Persuasive Essay On Abortion

Abortion has been one of the biggest controversies of all time. Many people believe it is 100% wrong and even consider it to be murder. The definition of abortion is; “The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to being capable of normal growth.” These pro-life believers do not support the idea of abortion and believe it should be illegal. Many of these supporters do not know that if abortion were illegal they would still be performed, unfortunately by an uneducated staff. Over 70 thousand maternal deaths occur every year because of unsafe abortions. These women die, so the idea of supporting pro-life is contradictory, this is why the nation should be pro-choice.

For many years this issue of abortion has came out, giving a huge debate about it. Right now, in the United States abortion is legal but may be restricted by the states. The states have limited degree of power. Some of the laws passed by some states are the requirement of parental notification for minors, the term of pregnancy, the abortion risk information given to the patients for the procedure, etc. Abortion is becoming more pro choice. I wanted to research abortion because I didn’t really know anything about it when we had debates in class.

You’ve heard the stories of the coat hanger and the back alley, those bloody days before Roe v. Wade. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy told one recently at the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Neil M. Gorsuch. As a Vermont prosecutor in 1968, three years before the court struck down state abortion bans, cops woke Leahy up in the middle of the night, because “a young co-ed nearly died from bleeding from a botched abortion.” The senator’s drift was clear: If confirmed, Gorsuch could cast a vote, or several, to bring back those horrors (if not the archaic phrase “co-ed”).

What many fail to recognize is that abortion is not the only answer. Adoption is an alternative for unexpected pregnancies. Instead of having the option to abort, women should give their unwanted babies to those who cannot conceive. There are millions of couples who are waiting to adopt a child. If more women would choose adoption over abortion then they would not only be saving the life of a human being, but would be giving up the responsibilities that come with having a baby and the adoptive parents would finally have a child that they can love and care for.

A young woman has been sexually abused her whole life. As a child, her uncle molested her; as she got older, it got worse. Her father, a drunken individual, abused her mom and her. She was laying in bed sleeping, when suddenly her door flies open. She becomes aware that it is just her father, but then she feels someone climb on top of her, trying to grope her. Her father is so intoxicated that he believes his daughter is his wife. He then proceeds to rape her, as she began kicking, screaming, and begging him not to. He passes out and she runs away, but there is nowhere to go. She was just raped in her own home, by her father. A few weeks later, she discovers she is pregnant; this young woman is now carrying her father’s child. She felt

When the female egg is fertilized a human life begins. The choice to carry this human life in the womb full term or to terminate the pregnancy has become controversial. The deliberate ending of a pregnancy is known as an abortion. There are good and bad sides to abortions. Abortion is considered by some as murder, but others say otherwise. All three branches of our federal government have taken part in the discussion of whether abortion should be legalized or not.

Pro-Life supporters believe that the fetus is a person, a human being that has the right to live, and an abortion is considered murder. A fetus is not a person and does not have any rights. A fetus is not and have not been considered a human being. A fetus is not able to survive on its own. The fetus depends fully on its mother’s body.

Abortion is murder to an innocent baby and I think it should be illegal. They don’t have an opportunity to choose life or death, its chosen for them. There are two types of abortion one known as a “miscarriage” and that doesn’t take a medical procedure or you have artificially induced abortion where you murder the baby. I do not believe in artificially induced abortion and I would never have one. If you don’t believe in abortion or are against it you should not have one. The baby might still be in your body but its a baby, its alive and it can feel the same pain that we feel as humans. For me being a teen I couldn’t imagine saying I was going to have an abortion. Killing a baby as a teen I think would be even harder than if I was older. If I killed a baby that has done absolutely nothing and had no chance of getting to see the earth or the future it holds would honestly make me very depressed. On the other hand if you don’t want the baby I guess there is a case where you should have an abortion if you’re not going to take care of it or give it the attention that it needs. There is always the answer of putting the baby up for adoption after you have it.

As we all know that abortion has become a very common practice in today’s world. According to CDC, there has been 219 abortion average reported on 1000 live birth ("CDC - Data and Statistics - Reproductive Health," n.d.). Those abortions were legally induced. It is becoming hard for a lot of nurses to stay or contribute to second trimester abortions. A lot nurses have quit their jobs because of witnessing this traumatic events. Currently in Florida, it is prohibited to abort pass 24 weeks in gestation unless there is a life threatening condition persist in a mother and also illegal at any stage if the doctors determined that the fetus is viable. Unfortunately, in some states abortion are allowed till second semester end("Guttmacher Institute

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to have your right to live taken away? A baby fetus doesn’t even get a chance to decide whether or not they want to live or not when inside the mothers’ womb. A baby has no say because the mother has the power to just “get rid” of a child. Abortion would just be a gateway to get rid of a child by killing it. There are many other different ways to prevent or give away a child you do not want. Abortion isn’t the only answer, and it doesn’t only affect the child’s life but also the mothers severely. Abortion shouldn’t be legal because most women will use it for selfish reasons.

Women need to realize that there are many other options for them besides abortion. There are millions of families who wish to adopt. Abortion takes a toll on woman mentally and physically. Before making the decision to end the life of a human being look at your options very carefully. My words to them are: don’t do it. It is not worth it, and you are murdering an innocent

Consider all the men and women who have done nothing but fight to have a child of their own, whether by adopting or birth. All the struggled women in the world that have given up their baby by abortion could have done the best yet second most difficult thing, after abortion, ever and that is giving their child up for adoption. These babies could have filled the deep hole couples have of not being able to conceive their own. “The percentage of infants given up for adoption in the United States declined from 9% of those born before 1973 to 1% of those born between 1996 and 2002.” The number of US infant adoptions dropped because women were coinciding with abortion. What women all around the world need to realize is the responsibilities and consequences that come with producing a child. The baby should not be punished for a mistake made by adults.

Out of five million women in the US who find out they are pregnant, half of them don’t want their babies, and about 1.2 million of those women choose to get an abortion (Planned Parenthood). There are many different types of abortions that women can choose from, because of the brutality of some of these methods certain legislations are in place.

In 2013, there were 664,435 legal abortions that were reported to the CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). By making abortion illegal, all of those lives could have been spared. Abortion is an act of murder and should not be classified differently from that of an individual of any other age. From psychological issues with the mother, to the babies physically feeling the pain of getting killed, to even reducing the number of adoptable babies, abortion is a huge issue in this society. Not only is this act harmful to the baby itself, but it leaves lasting impacts on the mother as well. With abortion being legal, this law is stating that it is acceptable for one to murder their own child. Overall, abortion needs to be made illegal because we are terminating the lives of innocent people.

In abortion, there are many points to agree on. From why should it happen to who has the right of choice to say whether the baby should live or die. In some situations I agree that pro choice people have a point, for example, if a poor young girl is raped and becomes pregnant due to the event, I understand you would want to get rid of the baby because it will bring back terrible memories . I also understand if a woman does not want the baby because it comes with a mental disorder , like a type of syndrome, the child would have to rely on someone his/her whole life. As a parent I am sure you are concerned that will happen after you die, like who will take care of your child ? Would they treat your child well? Will they understand how happen to you ? In other situations, if the mother's life is in danger and has other children to take care off and want to see grow up. If she stays with the baby and goes through all pregnancy she has a chance of dying while giving birth. I believe there is some exceptions on when should abortion be performed.