First of all lets discus exactly what abortion is, according to the Grolier encyclopedia , an abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable, or capable of living outside the womb( )There are two types of abortions a spontaneous abortion, or also known as a miscarriage, occurs when the embryo fails to develop and dies. The second type is induced, which is a procedure intended to terminate a suspected or known pregnancy. Most of induced abortions occur in the first 12 weeks, after which involves a much more complicated procedure. More than three-fourths of

The National Opinion Research Center has a survey that proves this point I am trying to make, it reads as follows(Allgeier,1995)...

There are a lot of complications that come along with having an abortion some of these include, complications with future pregnancies, increased risk of breast cancer, pelvic inflammatory disease, placenta previa, and excessive bleeding in other pregnancies(risks and complications, March 24, 1999). These are just some risks that need to be thought about when deciding whether to choose to have an abortion. There are also high risk groups that are involved, first being-women under 20 which have 2 times higher risk of medical complications and 150 percent greater risk of cervical injury. Second, are women who have had a previous abortion, 200 percent increased risk of miscarriages with future pregnancies, 160 percent risk of tubal pregnancy(risks and complications, March 24,1999). There are definitely a lot of things to ponder, this is not an easy nor painless both physically and emotionally procedure to with go. I feel that this choice should be left up to the woman though, not the government, it is her body not theirs.

When people are deciding whether to be pro-life or pro-choice they rely on what they have heard about abortion or what someone they know went through, instead of thinking about how they would feel if it was them in the situation. For example in an article I read entitled "Before I Had Time to Think" by Nancy Anders, she talks about how she became pregnant from date rape. How her parents made her have an abortion because a similar thing had happened to her mother and that was how she dealt with it, so they felt it was the best thing for her as well. She never had an opinion in the matter, and after it was over she totally regretted it, now she is pro-life (Blanchard, 1994). That just shows exactly where pro-choice comes in at, and the important need for a freedom of such.

There have been many arguments, fights and harmful attacks at clinics, both trying to prove their reasoning, but no compromise has been made. The fact that medical information and technology keeps advancing is not helping the debate nor is the fact that some methods of contraceptives can be used as abortion methods also. A lot of people as do I, feel that the lines between pro-life and pro-choice are somewhat blurred. Pro-life supporters are also concerned with the threats to reproductive rights and the danger of the government to decide what options are available to them. Similarily pro-choice individuals are deeply saddened by the act of abortion and try to help minimize its use by educa`ting others.

conceptions are spontaneously aborted.

Why do women seek abortions? In a study that was done about abortion, by Russo, Horn, & Schwartz, shows the percentages of reasoning behind different categories of abortions. 75 percent of unmarried minors reported that they were not mature enough to raise a child. 5 percent reported they were merely avoiding single parenthood. Some external reasons that were important to minors were, desire to complete education was 37 percent, inability to afford a child 29 percent, issues that were related to social approval 14 percent, and their partners reaction to the pregnancy 12 percent(1992).

There is a lot of talk about the Abortion-as-Birth-Control Hypothesis, but what exactly is this? In 1977 Jimmy Carter changed his opinion on Federal funding for abortions for poor women on the notion that it might encourage women to use abortion rather than contraception for birth control. I do not know who would support this sort of hypothesis, because first of all there is not a 100 percent effective contracept

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