Should Abortion Be Illegal?

"Approximately as many as 1-5 pregnancies end in an induced abortion" (World Health Organization). Seeing this fact, it can be seen that many women decide to get abortions for a multitude of reasons. So why should anyone who can't or doesn't make the choice see that this operation should be deemed illegal? So the point is that abortions should be available to women everywhere because it can help a woman's mental health, women who are raped don't have to be reminded, and this procedure is safer when performed professionally. It may be strange to hear that abortions can help a mother's mental health seeing as many consider it a sin. It is reported that some women feel a sense of relief after having an abortion; however they should
RR-PTSD is rape related PTSD and symptoms include re-experiencing the trauma, social withdrawal (where there is no interest in their children or many emotions), avoidance behaviors and actions, or increased physiological arousal characteristics (Cheryl Ringel). This behavior is no place a woman should be in, so taking care of a baby if she had gotten pregnant would lead to neglect, a reason why many children are placed in foster care (Carrie Craft). Some may say, even in this situation, "murder is still murder". If you cannot take care of yourself, like many people who experience PTSD cannot, then how is it that you are fit to take care of another human being without them feeling like a
By interpreting this, it is seen that the safest abortions are ones when professionally done or else women can have hazardous effects like die, get infections, lasting pain, and infertility (Hesperian Health Guide). Of course it is known fact that even with safe abortions there can be complications such as cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, and liver cancer, as well as infertility and death (H.L. Howe). But all medical procedures have risks, abortion is no different. Abortions have come to be an important part of today's society seeing has they are pretty common. And with as common as it is, it should be legal for the fact that it can save a woman's mental health, women who are raped aren't reminded, and it's safer when done professionally. Overall, an abortion is the women's choice, nobody else gets to have an assertion in what a women does with her