Making abortion illegal has little effect on the number of abortions performed and there is evidence from all over the world that shows this. In the 1930's there were thousands of criminal abortions in the United States and Canada. The number of births dropped by about half, as women refused to bring children into a depressed economy. These women resorted to dangerous illegal abortions to end their pregnancies. Due to this, about 2500 women died every year from abortion complications, making up for one in four maternal deaths. From 1950 to 1965 in the US alone, there were over 250 abortion related deaths reported each year. At the time illegal abortions were approximately two to three times more dangerous than a legal abortions and "...simple calculations show the there were

It is also true that, women whose own health is compromised during pregnancy are more likely to miscarry and to deliver babies who are sick. Their babies are also more likely to die soon after birth. Women who's pregnancies which are unwanted are often less likely to get prenatal care, are statistically more likely to use cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs during their pregnancy, and are more likely to give birth to low birth weight, sick babies, as well as not breast feed. Should a baby be forced to be brought up under these conditions? Like drinking, drug use, prostitution, and sex, abortion is a victimless crime. In 1965, sociologist and lawyer Edwin Schur looked at the existing laws against homosexuality drug use, and abortion and found the laws to be futile. Schur argues "... the laws against abortion points up some of the major consequences of attempting to legislate against the crimes without victims."(qtd.in Sykes) He also went on to say that abortion is an example of "the unenforceability of a statute that attempts to prohibit a private practice where all parties concerned seek to avoid the restriction."(qtd.in Sykes) Unenforceable laws have little affect on people's behaviors, but do lead to crime and corruption. In countries like Canada or the United States, where individual freedoms and liberties are a very high priority, it is hard to picture a

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