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Argument Essay On Abortion

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In the United States of America, women have always been fighting for their rights, even recently with debates on whether or not birth control should be free to woman with certain health insurance plans. Something very important to a woman's health is abortion. Abortion is the act of ending a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the uterus and it has always been a raging conflict between many people, dividing the country between prolife and pro choice camps. Those who oppose abortion believe that abortions are wrong and it’s the equivalent to killing a living child outside of the uterus, almost like a murder. Those who favor pro choice believe that the pregnant woman should have a choice between keeping the baby or terminating the pregnancy for whichever reason they personally feel is acceptable. Many pro life believers back up their beliefs with religious reasoning. The 14th amendments to the United States Constitution provides equal protection for all citizens, including woman.Despite the protections under the law, there are many states that put up obstacles. there should not be due to the fact that a woman should be able to choose what goes on with her body, especially if what she’s doing doesn’t harm anyone around her.
In 1973, Supreme Court case Roe v Wade made abortion legal. This was a major turning point in the history of abortion and woman's health. Before this many states began passing laws that made abortion illegal in the mid 1800s, but performing

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