The issue on abortion has been a long time controversy worldwide. It poses questions whether the process is considered wrong or right. To some group of people, abortion is considered morally unjust because it is viewed as an execution or murder of a human being. In the United States (US), abortion is still banned in many states, and some have implemented limitations prior to getting an abortion. I am for abortion that it should be legalized nationwide without limitations because it constitutes women’s rights to privacy and making own personal medical decision, reduces maternal injury from unsafe abortion, protects women from financial disadvantage, and many religious organizations support women’s choice in abortion. Every Americans are
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Women should have the right to have an abortion at any time, even at a later term, during pregnancy for whatever reasons. In 1973, Roe vs. Wade case became the landmark decision by the US Supreme Court to give women the authority to get an abortion until the first trimester of pregnancy. [ ] Some protesters against abortion argues that women should only get abortions for reasons such as rape or medical reason that could potentially harm the mother’s health. In Texas, abortion is banned after 20 weeks or later term of pregnancy unless the pregnancy endangers the woman’s life, or a result of rape or incest. But sometimes, the decision to have an abortion does not usually correlate to health reason. A study performed in 2006, in Perspectives of Sexual and Reproductive Health, a publication of the Alan Guttmacher institute, conducted a study of hundreds of women who had second-trimester abortions. The results were not …show more content…
Typically, in the US, the process of abortion is medically safe but if women are turned away from having access to safe medical care, women are most likely to go places where botched surgical abortions are performed. These unsafe abortions are usually performed by non-licensed medical providers or practice in an unsanitary places. According to Daniel R. Mishell, Jr., MD, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, there are cases of induce abortions by using equipments such as coat hangers, knitting needles, or radiator flush, as a necessary means to remove the unwanted fetus. [ ] There are also cases reported in the US where unsafe abortions were performed that resulted in mortality. Reported cases of unsafe abortion-related death in the US are minimal. Between the year 1998 and 2010, approximately 16.1 million legal abortions were performed in the United States, but only 108 women died as a result, making the mortality rate 0.7 deaths per 100,000 procedures. [ ] If we continue to legalize abortion in all fifty states, then we can continue to prevent maternal deaths caused by unsafe
Women should have the right to have an abortion at any time, even at a later term, during pregnancy for whatever reasons. In 1973, Roe vs. Wade case became the landmark decision by the US Supreme Court to give women the authority to get an abortion until the first trimester of pregnancy. [ ] Some protesters against abortion argues that women should only get abortions for reasons such as rape or medical reason that could potentially harm the mother’s health. In Texas, abortion is banned after 20 weeks or later term of pregnancy unless the pregnancy endangers the woman’s life, or a result of rape or incest. But sometimes, the decision to have an abortion does not usually correlate to health reason. A study performed in 2006, in Perspectives of Sexual and Reproductive Health, a publication of the Alan Guttmacher institute, conducted a study of hundreds of women who had second-trimester abortions. The results were not …show more content…
Typically, in the US, the process of abortion is medically safe but if women are turned away from having access to safe medical care, women are most likely to go places where botched surgical abortions are performed. These unsafe abortions are usually performed by non-licensed medical providers or practice in an unsanitary places. According to Daniel R. Mishell, Jr., MD, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, there are cases of induce abortions by using equipments such as coat hangers, knitting needles, or radiator flush, as a necessary means to remove the unwanted fetus. [ ] There are also cases reported in the US where unsafe abortions were performed that resulted in mortality. Reported cases of unsafe abortion-related death in the US are minimal. Between the year 1998 and 2010, approximately 16.1 million legal abortions were performed in the United States, but only 108 women died as a result, making the mortality rate 0.7 deaths per 100,000 procedures. [ ] If we continue to legalize abortion in all fifty states, then we can continue to prevent maternal deaths caused by unsafe