year olds. Recently the U.S. rate dropped 6 percent overall but the

rate of abortion among girls younger than 15 jumped 18 percent.

The rate among minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189

The most popular procedure involved in abortions is the vacuum

aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or

less since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply

inserted through the cervix and the contents of the uterus are

vacuumed out. The most commonly used type of second trimester

abortion is called dilation and evacuation. Since the fetus has bones,

bulk and can move, second trimester is not as simple. When as

much of the fetus and placenta are vacuumed out then tweezers are

used to remove larger parts. After this, or the beginning of the fifth

theoretical articulation and defense by Judith Thomson.(meilander 3)

rapist.(Kolner 5) Abortion is necessary for women to have control

the fetus as she would a full-term baby. About 40 percent of

tion is serious and actually induced as childbirth. That is,

(Abortion: The Personal, Medical and Social Dilemma) Overall it

considered murder, has many psychological side effects and there is

her child. It's a direct violation of human rights." (Koval i grid c-7)

and injustice. Women must have the right to control the functions of

have no right to interfere. The practical assertion that since

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