MURDER FOR HIRE
The subject of abortion has brought on some of the most controversial, social, and moral debates in U.S. history. On January 22, 1973, in the case Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that it was a woman's constitutional right to have an abortion during the first trimester of her pregnancy ("The Ruling"). However, interest groups still argue that human life begins at conception and having an abortion is therefore murdering an unborn child. These opposing viewpoints create a delicate political and social debate in which the lives of unborn children are placed in the balance. The United States Food and Drug Administration, or F. D. A. recently approved the RU486 "abortion pill", saying that the "overall safety of the pills is excellent" ("Food and Drug"). This scientific development has the potential to make abortions much more accessible and private to American women. I believe that the abortion pill harbors great qualities for women who choose abortion, yet it is an enormous medical setback because it will cost the lives of so
In the United States today, 25% of all pregnancies end in abortion (Abortion; All Sides). With so many lives at stake, one of the primary arguments has become the physical well being of a woman that has an abortion. Of the women that preciously had a surgical abortion, 90% said they would prefer the pill if they had another abortion and would recommend it to others (Robinson). However, one of the side effects of RU486 is bleeding up to nine days, when a surgical abortion's duration is five days (Robinson). The recovery process is quicker with a surgical abortion, yet more traumatic. One death in 200,000 occur with a surgical abortion, compared to one in 500,000 with the abortion pill. Both of these alternatives are far safer for the mother than childbirth that claims one death in every 14,300 births (Robinson). These statistics prove that the safest alternative for the mother in the even of a pregnancy is an abortion using the abortion pill, and the most dangerous is going through with childbirth. However, the voice of the life in question is n
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