In many countries abortion is illegal. Not only does abortion harm innocent babies, but abortion also rises the risk of medical complications for the mother. Majority of women who choose to abort regret the decision later in life. There is always a way to prevent pregnancy, and if by some chance pregnancy does occur and the baby is not wanted there are other options besides abortion. Why is this?
It is considered to be a procedure where a woman kills the fetus before being born. They risk their lives and wellbeing just to get rid of a problem that they have created. The problem that comes with having abortions is that the supreme court has ruled it to be a fundamental law for a women to have the right to abort her unborn child. In the court case Roe. Wade a decision was made that the right of privacy is broad enough to encompass a woman 's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
If a baby is murdered that has not had a chance to even live its fate, then what is To make the choice to have sex automatically means accepting the fact that a baby could come into play. When an abortion occurs it does not only put the baby through pain, but also hurts the mother's chances of ever being able to have kids again, which can be one of the most cruel things known to man. The fight of life is so precious, and to underestimate it with abortion is a slap in God's face. To murder the innocence is no better than to murder inside the womb or outside.
See why there is so much controversy. Most pro- life supporters believe that abortion is not only immoral but murder because someone is killing an innocent human being which is why abortion should be illegal. While pro-choice believe the complete opposite about abortion and it should stay legal. I disagree with abortion. Unsafe abortion is a major medical and public health problem in Ethiopia.
The magnitude of the problem in terms of numbers affected, and severe adverse consequences can no longer be ignored. Abstract Objectives: To identify the primary abortionist while the patient is in the hospital; to determine the type of materials used to terminate the pregnancy; to determine the number of attempts made to terminate the index pregnancy and; to characterise women with induced abortions at five hospitals in the City of Addis Ababa.
You can see the effects of this with the government trying to defund Planned Parenthood, Congress votes to defund and the president overrides it and nothing gets achieved.
Or, they will try to portray it a specific way that only shows one side saying horrific things and not the other. This is called Political Socialization which is the process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire their ideas about the government.
A main source is media. Abortion World wide Abortion has been a controversial issue. Whenever the topic of abortion is brought up their are mixed emotions, from all types of people, all over the world. Meanwhile people pro-choice think being pro choice is trusting the right decision for herself and her family, and not entrusting that decision to anyone wearing the authority of government in any regard. Who is right though? Abortion is a topic that causes controversy all over the world.
In the case of Roe v Wade, abortion was declared legal, although many still question if this should be the case 5. Whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, stating your opinion about the issue can create an outbreak of opinions. Yes, abortion is legal, and yes, women have the right to do with their bodies as they please.
However, many consider abortion to be murder, which is not legal and can be punishable by death. This was especially true when he discussed the argument of contraception. Marquis took his argument of abortion to a level that was not relatable and too cumbersome. After all, not every sperm and every egg will become a fetus. In addition, if you are robbing an unborn child of its future then how would this matter if the fetus lacks awareness? When someone is alive and is murdered they are currently living and are on track for a future.
In India, a very liberal abortion law for its day was passed in , but it has been poorly and unevenly implemented, such that high rates of morbidity and mortality persist to this day. Decent laws and policies can be sabotaged and access to abortion can be restricted without amending the law itself, but instead through policies pressuring women to have more children, public denunciation of abortion by political and religious leaders, or restricting access to services.
In Turkey, for example, in , in response to population growth, the government passed a law allowing fertility regulation, termination of pregnancy on request up to 10 weeks after conception, and sterilization. Since , he has been calling abortion murder, expressing opposition to the provision of abortion services and threatening to restrict the law.
Women protested against these threats in such large numbers in that to date there have been no changes to the law itself. But administrative changes were made in order to make the procedure for booking an appointment for an abortion—which is still primarily provided by gynecologists in hospitals—more difficult.
These changes have made it nearly impossible to obtain an abortion in a state hospital; indeed, some state hospitals have stopped providing abortions altogether. Although comparative data are not available, a study found that of state hospitals with departments of obstetrics and gynecology, only 7.
Of the 58 teaching and research hospitals with departments of obstetrics and gynecology, only Overall, 53 of 81 provinces in Turkey did not have a state hospital that provided abortions without restriction as to reason, although this is permitted under the law. Thus, the availability of safe abortion depends not only on permissive legislation but also on a permissive environment, political support, and the ability and willingness of health services and health professionals to make abortion available.
In contrast to Turkey, Ethiopia is an example of the success of that support. In , Ethiopia liberalized its abortion law. Previously, abortion was allowed only to save the life of the woman or protect her physical health. The current law allows abortion in cases of rape, incest, or fetal impairment, as well as if the life or physical health of the woman is in danger, if she has a physical or mental disability, or if she is a minor who is physically or mentally unprepared for childbirth.
In , the government published national standards and guidelines on safe abortion that permitted the use of misoprostol, with or without mifepristone, in accordance with WHO guidance.
Reasons for not being comfortable were mainly religious, but also included personal values and a lack of training.
The study also uncovered a lack of medical equipment and trained personnel, and bureaucratic problems at clinical sites. Even so, major efforts were and are still being made to improve access at the primary level by constructing more health centers and training more mid-level providers. Between and , the proportion of abortions provided in health facilities almost doubled. While a substantial number of abortions continue to occur outside of health facilities, the proportion is falling, showing that change is possible but also that it takes time.
In recent decades in Latin America, a combination of legal reforms, court rulings, and public health guidelines have improved access to safe abortion for women. In Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica, higher courts have been instrumental in interpreting the constitutionality and scope of specific grounds for abortion, though their judgments are not always implemented. In countries such as Peru, guidelines issued by hospitals or by governments at federal or state levels govern the enforcement of permitted grounds.
As a result, and thanks to the advent of new technology, women have begun to take matters into their own hands. An uncounted number of women, probably in the millions, has been obtaining and using misoprostol to self-induce abortion widely available for gastric ulcers from a range of sources—pharmacies, websites, black market—since its abortifacient effectiveness was first discovered in the late s. This practice, begun in Brazil, has spread to many other countries and regions.
In response, legal restrictions and regulations on access to medical abortion pills have been imposed by countries such as Brazil and Egypt in an effort to stop the unstoppable. Moreover, in the past decade, feminist groups have set up safe abortion information hotlines in at least 20 countries, and health professionals are providing information and access to abortion pills via telemedicine, including Women Help Women, Women on Web, safe2choose, the Tabbot Foundation in Australia, and TelAbortion in the United States.
Health professionals are willing to be involved before and after, but not in the abortion. It can be that simple although it does restrict access to aspiration and surgical methods. While the overall trend globally is toward more progressive laws, some countries where the rightwing has taken power have gone backward.
In Russia, the law has gone back and forth between permissive and restrictive with every change of political head of state. Stalin made abortion illegal when he took over from Lenin, and then after , abortion was again permitted on broad grounds across the Soviet Union and in its satellite countries in Eastern Europe and West Asia, while under Vladimir Putin a long list of restrictions has been imposed, greatly reducing the number of grounds on which abortion is permitted.
It would have banned retail sales and limited the list of organizations permitted to buy medical abortion pills wholesale. It would also have banned abortions in private clinics and removed payment for them from state insurance policies.
The bill was withdrawn after strong public protest that was coordinated by the Russian Association for Population and Development; however, attempts at further restriction are likely to continue.
In a number of Central and Eastern European countries, the backlash against communist rule and the increasing influence of conservative religious figures has led to regular attempts to undermine permissive abortion laws.
Poland has had the worst of it. The purported aim was to reduce the number of legal abortions on grounds of fetal anomaly. Cuba was the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to reform its abortion law in favor of women, with a law that remains unique.
Since , abortion has been available on request up to the tenth week of pregnancy through the national health system. The Penal Code, adopted in , says that an abortion is considered illegal only if it is without the consent of the pregnant woman, is unsafe, or is provided for profit. In Japan, the law allowing abortion, enacted in , was initially based on eugenics but was a liberal law in practice. Under this law, abortion became the primary mode of birth control in the country.
The law was reformed in to omit all references to eugenics. Abortion is now permitted to protect health, which includes socioeconomic reasons, and in cases of sexual offenses.
Abortion was and remains the main form of fertility control. The great majority of abortions fall under the health protection indication. Nearly all abortions are in the first trimester. In recent years in some countries, laws to legalize abortion are found in public health statutes, court decisions, and policies and regulations on sexual and reproductive health care, rather than as part of the criminal law.
Regulations on who can provide abortions were also revised. Most recently, midwives are now permitted to provide medical abortion, and the costs for all abortions are now reimbursed.
The Swedish law was amended in , , , , , , and Abortion is available on request up to 18 weeks. After that, permission from the National Board of Health and Welfare is required and may not be granted if the fetus is viable. Appeal is not permitted. Regulations govern who provides abortions and where. Any person not authorized to practice medicine who performs an abortion on another person can be fined or imprisoned for up to a year.
Most are medical abortions. In Australia, each state and the Capital Territory have a different law, ranging from very liberal to very restrictive; several are in the process of change. However, the court also held that US states have an interest in ensuring the safety and well-being of pregnant women, as well as the potential of human life.
It is impossible not to think that no law is the best law when it comes to abortion, which brings us back to Canada, where abortion has not been restricted since and is available on request with no stipulations as to who must provide it or where.
The benefits for women of having no law are crystal clear.
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