Pros and Cons of Abortion
Abortion: What do you think?
I chose abortion as the topic of my research paper because it is a very important and controversial subject, and although I have always leaned heavily toward pro-choice, I really hadn't done much reading about it and wanted to support my position.
The definition of abortion is "expulsion of the fetus from the uterus, due to any cause, before the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy." Abortions are broken down into the following six categories:
(1) Habitual abortion, the tendency in some women for pregnancies to end in spontaneous abortions.
(2) Incomplete abortion, one in which the fetus is expelled[ ]dilation may be required to empty the uterus.
(3) Induced abortion, intentional termination of pregnancy by a surgical procedure.
(4) Septic abortion, abortion accompanied by bacterial infection of the uterus.
(5) Spontaneous abortion, one which has not been deliberately induced. Spontaneous abortions are often preceded by fetal death.
(6) Therapeutic abortion, termination of pregnancy in order to safeguard the health of the mother."
Although abortion is considered one of those things that is terrible to do, some mothers-to-be feel it is the best option for them and others feel it is not an option at all. It appears there are many different reasons that a woman would get an abortion. Some seem like they should not be done, but others are very understandable. Abortion is one of the most discussed and controversial topics in the United States. To be pro-choice means to want abortion to be legal and available to women. To be pro-life means to not want abortion to be legal and all babies to be born. There are many opinions published by many different people, and in order to completely understand which side of the issue to believe in, a person must know both sides of the situation. It is something that presidents discuss and share their views on while campaigning for election. There has been lots of controversy over
I chose abortion as the topic of my research paper because it is a very important and controversial subject, and although I have always leaned heavily toward pro-choice, I really hadn't done much reading about it and wanted to support my position.
The definition of abortion is "expulsion of the fetus from the uterus, due to any cause, before the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy." Abortions are broken down into the following six categories:
(1) Habitual abortion, the tendency in some women for pregnancies to end in spontaneous abortions.
(2) Incomplete abortion, one in which the fetus is expelled[ ]dilation may be required to empty the uterus.
(3) Induced abortion, intentional termination of pregnancy by a surgical procedure.
(4) Septic abortion, abortion accompanied by bacterial infection of the uterus.
(5) Spontaneous abortion, one which has not been deliberately induced. Spontaneous abortions are often preceded by fetal death.
(6) Therapeutic abortion, termination of pregnancy in order to safeguard the health of the mother."
Although abortion is considered one of those things that is terrible to do, some mothers-to-be feel it is the best option for them and others feel it is not an option at all. It appears there are many different reasons that a woman would get an abortion. Some seem like they should not be done, but others are very understandable. Abortion is one of the most discussed and controversial topics in the United States. To be pro-choice means to want abortion to be legal and available to women. To be pro-life means to not want abortion to be legal and all babies to be born. There are many opinions published by many different people, and in order to completely understand which side of the issue to believe in, a person must know both sides of the situation. It is something that presidents discuss and share their views on while campaigning for election. There has been lots of controversy over
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