Legalization Of Abortion
Since 1973, when abortion-on-demand was legalized, more than 15 million unborn children have had their lives snuffed out by legalized abortions. That is more than ten times the number of Americans that lost their lives in the nation’s wars. However, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. Not too long after the Roe v. Wade decision, Professor John Hart Ely, who is now Dean of Stanford Law School, said that the decision “is not constitutional law and gives almost no sense of an obligation to try to be” (Reagan 16). In 1971, Jane Hodgson became the only physician in United States history convicted of performing an abortion in a hospital. She completed this openly, to provoke a challenge to Minnesota’s restrictions on
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The first legal abortion type is “suction type.” Suction type abortion is where the unborn child is literally vacuumed from the mother’s womb during the early stages of the pregnancy. The second legal type of abortion is “curette type.” Currette type abortion is where the child is cut from the mother’s womb with a spoon-like object. The third type of abortion that is currently legal is “Caesarean operation.” In the Caesarean operation, the baby is surgically removed from the mother’s womb and allowed to suffocate, because the child’s lungs are not fully developed. The last type of legal abortion is the “Salt Brine technique.” This is where the unborn child is literally “pickled” to death in the womb by the injection of a strong salt solution. The first type of abortion that may be added in the future is “partial birth abortion.” In partial birth abortion, the child is partially delivered, then stabbed in the skull to then have his or her brains sucked out. Finally, the second type of abortion that may be added in the future is the “RU-486 pill (“mifepristione”).” This pill works by inhibiting pregnancy hormones, and is normally taken within seven weeks from conception. Currently, the mifepristione pill is illegal in the United States, but there is large political pressure to make it legal ("ABORTION: Ten Bible Reasons Why It Is
The first legal abortion type is “suction type.” Suction type abortion is where the unborn child is literally vacuumed from the mother’s womb during the early stages of the pregnancy. The second legal type of abortion is “curette type.” Currette type abortion is where the child is cut from the mother’s womb with a spoon-like object. The third type of abortion that is currently legal is “Caesarean operation.” In the Caesarean operation, the baby is surgically removed from the mother’s womb and allowed to suffocate, because the child’s lungs are not fully developed. The last type of legal abortion is the “Salt Brine technique.” This is where the unborn child is literally “pickled” to death in the womb by the injection of a strong salt solution. The first type of abortion that may be added in the future is “partial birth abortion.” In partial birth abortion, the child is partially delivered, then stabbed in the skull to then have his or her brains sucked out. Finally, the second type of abortion that may be added in the future is the “RU-486 pill (“mifepristione”).” This pill works by inhibiting pregnancy hormones, and is normally taken within seven weeks from conception. Currently, the mifepristione pill is illegal in the United States, but there is large political pressure to make it legal ("ABORTION: Ten Bible Reasons Why It Is