One cannot begin to discuss the issues of abortion without first mentioning the 1973 landmark court case decision which made the act of abortion legal.

In Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court held that women have the constitutional right to decide whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. The Supreme Court further held that the state could place restrictions on abortion only if justified by "a compelling interest." In creating this last binding, the Supreme Court essentially made a compromise in the rights of women and the rights of the state. The state was given the power to ensure the health of pregnant women and protect potential human life. The court ruled that in the first trimeste

r of pregnancy, the women are granted the freedom of choice without any restrictions as to whether to terminate the pregnancy. In the second trimester, however, only the state's interest in potential life became "compelling." The state could not, however, restrict women from having an abortion if continuing pregnancy would put the women's health at risk.

In conclusion, I feel that the act of abortion is inexcusable by any rational. Human life begins at conception and negative interference in the development of a baby should be punishable by law. I have shown the numerous psychological and physical affects an abortion can have on the pregnant mother. A vivid quote on a technique used to brutally terminate the life of a child illustrates how inhumane the action of abortion is. There are many cost-free alternatives to abortion available to every mother in the U.S if not all over the world. Yet the troubling fact still remains that there have been over 35 Million Abortions in the U.S in the last 24 years. Something must be done.

In Russia in 1992, 98 out of every 1,000 women have died in performing abortions, one tenth of the women, yet it is still allowed. Why not allow one out of every 10 pregnant women to commit suicide as well, the result would be the same? With a death rate of one in 10, how could they have allowed abortions to remain legal?

It has been shown that having an abortion makes a woman more prone to developing breast cancer. Aborting a first pregnancy during the first trimester can double a women's risk of breast cancer. Multiple abortion often triples and even quadruples the risk.

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