Abortion - Is a Woman's Right to Choose More Important Than a Child's Right to Live?
Is a woman's right to choose more important than a child's right to live?
When it come to abortion, there will always be two groups of people: one who believes that abortion is the killing of a human being, and the other who believes that every women has the right to determine and control what happens to her own body. Abortion can occur naturally, often known as miscarriage, if the body feels it must get rid of any badness, but the baby must still be removed from the womb, the same as if it were an abortion.
Abortions became legal in 1967. Many abortions before that were carried out in unhygienic conditions by unqualified abortionist. These were known as ‘back street abortionists’. Due to this many women died of infection and suffered great pain. Women had to do this because it was socially wrong to have children out of marriage and could lead to girls being disowned by family and their community. A law was passed for doctors to carry out abortions without fear of being arrested. This was to stop the deaths of women and to help them cope and for them not to live in fear.
The main reasons for abortion are:
· A girl becomes pregnant at an early age. This is considered a reason to terminate pregnancy because the girl will have a future ahead of her and been pregnant will stop her from doing lots of things such as going out with her friends and will shorten childhood. The community would also frown upon it and this could cause problems for the family.
· Peer pressure. Often a young girl is forced to have an abortion by parents or guardians. This could be because they don’t want anyone to find out or they think she is to young to become a mother.
· Financial hardship. If a woman doesn’t have the funds to support a baby she might decide to get rid of it to save herself from stress and debt.
· Baby conceived due to rape or incest. A woman may want to terminate this pregnancy because if she goes ahead with it, it will be a dreadful reminder of what
When it come to abortion, there will always be two groups of people: one who believes that abortion is the killing of a human being, and the other who believes that every women has the right to determine and control what happens to her own body. Abortion can occur naturally, often known as miscarriage, if the body feels it must get rid of any badness, but the baby must still be removed from the womb, the same as if it were an abortion.
Abortions became legal in 1967. Many abortions before that were carried out in unhygienic conditions by unqualified abortionist. These were known as ‘back street abortionists’. Due to this many women died of infection and suffered great pain. Women had to do this because it was socially wrong to have children out of marriage and could lead to girls being disowned by family and their community. A law was passed for doctors to carry out abortions without fear of being arrested. This was to stop the deaths of women and to help them cope and for them not to live in fear.
The main reasons for abortion are:
· A girl becomes pregnant at an early age. This is considered a reason to terminate pregnancy because the girl will have a future ahead of her and been pregnant will stop her from doing lots of things such as going out with her friends and will shorten childhood. The community would also frown upon it and this could cause problems for the family.
· Peer pressure. Often a young girl is forced to have an abortion by parents or guardians. This could be because they don’t want anyone to find out or they think she is to young to become a mother.
· Financial hardship. If a woman doesn’t have the funds to support a baby she might decide to get rid of it to save herself from stress and debt.
· Baby conceived due to rape or incest. A woman may want to terminate this pregnancy because if she goes ahead with it, it will be a dreadful reminder of what