Abortion: Argument And Divisive Public Debate

Teenagers and Abortion Abortion is a subject that has a prominent and divisive public controversy over the moral, ethical and legal issues. Before, the idea of having an abortion being done was the issue now; the controversy is having parents involved with the decision making on abortion with their teenagers! The law strictly requires parents to be involved in their child’s decision and if the child wants to go under an abortion procedures parents must be present.
Every year in the United States more than 1 million girls under the age of 20, about 1 in every 10 become pregnant. Approximately 82 percent of these pregnancies are unintended and about 42 percent are aborted. (Vanvort, 1989) The number of these teenage girls keeps rising