New Pill Old Headaches
New Pill, Old Headaches. Abortion is defined as “the ability to determine pregnancy” (“Definition of Abortion”). Should individuals have full control over what is growing inside their bodies? Is abortion an individual decision or a social decision? This is a very controversial issue that most people feel strongly about. While some see abortion to be murder, I think abortion should be legally and socially acceptable to support human reproductive rights.
Life is full of unplanned curve balls that hit you when you least expect it. A big curveball is unexpected pregnancy. “Use protection” is what are all constantly told in high school and university. However, sometimes protection is not enough. The rate of pregnancy differs across provinces …show more content…
For example, if you think a fertilized egg is alive then the after pill is murder. Hence, seeing abortion as murder is subjective. Are you willing to compromise someone’s future by criminalizing abortion. Perceiving abortion as murder is a biased act that is influenced by personal beliefs and experiences. There are many people in this world with many beliefs and opinions on abortion, making hard to make the law dictate people’s decisions on abortion.
Abortion should not be a choice made by the society or the law. Despite the legal view on abortion if people came to the conclusion that abortion is the best choice to make they will abort the child, even if abortion was illegal. Making abortion an underground service and almost impossible to prevent unsafe abortion! Therefore, even if in the eyes of the government abortion is unethical harm reduction should be a the main approach because it controls the situation and limit the damage (Erdman 451).
Unsafe abortion is a growing issue that does extreme damage to women’s health. “Every year, about 19–20 million abortions are done by individuals without the requisite skills, or in environments below minimum medical standards, or both.”. (Grimes et al. 1) How harmful is unsafe …show more content…
Hence, making unsafe abortion is an extreme threat to public (Grimes et al.). The government has one of the two option make abortion illegal and suffer the consequences of poor teen maternal and child health and high mortality due to unsafe abortion; or make abortion legal and protecting females from health issues related to unsafe abortion and early pregnancy. Also, legalizing abortion gives pregnant teens a choice to abort the fetus. Hence, abortion gives people their reproductive rights. By legalizing abortion you are giving people a choice. Legalizing abortion gives people a choice.
As for the society, we need to accept that some people have the freedom to abort a child if they chose to. However, our society stigmatizes those who engage in deviant behavior as a way to prevent that behavior (“Schur”). Sadly, many people stigmatize, but is stigmatizing ethical? The stigma associated with abortion results in females to feel distressed over the choice they made to abort the child (Major and Gramzow 735). In addition, females who undergo abortion face censure and moral criticism from their community (Major and Gramzow 347
Life is full of unplanned curve balls that hit you when you least expect it. A big curveball is unexpected pregnancy. “Use protection” is what are all constantly told in high school and university. However, sometimes protection is not enough. The rate of pregnancy differs across provinces …show more content…
For example, if you think a fertilized egg is alive then the after pill is murder. Hence, seeing abortion as murder is subjective. Are you willing to compromise someone’s future by criminalizing abortion. Perceiving abortion as murder is a biased act that is influenced by personal beliefs and experiences. There are many people in this world with many beliefs and opinions on abortion, making hard to make the law dictate people’s decisions on abortion.
Abortion should not be a choice made by the society or the law. Despite the legal view on abortion if people came to the conclusion that abortion is the best choice to make they will abort the child, even if abortion was illegal. Making abortion an underground service and almost impossible to prevent unsafe abortion! Therefore, even if in the eyes of the government abortion is unethical harm reduction should be a the main approach because it controls the situation and limit the damage (Erdman 451).
Unsafe abortion is a growing issue that does extreme damage to women’s health. “Every year, about 19–20 million abortions are done by individuals without the requisite skills, or in environments below minimum medical standards, or both.”. (Grimes et al. 1) How harmful is unsafe …show more content…
Hence, making unsafe abortion is an extreme threat to public (Grimes et al.). The government has one of the two option make abortion illegal and suffer the consequences of poor teen maternal and child health and high mortality due to unsafe abortion; or make abortion legal and protecting females from health issues related to unsafe abortion and early pregnancy. Also, legalizing abortion gives pregnant teens a choice to abort the fetus. Hence, abortion gives people their reproductive rights. By legalizing abortion you are giving people a choice. Legalizing abortion gives people a choice.
As for the society, we need to accept that some people have the freedom to abort a child if they chose to. However, our society stigmatizes those who engage in deviant behavior as a way to prevent that behavior (“Schur”). Sadly, many people stigmatize, but is stigmatizing ethical? The stigma associated with abortion results in females to feel distressed over the choice they made to abort the child (Major and Gramzow 735). In addition, females who undergo abortion face censure and moral criticism from their community (Major and Gramzow 347