Red Rag Top

What is an abortion? According to the Merriam Webster dictionary it is “A medical procedure used to end a pregnancy and cause the death of the fetus” (Merriam Webster, 2016). Every year, approximately 1.2 million women have an abortion in the United States and nearly 42 million women have an abortion every year worldwide. There are two types of abortions an individual can do, either medical abortion or surgical abortion. Medical abortion relies on medicine and is primarily used on pregnancies up to nine weeks. In contrast, surgical abortion can be done for pregnancies from six weeks, all the way up to sixteen weeks. Surgical abortion greatly varies by states as some states of stricter abortion laws than others. For example, abortions in Texas can be terminated up to twenty weeks, while in Arkansas abortions can be terminated up to six weeks. In the United States 47% of unintended pregnancies leads to abortions, this number can lower if women were actively use birth control, however, there is a number of women who have no control and
In the song the couple was having a fun and living the wild life that it ended up having them getting an abortion and being regretful about the action they preceded to take. Although a lot of people in todays society do get abortions, post the procedure, there have few people who get anxiety, depressed and feel resentful because it is considered a sin in some religions or just the moral ethics of having an abortion. The couple in the song did feel depressed, but it was something they promised each other not to regret about. All in all, this song and the concept of abortion and unintended pregnancy relate to each other because the song is about a couple who went through an experience of abortion because having a baby was not for them and