conflict over abortion in America has been a major social problem that started as an issue in our nation over two centuries ago. In the 1960 ’s and 70 ’s with the coinciding civil rights movement and women’s rights movement‚ abortion became the new national issue we still see today between two opposing sides. It is this struggle over whose deep rooted morals and beliefs are appropriate for our society that make the abortion issue such so controversial. First it is important to understand abortion and its
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THE MANY SIDES OF ABORTION The medical definition of abortion is‚ " the termination of a pregnancy by loss or destruction of the fetus before birth. It can be either spontaneous or induced‚ and the latter is an act with many legal and ethical ramifications." Abortion is a very controversial subject and there are many different positions that one could take‚ none which are either all right or all wrong. Before any one makes a decision as to how they feel on the subject‚ one should look
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The Immorality of Abortion Abortion is one of the most controversial political and social issues in the world. The abortion issue is very complex and involves several aspects of political‚ religion‚ medical‚ and social beliefs and contingencies. At what stage human life begins is one of the main arguments of abortion between the pro-choice advocates and the pro-life advocates. The morality of abortion is even more complex than abortion itself. Abortion is immoral and may be considered as murder.
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Legalization of abortion Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously‚ in which case it is usually called a miscarriage‚ or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy. According to World Statistics‚ every year in the world an estimated 40-50 million women faced with an unplanned pregnancy decide to have an abortion. This
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to organize my speech: Abortion General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform citizens of some of the advantages and disadvantages of abortion. Thesis: The ongoing battle on whether abortion is promising or destructive is a concern to all citizens. Introduction: I.) Definition of abortion II.) Advantages of abortion Ex: Parent may not be able to support child‚ parent may be unfit‚ child may be at risk of poor health‚ etc. III.) Disadvantages of abortion Ex: Death of an innocent
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She was bright in her early years‚ showing promise as early as third grade. She loved to talk about how much she wanted to help the homeless‚ even at the age of 12! She set up a program in an inner city to help the underprivileged‚ gaining her respect and adoration. She had a family‚ an identity‚ a future. She changed lives. She may have changed YOUR life someday‚ had her mother not made the decision to abort her. Today‚ I ask you‚ the people of the world‚ to consider this; when one life
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Yes To Abortion Before abortion was legal‚ 100‚000 women died every year from getting back-alley abortions. Now that abortion is legal fewer women are dying of it. Women should be able to have abortion because before abortion was legal many women suffered terribly‚ no one has the right to tell them what to do with their body‚ and they should have control over medical issues that may arise. First of all‚ before abortion was legal many women suffered terribly. In the past abortion was very
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why she may not feel able to continue with a pregnancy. Although some religions oppose abortion under all circumstances‚ many religions recognise the different factors that influence a woman’s decision on how to proceed with a pregnancy and teach that there are some instances in which abortion is acceptable. Most religions agree that abortion is a last resort; they teach that the decision to have an abortion is a serious one and must not be taken lightly. Not all religions define a particular moment
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Abortion Cons - Reasons Against Abortion * The important con that should be considered is can we choose to kill unwanted pregnancies? One shouldn’t be so irresponsible to land up in a situation where they have to be unmerciful to the unborn. * Most of unplanned pregnancies if extended to childbirth may prove to be wanted later. * A growing embryo is considered human with the heartbeats initiating as early as 21st day of conception. So what if we cannot see the human form‚ it does have
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Abortion Is Wrong There are several decisions one has to make on a daily basis. For example‚ what they’re going to wear that day‚ if they’re going to take the bus or the train or if they want to serve steak or chicken. But sometimes people have to make an even greater decision‚ such as whether or not to have an abortion. Millions of women in this world have been faced with this heart cringing decision that has made them really sit down and decide if abortion is the right choice for them. Throughout
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