Arguments Against Abortion Legalization

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Access to legal abortion reduces maternal injury as well as death caused by unsafe illegal abortion. It seems to me that abortion should remain legalized in the United States. Women have various reasons to resort to abortion. First off, no one should be able to tell a women what to do with her body, or judge her for it. Second, the majority of people tend to make or believe countless misconceptions when it comes to this topic. While I 'm a strong advocate for abortion, I understand why some are against it, but that will not change my position. An abortion is one of those things that no one should have a say in unless they 're the one getting it done. If a woman decides to get an abortion, that is her decision to be made. While it is a very serious choice to be made, it 's hers. Women get abortions for multiple reasons. According to the article Abortion Facts written by Carly Fiorina “1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest; 6% of abortions occur because of potential health problems with either the mother or the child; and 93% of all abortions occur for social reasons (that is, the child is unwanted or inconvenient.)” Countless people may believe that the only social reason that exist when it comes to getting an abortion is that the woman didn 't want the baby, when in all reality there 's many more reasons than that. Some women cannot afford a child due to living in poverty, therefore bringing them into this world would be pointless because all the child would do is suffer. Others believe they 're not mature enough or are afraid of having to raise the baby on their own due to partner issues. They also may not be emotionally or mentally prepared. With all the possible reasons as to why a woman might be getting an abortion, there should be no judgment towards them. On the article Should Abortion Be Banned (Except in Special Circumstances Like Saving the Mother 's Life) written by Joe Messerli states that making abortion illegal implies that the "Government gets to control a woman 's body." That is an accurate statement about this topic because it nothing more than unfair for a woman not being able to have an abortion. A man is allowed to removed one of his testicles which would prevent him from having children and no one has ever gone against nor question or judge any man for going under said procedure. Also the government would in fact pay a man who decides to have this surgery done. On a different note, numerous people act as if illegalizing abortion would stop it from happening. Keeping abortion legal only keeps it safe. In the article Should Abortion Be Banned (Except in Special Circumstances Like Saving the Mother 's Life) written by Joe Messerli, he states " 'Back alley ' abortions would increase if it were made illegal, leading to increased risk of young women dying or becoming sterile." which is once again a very accurate statement. Legal abortion simply prevents women from getting them done unsafely. Uncomfortable, painful, dangerous and deadly methods were used by women when abortion wasn 't legal or accessible. These methods included everything from putting a leech in their vagina …show more content…
According to Pro & Con Arguments: “Should Abortion Be Legal” written by an unknown author “Abortions reduce the number of adoptable babies.” The percentage of infants given up for adoption in the United States has declined from 9% of them born in 1973 to 1% of them born between 1996 and 2002. Also women should not be able to use abortion as a contraceptive, but then again birth control is never one hundred percent effective. Some women do not intend to get pregnant but they end up becoming that way anyway due to the fact birth control never fully protects them. Another downside to abortion is that more black babies end up being killed than white babies. In the article I mentioned earlier Pro & Con Arguments: “Should Abortion Be Legal” by an unknown author “In New York City in 2012, more black babies were aborted (31,328) than had live births (24,758).” This is because black women are 3.3 times more likely to abort their baby than white women. While abortion has these downsides, this still doesn 't change my view of

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