The Issue Of Abortion
Abortion. Is there any other word that creates such hatred and charged emotion? The word abortion means "the loss or removal of an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the mother's body" (Day 7). The meaning of abortion, however, is completely different. To people who are pro-life, abortion is a vicious and murderous word dripping in blood and silent screams. To people who are pro-choice the word is just as emotional. It represents women being able to control their own thoughts, feelings, bodies, and futures. The question facing Americans today is, "Should abortions be illegal for women to obtain?" In the middle of the nineteenth century, the newly formed American Medical Association (AMA) placed restrictions abortions. This is exactly what is needed. With restrictions abortions can be performed safely and with as little pain as possible. Ending abortions is not the answer: abortions should remain a legal choice in the United States.The government cannot have control over a woman's body. It is her body, her rights. The freedom to make choices and decisions for ourselves is the base of this country. Taking away the rights of the mother is a horrific mistake. To deny the basic freedom rights that our forefa
"Someone gave me the phone number of a person who did abortions and I made that arrangements. I borrowed about $300 from my roommate and went alone to a dirty, run-down bungalow in a dangerous neighborhood in East Los Angeles. A greasy looking man came to the door and asked for the money as soon as I walked in. He told me to take off all my clothes except my blouse; there was a towel to wrap around myself. I got up on a cold metal kitchen table. He performed a procedure, using something sharp. He didn't give me anything for the pain - just did it. He said that he had packed me with some gauze, that I should expect some cramping, and that I would be fine. I left." (Abortion and Women's Health) This was a viewpoint from Polly Bergen, discussing her illegal abortion in the 1940's that rendered her infertile and nearly proved fatal. Making abortions illegal again would force mothers back to the dangerous days when abortions were very hush-hush and never spoken of. A "doctor" or unlicensed abortionist would use such methods as poison or inserting sharp objects into the uterus; performed in unbelievable conditions such as dark alleyways and upstairs attics. Even with these unsafe techniques and surroundings, the death rates for abortion was lower than those for childbirth. Safety reasons are just another reason why abortion should remain legal. The safety of abortions if they were to become illegal is also an issue. One in every three pregnancies ends in abortion (Day 3). If abortion were to become illegal this number would not magically drop. Abortions would still be needed and thus performed. Abortions today are performed in well-lit clinics, with sterile equipment, with doctors and nurses in case of the slightest complication. Since 1973 women in the United States have been able to make their choices knowing that a safe legal abortion is available. It wasn't always that way. Another common myth about abortions is that the only reason that they are being performed is for birth control. To choose to have an abortion is a very personal and very private decision, and no indi
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