Many women have become pregnant in high school and feel as though there’s no way to graduate during pregnancy, so they turn to abortion. Women have even been raped which may lead to abortion. Other people may feel they’re not ready for motherhood and turn to it also. Then there are some just like Stacy who don’t know exactly what to do because of the father walking out on them. Most abortions take place in the first trimester when a fetus cannot really exist without the mother, so because of this there are some people who don’t really consider abortion as a bad thing. Another topic that may be discussed is adoption. There are some who feel that adoption is an alternative and some who don’t. Statistics have shown that very few women who give birth choose not to give up their babies – less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of black unmarried women. Another reason critics could argue that abortions are fine and should be legal is the fact that they are safe when it comes to the actual procedure. Medical abortions have less than 0.5% risk of serious complications and do not affect a woman’s health or future ability of becoming pregnant again. One would understand completely in the case of rape or incest why the woman would want an abortion. Forcing a woman made pregnant by one of these violent acts to continue on with the pregnancy could possibly cause further psychological harm to the victim. But in a situation such as this the morning after pill would be very effective and could stop a fetus from even developing. Being that US is a free country a woman should have the ability to control her body and make her own decisions. Life is full of surprises, and pregnancy can easily be one of those surprises if we fail to use protection. Without taking precautions during sex there will always be a possibility of having a
Many women have become pregnant in high school and feel as though there’s no way to graduate during pregnancy, so they turn to abortion. Women have even been raped which may lead to abortion. Other people may feel they’re not ready for motherhood and turn to it also. Then there are some just like Stacy who don’t know exactly what to do because of the father walking out on them. Most abortions take place in the first trimester when a fetus cannot really exist without the mother, so because of this there are some people who don’t really consider abortion as a bad thing. Another topic that may be discussed is adoption. There are some who feel that adoption is an alternative and some who don’t. Statistics have shown that very few women who give birth choose not to give up their babies – less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of black unmarried women. Another reason critics could argue that abortions are fine and should be legal is the fact that they are safe when it comes to the actual procedure. Medical abortions have less than 0.5% risk of serious complications and do not affect a woman’s health or future ability of becoming pregnant again. One would understand completely in the case of rape or incest why the woman would want an abortion. Forcing a woman made pregnant by one of these violent acts to continue on with the pregnancy could possibly cause further psychological harm to the victim. But in a situation such as this the morning after pill would be very effective and could stop a fetus from even developing. Being that US is a free country a woman should have the ability to control her body and make her own decisions. Life is full of surprises, and pregnancy can easily be one of those surprises if we fail to use protection. Without taking precautions during sex there will always be a possibility of having a