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Essay / Abortion, a controversy of all time - 679
Abortion has been one of the greatest controversies of all time. Many people think this is immoral and even consider it murder. The definition of abortion is: “The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of the uterus of a fetus or embryo before it is capable of normal growth.” 1 These pro-life advocates do not support the idea of induced abortion and believe it should be illegal. Many of these supporters do not know that if abortion were illegal, they would continue to be performed, unfortunately by uneducated personnel. More than 70,000 maternal deaths occur each year due to unsafe abortions1. These women are dying, so the idea of supporting pro-lifers is contradictory, which is why the nation should be pro-choice. Pro-choice believers support the right to privacy and the idea that women should have the choice to do as they please. own body. As an example; a woman is raped by a man and becomes pregnant with his child. She decides she doesn't want to keep the baby; she has an abortion because the thought of raising a child from her rapist is too painful for her to handle. Pro-choice advocates sympathize with this woman while she is later labeled a murderer by pro-life advocates. Abortions sometimes result in harassment of the woman because of the choice she has made regarding her own body. This is what pro-lifers argue. Often situations like this escalate into harassment which can be considered part of anti-abortion violence1. These pro-life supporters stalk, threaten, and sometimes even kill women who have chosen to have abortions and even doctors who perform these procedures. Pro-life also supports the idea that every child has the right to live, even if the mother is not financially able to support... middle of paper ...... Imagine that these abortions n has not happened with the current demographic problem in the world, there are more than 7 billion people on the planet and we have limited resources which are quickly depleting. Strangely, abortion is therefore beneficial for the planet. Pro-life advocates fail to see the situations, reasons, and benefits of abortion. They ignore the reason why many women choose to make the decisions they do. It is clear that abortion must remain legal; even though it seems immoral, it can often be the best situation for people who have to make this difficult decision. Pro-choice defends and protects the people, it is ultimately the life of the woman that would be affected and that of no one else, who would the government be to take this away from us, the people? We live in a country founded on freedoms, and women have and should continue to have the freedom to make this choice..