Mrs. McGowen
English 4
July 23, 2016 Should Abortion be a Right?
My research paper is about how abortion should be a choice and women should have a right to or not. This essay is not saying you have to agree with the right to have an abortion freely. I believe every woman should have the choice to have an abortion, I get it if you are against it then do not have one, it’s not like someone is making you have an abortion. A woman should have a right to make her own decision on if she would choose to have an abortion. If a woman chooses an abortion, she should have the right not to be judged because nobody knows her situation. I believe women should have the right to make their own decisions, but I think she should have a legitimate …show more content…
Abortion is used as a birth control method in these modern times.” Twenty-one percent of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in abortion (not including natural miscarriages.”(“Abortions In America." Operation Rescue. N.p., 14 July 2009. Web.). “The Guttmacher Institute reported that half of all women having abortions every year have had at least one previous abortion while 8.5% of abortions reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010 were undergone by women who had three or more previous abortions. This suggests that many women are using abortion as a contraceptive method”. (“Abortion ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines. N.p., n.d. Web.). Women use this sort of birth control instead of going to a doctor and get put on real birth control. Women have other options other than having an abortion. Couples are looking to adopt babies. Another conflict of having an abortion is that women can become sterile after having an abortion meaning: that the day they want to have children they will not be able to have them. There could be all kinds of complications from having abortions including: miscarriages of future children.” June 2003 study published by the peer-reviewed International Journal of Epidemiology estimated that about 15% of first-trimester miscarriages are attributed to a prior history of induced abortion, and stated that "Induced abortion by vacuum aspiration is associated with an increased risk of …show more content…
Abortion is not for everyone. With abortion come regret, depression, and some even try to commit suicide because they cannot handle the guilt of having an abortion. Abortion is a choice and if some people choose to have an abortion, they should be prepared for everything that comes along with it afterwards. To prevent unwanted pregnancies a female should take precautions and take responsibility for their actions. Practice safe sex. To guarantee 100 percent that you will not become pregnant, do not have sex until you are sure you are ready for the responsibility of some of the decisions you might have to