...It can be extremely difficult for a woman to know what is the best option for her when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Many women feel that abortion sound like the most appealing solution for their circumstance, in fact, according to a study (Sedgh and Bearak, 2016) approximately 56 million abortions are performed each year, all around the world! Abortion, also known as pregnancy termination, is defined as (Anon, 2017) a medical process of ending a pregnancy by removing a fetus before it is ready to live outside the uterus. There are two ways to end an unwanted pregnancy: medical abortion, which involves taking medicine to remove the fetus or by surgical abortion that involves a minor operation at a health center. Each procedure is used...
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...Abortion has been one of the biggest controversies of all time. Laws prohibiting abortion prevent women from making the choices that enable them to live the lifestyle of their choice, reducing their ability to contribute to society effectively. The fetus is not yet a human being because it cannot survive outside the uterus on its own. Nearly all abortions take place in the first trimester, when a fetus is attached by the placenta, and umbilical cord to the mother. As such, its health is dependent on the mother's health, and cannot be regarded as a separate entity as it cannot exist outside her womb. "The science shows that based on gestational age, the fetus is not capable of feeling pain until the third trimester," said Kate Connors, a spokesperson for ACOG. The third trimester begins at about 27 weeks of pregnancy. Even if the fetus can feel pain it may also have a health issue, which in today's day and age technology can detect. Technologies...
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...Illegalization of Abortion Everyone has an opinion on this issue. It’s something that is a very hot topic in our society and that is often debated, and that is abortion. There are many different opinions on this topic you may think it’s wrong due to your religion, or it is just morally wrong, whether you think that it’s none of your business, and only a womans. There is something you should ask yourself what would happen if it were to become illegal? Many people would be very happy and have been striving for this but changing this would affect our society in many ways. The legalization of abortions would not stop the pregnancies of many young women so there would be a dramatic increase in teenage pregnancies. “About one third of teenagers...
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...balloon: this balloon is present its here (p) it's apart of this world (pop) strange how something so innocent , (p) and Present can be gone , just like that. (P) all because of my poor choices (gesture to self)...(p) . Now picture a room full of 3,700 innocent present balloons , that have all been popped due to others poor choices. That feeling of sadness you feel when someone pops a balloon is the same sadness someone feels when they have an abortion. Through my research I have found that about 3,700 abortions happen everyday . 3,700 humans who will never live a good life all because the choice of life was made for them. Women who are irresponsible enough to go out and get pregnant , should have to face the consequences and who knows maybe in the end it won't be such a consequence to that person. Women all over the world are told they will never be able to have children when that's all they want in life is a child. And these reckless teenagers go out get pregnant and then say “oh I'm not ready” so they go out and get an abortion for no reason , the other day I had a conversation with an older friend of mine … She is pregnant and she was driving when she flinched and said “ouch” I said are you okay and she said of course the baby just moved , she said she never wanted children but she would...
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...256, legal and documented abortions. Thats doctors who could find the cure for cancer. That’s 58,586,256 lawyers who could stop innocent people going to prison over something they didn’t do. That’s 58,586,256 teachers who could be teaching the generation that will determine whether we connect and survive as humans, and that’s only documented ones there have been millions more of undocumented abortions across the world. Abortion is wrong and should not be allowed because abortion is killing living babies, killing people who could potentially find the cure for something that was once thought to be incurable, solve world hunger, or just make the world a better place . Abortion...
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...Abortion has been one of the leading debates of all time. Some consider it to be immoral and even contemplate it as murder. Abortion is; “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.” Making abortions illegal would not prevent them from continuing. When a woman is in desperate need of an abortion, she will do everything it takes to have one. Abortion is a necessary medical procedure that has proven itself suitable for society, families and women. A woman has the right to control her body and functions that it undertakes. No woman can be forced to use her body to support another’s life. In history, women around the world have had abortions regardless of it being legal. At the time when abortion was illegal, it was very difficult for a woman to acquire an abortion. Finding one that was safe often depended on her financial state, race, and where she lived. Women who had money were able to leave the country or find a physician who could...
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...However, not every parent is prepared when giving birth to a beautiful baby. Which is why, before the child is supposed to be born, the woman manages to get an abortion. An abortion means to terminate the life of a fetus and it most often happens within the first 28 weeks of the pregnancy. However, it may be much later as well. According to students from the Alan Guttmacher Institute, there are about 1.1 million abortions each year in the United States. It is said that many women who perform abortion do it simply because they are not ready for a child and/or they will not be able to provide for the child after it is born. It is agreed that if a child will not be able to have a decent lifestyle, why bring them into the world? However, there are many other options other than abortion. Abortion should not be legal at any time of the pregnancy, simply because it means means ending a life of an innocent child, it not only affects the fetus but it...
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...One of the most controversial debates in recent times is of course abortion, which stems all the way back to “1821 Connecticut passes the first law in the United States barring abortions after “quickening,” which were usually performed by administering poison to the woman after the fourth month of pregnancy.”(“History”) Although many believe that abortion should be illegal I believe that you deserve to choose instead of being forced into giving birth which might even scar or kill you. There are many reasons for abortion such as the person’s health, economics, and most importantly the person’s choice. Should you have the choice to do what you believe is right or be forced into what everyone else thinks is right? “Some of the pros of abortion is you can donate your embryonic stem cells which can become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell which could lead to helping lots of people.” (“Stem”) You may be wondering how does this help...
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...Abortion: Should Parents be able to abort their child? You are a parent, sitting in a doctors office. You have just found out, your child has a birth defect. What are you going to do? You can either abort the child, or continue the pregnancy. This is a very difficult decision for parents to make. Parents should not be allowed to have an abortion because it harms the woman mentally and physically; it is a cruel way to kill a fetus, and it causes future problems in pregnancy. Terminating a pregnancy is a cruel way to kill an unborn because the fetus can feel pain, it limits the number of children to be adopted, and there are organizations who will find a family who can support the child if it has a birth defect. During the procedure, any pain inflicted on the fetus can be felt. In fact, a fetus at the twenty week mark can feel pain more intensely than a grown adult. Abortion also limits adoption chances. Families will take in children with birth defects or disabilities. There are organizations who will take in children with birth defects and find them a good family. The family will be able to care for the child and pay medical bills. The abortion procedure is cruel and torturing to a fetus....
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...Abortion is the removal of an embryo, or fetus from the uterus before the completion of the full term of pregnancy, which is 40 weeks. Back in the 1820’s the United States government realized that abortions were resulting high mortality rates. Even though the United States’ ban on abortion only lasted a half a century, illegal abortions still continued . Mainly among young women uneducated on the subject of contraception. Technology, education, and increase use of contraception has the abortion rate decreasing. In 2011, the abortion rate was 13.9 abortions per 1,000 women, more than 50 percent were aged in their 20’s. The main concern with abortion is the health and safety of the mother. There are many regulations and specific requirements...
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...Persuasive Essay Comm/215 Persuasive Essay Having an Abortion Is Not an Option Thousands of woman all around the world have abortions every day. Women believe there are several reasons to abort a child such as being a young mother, no money, or being forced to have sex. Whatever has happen there is always a better way than abortion. Human values, and your since of mothering instincts should prevent this not to mention your conscience. The first reason for not having an abortion is human responsibility. Women should consider the feelings of the unborn child who have no idea what is going on. These unborn children are not responsible for their situation. These unborn children should be allowed the opportunity to grow and have a chance at life. Women should apply there motherly instincts when it comes to these unborn children. There are several options available to these women such as adoption, county agencies, and private parties with good back grounds wanting to adopt unborn child. The second reason why women should not have an abortion has to do with a wide variety of religious beliefs. Many religions will punish women or treat them very badly including not being able to participate in church activities. In many churches some form of penitence is required before they will be allowed to continue in church activities. It is not a necessary thing to kill unborn child with today’s options. The third and most important reason for not having an abortion is related...
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...A Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Name: Jade T. Samillano Section: U Date: March 20, 2011 “WHY WOMEN SHOULD NOT HAVE AN ABORTION” What it would be like to die so young and fragile? What it would be like to kill someone so young and fragile? Abortion to my definition is the taking of life. Nowadays more and more teens are getting pregnant and having abortions secretly and easily. Even their parents have no idea about this. And to be general not only the teenager do this kind of thing, many women in the entire world had abortion. I think if we asked that question about rape or murder we’d get a clear answer. Shouldn’t people be allowed to rape children if they want to, even if it is wrong? No! Shouldn’t people be given the freedom to steal a car from a dealership even if they know it’s wrong and most of us agree it’s wrong? Of course not! That just doesn’t make sense. It’s the same with abortion. They believe that there are many reasons to abort and it is okay, but I never accept those reasons. There are three important values why I as a woman should not have an abortion. It has to do with my human values, my religious values and my conscience. The first values why I should not have an abortion are related to my basic human values. I must be consider and think about the unborn babies who are not responsible for this situation. These babies have the right to live and grow as a normal person because...
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...Persuasive Paper For your second major assignment, you will be writing a persuasive paper. In a persuasive paper, you convince your reader to take your side on an issue by using several influential techniques, including appealing to your reader’s emotions and establishing credibility and authority. A good persuasive essay will sway your reader to agree with your views. For this particular persuasive paper, you will write about an ethical issue of your choice. Some example issues include: * Euthanasia * The use of social media by employers to screen prospective employees * Vaccination * Abortion * Animal rights * Capital punishment You do not have to choose one of these example issues, but for whatever issue you choose, you must take a stance regarding it and convince your reader that your point of view on the issue is correct. Use persuasive techniques like pathos, ethos and logos to sway your reader to your side. Remember that you can use the same topic in this paper for your future argumentative and research papers, but those papers will be discipline-specific – they’ll ask you to write about an argument and topic within your discipline. If you want to write about the same issue for all three of these papers, you’ll want to take a stance on an issue within your discipline for this paper, too. The grade breakdown for this paper is as follows: Assignment | Point Worth | Rough draft | 40 | Peer review | 10 | Final draft | 100 | Total | 150 | ...
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...Qn. Write an argumentative/ persuasive essay on; why abortion should be legalized or not? The most basic definition of abortion is termination of pregnancy. According to Wikipedia ‘abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of the fetus or embryo resulting in or cause of death.’ Over several centuries and in different cultures, there is a rich history of women helping each other to abort. The first recorded evidence of induced abortion was from the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus in 1550 BC. The history of abortion goes back as we can see but it is not until the 1800’s that laws forbade the act after 16 weeks of conception. By the early 1900’s the act was completely outlawed but even at that women were still having abortions. The discussion of whether abortion should or shouldn’t be legalized is a very sensitive. Currently, Kenya is going through the process of acquiring a new constitution, one of the contentious issues in the draft is the issue on whether the constitution is legalizing abortion or not. The issue of legalization of abortion is very controversial. Even though many people take the side of anti- abortion or pro-life i.e. they believe it should not be legalized, there are just as many who believe it should. The decision on whether to keep an unwanted pregnancy or not is one that strikes ethics, religion, morality, norms and most of all judgment from the society. A society that dictates what is right and wrong and sets the limits...
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...Professor: Mary Elizabeth Holmes Eng. 112 Persuasive essay November 10, 2012 Abortion "It's easier to kill you than to raise you.” Is the main ideology and way of thinking behind women who choose to abort her baby and a pro- chose advocate groups who support abortion. Even though abortion looks like a controversial issue in terms of women’s right, we should see the issue in terms of the right to life too. Different Medical evidences show us the fetus even as a single cell is the basic structure for a human being. If we respect the right to live for every one; by any means we should not justify the murder of fetus as a right, no matter how old the fetus is. Many countries also define abortion as an illegal practice, and almost all religions don’t allow it to their followers to practice abortion. If we see abortion from every single direction it is immoral; so by any means abortion can be legal and justified as right. If killing the fetus is legal, killing the human being is legal too. I don’t see any difference between babies exist in his mother womb, and the one who get outside the womb. If we are not allowed to kill the actual children, so why we justify to kill the fetus inside his mother’s womb? It is unreasonable to approve the killing of human being simply because the baby developing inside the womb rather than outside the mother. As we all know the new born child does not look like exactly adult person;...
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