to protect the woman’s life or health, after a specified point in pregnancy, most often fetal viability, 46 states allow individual health care providers to refuse to participate in an abortion., 43 states allow institutions to refuse to perform abortions, 16 of which limit refusal to private or religious institutions, 17 states mandate that women be given counseling before an abortion that includes information on at least one of the following: the purported link between abortion and breast cancer (5 states), the ability of a fetus to feel pain (12 states) or long-term mental health consequences for the woman (8 states), 26 states require a woman seeking an abortion to wait a specified period of time, usually 24 hours, between when she receives counseling and the procedure is performed, 10 of these states have laws that effectively require the woman make two separate trips to the clinic to obtain the procedure, and 38 states require some type of parental involvement in a minor’s decision to have an abortion. 21 states require one or both