The pregnancy is removed from the womb, either by taking pills (medical abortion) which involves taking medicines to cause a miscarriage or by surgery (surgical abortion) where the pregnancy is removed from the womb. Abortion is one of the most conflict-ridden social issues in western society that still is and has been so for a long time. There are many different reasons why abortions became legal but there’s always an explanation behind the process of it, the effects of it, and why people do it.
Abortion became a crime and a sin for several reasons because at that time abortion was a dangerous procedure done with rough methods, few antiseptics, and high mortality rates. Women who are determined not to carry an unwanted pregnancy have always found some type of way to try to abort the baby. They have resorted to dangerous, sometimes deadly methods, such as inserting knitting needles or coat hangers into the vagina and uterus, douching with dangerous solutions like lye, or swallowing strong drugs or chemicals. It was because at …show more content…
One reason can be because of abuse or assault. Every year, thousands of women become pregnant as a result of rape or incest. These are very traumatic situations for women and it is already difficult to cope with them. Forcing victims to carry a physical reminder for nine months can cause enormous stress, often leading to mental health issues. Abortion is often the best way to protect the health of these women. Also, if they do carry out these pregnancies, the child has no other option but to become fatherless. Other women become pregnant on accident meaning they could have possibly been on a birth control that wasn’t fully effective. Denying access to abortion forces women who never intended to become pregnant to have children they didn’t want. Some people make mistakes even when they are not on the pill. For example, an increasing percentage of women with abortions are teenagers. Teenagers who become parents are likely to suffer serious damage to their future life; they frequently drop out of education, rely on welfare funding to support themselves and raise their children, have limited or no careers and experience a high rate of depression and other health problems. Abortion is often their only chance of getting their lives back on a successful