Abortion
Against Abortion
Shelby Taylor
Harrison College
Medical Law and Ethics
John Heppner
December 8, 2013
Abstract
Over several centuries and in different cultures, there is a rich history of women helping each other to abort. Until the late 1800s, women healers in Western Europe and the U.S. provided abortions and trained other women to do so, without legal prohibitions. The State didn 't prohibit abortion until the 19th century, nor did the Church lead in this new repression. In 1803, Britain first passed antiabortion laws, which then became stricter throughout the century. Abortion became a crime and a sin for several reasons. A trend of humanitarian reform in the mid-19th century broadened liberal support for criminalization, because at that time abortion was a dangerous procedure done with crude methods, few antiseptics, and high mortality rates. But this alone cannot explain the attack on abortion. For instance, other risky surgical techniques were considered necessary for people 's health and welfare and were not prohibited. ``Protecting ' ' women from the dangers of abortion was actually meant to control them and restrict them to their traditional child-bearing role. Antiabortion legislation was part of an antifeminist backlash to the growing movements for suffrage, voluntary motherhood, and other women 's rights in the 19th century.
Against Abortion Human life begins at conception when the egg and the sperm unite. A single person should not have any right to tear apart a baby’s body. The unborn child has a heartbeat at the end of the third week of pregnancy. ("Prolife vs.," 2010) By the end of the first trimester, the baby has arms, hands, feet, toes and fingers. People argue that forcing someone to have a child leads to more child abuse. ("Prolife vs.," 2010) According to a professor of pediatrics, Dr. Edward Landowska, reported ninety-one percent of child abuse has happened to children that were very much wanted
Shelby Taylor
Harrison College
Medical Law and Ethics
John Heppner
December 8, 2013
Abstract
Over several centuries and in different cultures, there is a rich history of women helping each other to abort. Until the late 1800s, women healers in Western Europe and the U.S. provided abortions and trained other women to do so, without legal prohibitions. The State didn 't prohibit abortion until the 19th century, nor did the Church lead in this new repression. In 1803, Britain first passed antiabortion laws, which then became stricter throughout the century. Abortion became a crime and a sin for several reasons. A trend of humanitarian reform in the mid-19th century broadened liberal support for criminalization, because at that time abortion was a dangerous procedure done with crude methods, few antiseptics, and high mortality rates. But this alone cannot explain the attack on abortion. For instance, other risky surgical techniques were considered necessary for people 's health and welfare and were not prohibited. ``Protecting ' ' women from the dangers of abortion was actually meant to control them and restrict them to their traditional child-bearing role. Antiabortion legislation was part of an antifeminist backlash to the growing movements for suffrage, voluntary motherhood, and other women 's rights in the 19th century.
Against Abortion Human life begins at conception when the egg and the sperm unite. A single person should not have any right to tear apart a baby’s body. The unborn child has a heartbeat at the end of the third week of pregnancy. ("Prolife vs.," 2010) By the end of the first trimester, the baby has arms, hands, feet, toes and fingers. People argue that forcing someone to have a child leads to more child abuse. ("Prolife vs.," 2010) According to a professor of pediatrics, Dr. Edward Landowska, reported ninety-one percent of child abuse has happened to children that were very much wanted
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