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University Preparatory Academy
Abortions
Brittany Thompkins Government Rachall Chall October 31, 2016
Brittany Thompkins
Rachall Chall
Government
30 October 2016
Abortions
The word abortion means to deliberately terminate a human pregnancy, which is most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Statistics have shown that in 2014, approximately; 954,000 abortions took place. Although, it being a high number, it was down from an estimate of 983,000 abortions in 2013, …show more content…
In an article from “Woman Issues” it explains that whatever a woman decides to do with her body is up to her and is critical to civil rights. When you take away a woman 's choice to be reproductive or not, you step into a slippery slope. A counter argument to the last paragraph. In addition, it also states that “In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman made pregnant by this violent act would cause further psychological harm to the victim.” ( Woman Issues, 2). To rephrase this, it 's saying that abortions are often considered a good thing because in cases such as rape, the victim does not want to be tormented with the possibility of caring the rapists’ child. There might be cases where they do keep the unborn child, however it could be a rare occasion. In addition, abortions could be considered good because it prevents the child from growing up in a home with unreliable resources and out of poverty. It also prevents children from being placed in the overpopulated orphanages and reduces the chance of a child to grow up in either an unhealthy environment, or worse; being
University Preparatory Academy
Abortions
Brittany Thompkins Government Rachall Chall October 31, 2016
Brittany Thompkins
Rachall Chall
Government
30 October 2016
Abortions
The word abortion means to deliberately terminate a human pregnancy, which is most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Statistics have shown that in 2014, approximately; 954,000 abortions took place. Although, it being a high number, it was down from an estimate of 983,000 abortions in 2013, …show more content…
In an article from “Woman Issues” it explains that whatever a woman decides to do with her body is up to her and is critical to civil rights. When you take away a woman 's choice to be reproductive or not, you step into a slippery slope. A counter argument to the last paragraph. In addition, it also states that “In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman made pregnant by this violent act would cause further psychological harm to the victim.” ( Woman Issues, 2). To rephrase this, it 's saying that abortions are often considered a good thing because in cases such as rape, the victim does not want to be tormented with the possibility of caring the rapists’ child. There might be cases where they do keep the unborn child, however it could be a rare occasion. In addition, abortions could be considered good because it prevents the child from growing up in a home with unreliable resources and out of poverty. It also prevents children from being placed in the overpopulated orphanages and reduces the chance of a child to grow up in either an unhealthy environment, or worse; being