SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGAL Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. I do not support abortions but it is a woman’s right to choose what she does to her body. The choice of whether or not to abort her unborn child is mainly her decision, same as if she decide to give birth to her child there is nothing anyone else can say to make her think other wise.
Each year nearly 1.2 million American women have an abortion to end a pregnancy. The most common reasons women consider abortion are: Birth control (contraceptive) failure, unable to support or take care of a child, to end an unwanted pregnancy, to prevent the birth of a child with birth defects or severe medical problems, pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, and physical or mental conditions that endanger the woman’s health if the pregnancy is continued. In the United States 9 out of 10 abortions are performed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Very few abortions are done after 16 weeks of pregnancy, this is likely to happen if the woman have trouble with paying for it, and finding or traveling to abortion specialist.
Abortion became legal in the United States because during the 1960's and early 1970's, the United States began to repeal their bans on abortion. In Roe v. Wade (1973), the United
States Supreme Court stated that abortion bans were unconstitutional in every state, making it legal to have an abortion in the United States. Also, in this case the answer came down to one of personal rights versus legitimate government interest. The government has a legitimate interest in protecting the life of an embryo or fetus, but embryos and fetuses do not have rights themselves unless and until it can be determined that they are human.
There is also the question as to whether