Abortion has been practiced since the beginning of civilization. Throughout history, societies have used a wide range of methods to force a pregnancy to an early and unnatural end. Until the advent of modern medical practices and understanding, women were subject to primitive procedures, often improvised, including the common use of poisonous concoctions to induce abortion (Flanders, 4). It was awfully terrible to know that women had to go through so much pain as a result of a pregnancy.

During the twelfth century in ancient Assyria, abortion was a crime under the Assyrian Code. Women who violated the code were tried and, if convicted, impaled on a stake and denied the dignity of burial. The Jewish law forbade abortion as a way of avoiding childbirth, except when necessary to save the mother?s life (4). The law was a good thing in a wa

and everyone is entitled to their own.

During history, abortion was one law that was constantly changing. In 1900, every state had outlawed abortion. The only way you could get an abortion was if it was to save the pregnant woman (Lowenstein, 28). I think it could be tolerable if women had abortions only to save her life. Other reasons for having an abortion are not acceptable to me.

salt poisoning and hysterotomy. The one that seems most popular is the abortion pill, RU-486.

One negotiable question is will abortion erase the memory of the rape or heal the emotional and physical pain of the assault? Hardly. Rape is an

Cozic, Charles. and Tipp, Stacey. Abortion: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press Incorporated. 1991.

Abortions may damage the cervix. The muscle could be torn when it is stretched open. The womb could be punctured by the abortion instruments. This could lead to later miscarriages, bleeding during

During the classical era, Greece allowed abortion. Practitioners either performed surgery or dispensed drugs. An abortionists failure to inform the

vaginal discharge, and in some cases destruction of tissue that can result in sterility (Lowenstein, 44). This is a severe disease and it causes a great deal

gone. The father of the baby was informed she was pregnant and he was also informed she was going to have an abortion. He did not care about either (Interview). I would definitely have to tell the father I was pregnant. After all it is his child also. She does not have any symptoms. Although she often thinks about what happened. When she thinks about it she cries. Sometimes she does regret having an abortion (Interview). I would cry all the time if I had an abortion. The reason is, I would know I took a human life. I would feel terrible.

In 1959 the American Law Institute proposed a Model Penal Code that advocated sweeping liberalization of state abortion laws. The ALI recommended that state lawmakers broaden the grounds for legal abortion to include mental health of the mother, pregnancy due to rape or incest, and fetal deformity. Not one state legislature adopted the ALI suggestions (7). Rape should not be a reason to have an abortion because there is other alternatives like adoption. The mental health should depend on how severe the mother?s health would be after the outcome of the pregnancy. Incest and fetal deformity should also depend on the severity.

I asked her if she thought about putting the childup for adoption. She thought about it but she again felt like she did not have a choice. Also at the

Does rape justify an abortion? Should abortions be legal in such cases? These questions are frequently asked. There is no correct answer. We only have opinions about the subject. But there are issues that are negotiable dealing with rape.

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