Half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and about four in ten of these end in abortion (Abortion in the United States). Women have used abortion to control the reproduction at every point in history, regardless of its legality (History of Abortion in the U.S.). In 1973, the Supreme Court legalized abortion as a pro-choice stance. Many court cases tried to over turn Roe v. Wade, the court case that said abortion should be legal, but never had it overturned; however, in 1992, the court case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey had made restrictions on abortion. This includes a 24 hour waiting period, one parent’s permission if a minor, and a husband must be notified of intent to have the procedure done but was overturned in the above
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“In the USA, there are approximately two million infertile couples waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child’s medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill” (Brown, Kristi). With so many couples or women unable to have their own children, abortions limit the number of possibilities these people have to adopt. Many women choose abortion because of financial reasons, being a single parent, age, or not feeling as if they are responsible enough to be a mother. This is another reason why adoption is a better option for women who are thinking of aborting their …show more content…
“Surgeons entering the womb to perform corrective procedures on tiny unborn babies have seen those babies flinch, jerk and recoil from sharp objects and incisions” (Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life). An abortion procedure involves an abortionist reaching into the mother’s womb with a clamp and pulling out parts of the child with force. This procedure violently tears a preborn child apart, limb from torso, until the child bleeds to death in utero. After the arms and legs are torn off, the abortionist then continues to the brain where he/she takes the clamp and crushes down on the head until they see pure white gelatinous material issue from the cervix. (Levatino, Anthony). If a baby can flinch, jerk or recoil from sharp objects and incisions, surely they would feel each of their limbs being ripped from their body. Numerous women would not agree with the above arguments. They feel that women should have control over their own body and be able to make the decision of aborting their baby or not. The counter argument to that belief system is that a baby is in the women’s body but not part of the women’s body. “…The baby has its own DNA, its own genetic code, its own blood type, its own functioning brain, its own functioning kidneys, its own functioning lung, its own dreams, its not the woman’s body, it’s in the woman’s body” (Chandler,
“In the USA, there are approximately two million infertile couples waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child’s medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill” (Brown, Kristi). With so many couples or women unable to have their own children, abortions limit the number of possibilities these people have to adopt. Many women choose abortion because of financial reasons, being a single parent, age, or not feeling as if they are responsible enough to be a mother. This is another reason why adoption is a better option for women who are thinking of aborting their …show more content…
“Surgeons entering the womb to perform corrective procedures on tiny unborn babies have seen those babies flinch, jerk and recoil from sharp objects and incisions” (Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life). An abortion procedure involves an abortionist reaching into the mother’s womb with a clamp and pulling out parts of the child with force. This procedure violently tears a preborn child apart, limb from torso, until the child bleeds to death in utero. After the arms and legs are torn off, the abortionist then continues to the brain where he/she takes the clamp and crushes down on the head until they see pure white gelatinous material issue from the cervix. (Levatino, Anthony). If a baby can flinch, jerk or recoil from sharp objects and incisions, surely they would feel each of their limbs being ripped from their body. Numerous women would not agree with the above arguments. They feel that women should have control over their own body and be able to make the decision of aborting their baby or not. The counter argument to that belief system is that a baby is in the women’s body but not part of the women’s body. “…The baby has its own DNA, its own genetic code, its own blood type, its own functioning brain, its own functioning kidneys, its own functioning lung, its own dreams, its not the woman’s body, it’s in the woman’s body” (Chandler,