Too Much Abortion In America
Over the last couple decades, abortion laws have been debated very heavily. Both opposing sides of the argument bring forth many great points, but nobody actually understands what is politically correct. Scientist and religious figures have been researching and writing papers over the matter for decades. Abortion should only be allowed in certain cases of rape or incest. This would eliminate the problem tremendously. Abortion in today’s society is a major problem.
When having sexual intercourse, condoms or “the pill” are much better and healthier alternatives than having an abortion after the fact. According to Abort73.com, in 2009 there were on average, 3,150 abortions every day in the United States alone. (Guttmacher …show more content…
Holly Patterson, an 18-year-old, died from a Planned Parenthood administered abortion. She had recently visited the organization's website, where it claimed that RU-486 was "extremely safe.” (Wright 2). If killing innocent bystanders on the street is a crime, why is killing developing babies not one? It should be. This is truly an amazing quote, “Would it bother us more if they used guns?” (Abort73 2). This is referring to using guns to shoot the fetuses when they get aborted, it would be much more violent, but the same result. Would that be okay, no, and this is why we need to fix the problem at its roots and come up with a relatively inexpensive, yet permanent solution for all women in the …show more content…
Should the government focus on teenagers or middle-aged women who mess around? No one actually has the correct answer, but a few actions can guide the abortion rates towards extinction. Offering more extensive sexual education classes in high school will force kids to realize the outcomes of their actions. Higher abortion costs would decrease pregnancies in the young and poor, nevertheless it could also lead to more painful home abortions. Decreasing rape and incest rates would ergo decrease abortion rates on a small scale. This approach could be taken on by charging rapists with a more severe criminal sentence. Eventually the government just needs to step into the situation and counteract the
Over the last couple decades, abortion laws have been debated very heavily. Both opposing sides of the argument bring forth many great points, but nobody actually understands what is politically correct. Scientist and religious figures have been researching and writing papers over the matter for decades. Abortion should only be allowed in certain cases of rape or incest. This would eliminate the problem tremendously. Abortion in today’s society is a major problem.
When having sexual intercourse, condoms or “the pill” are much better and healthier alternatives than having an abortion after the fact. According to Abort73.com, in 2009 there were on average, 3,150 abortions every day in the United States alone. (Guttmacher …show more content…
Holly Patterson, an 18-year-old, died from a Planned Parenthood administered abortion. She had recently visited the organization's website, where it claimed that RU-486 was "extremely safe.” (Wright 2). If killing innocent bystanders on the street is a crime, why is killing developing babies not one? It should be. This is truly an amazing quote, “Would it bother us more if they used guns?” (Abort73 2). This is referring to using guns to shoot the fetuses when they get aborted, it would be much more violent, but the same result. Would that be okay, no, and this is why we need to fix the problem at its roots and come up with a relatively inexpensive, yet permanent solution for all women in the …show more content…
Should the government focus on teenagers or middle-aged women who mess around? No one actually has the correct answer, but a few actions can guide the abortion rates towards extinction. Offering more extensive sexual education classes in high school will force kids to realize the outcomes of their actions. Higher abortion costs would decrease pregnancies in the young and poor, nevertheless it could also lead to more painful home abortions. Decreasing rape and incest rates would ergo decrease abortion rates on a small scale. This approach could be taken on by charging rapists with a more severe criminal sentence. Eventually the government just needs to step into the situation and counteract the