Legalization Of Abortion In The United States

It all began in the year of 1973 when the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for states to prohibit women from having an abortion. The court ruled “…that the states were forbidden from outlawing or regulating any aspect of abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy, could only enact abortion regulations reasonably related to maternal health in the second and third trimesters, and could enact abortion laws protecting the life of the fetus only in the third trimester” (caselaw.findlaw.com). The courts decided to allow abortions based on the constitution’s first, fourth, ninth, and fourteenth amendment, saying that abortion falls under a woman’s “zone of privacy”. Ever since 1973, there has been controversy with abortion.
According to Merriam Webster’s online dictionary, abortions is the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. There are two types of abortions related to the definition, induced and spontaneous. Induced abortions happen at the disposal of the mother and follow a procedure in which there is a surgical procedure involved or the intake of a pharmaceutical drug. Both procedures have the serve same purpose, the forceful removal of an embryo from the mother’s womb. Spontaneous abortions, also commonly known as “miscarriages” happen unintentionally with the 24th and 20th week of pregnancy. Many miscarriages have to do with trauma, vascular diseases, infections, chromosomal abnormalities and diabetes among many other
Society views individuals who have children at a young age as, immature, inadequate parents and sometimes we as a society discriminate against young mothers. We view them as creatures who accept failure and do nothing to get better them self’s. Religion plays a big role in criticizing young mothers which whom are single parents. They criticize their choice to have children before marriage and many churches neglect young mothers when they are in need the most. This brings me to my next point of why sometimes abortion can be an option, economic success. The common successful human makes around 50,000 dollars a year, is more likely to have attended a university and graduated with a degree, has decent job tied with a salary, he or she has time to invest not only in them self’s but plans for the future. More importantly a person becomes successful before having children in order to provide for them! Young parents do not tend to have a complete education far more have a sustainable job that can provide not only for them but for their partner and offspring. In the case that they do, having a child takes a lot of attention and time. This can affect work and or schooling. Young mothers are less likely to complete high school and even more attend a higher education as only 1.5 percent have a degree before reaching 30 (Ridgeview High