Abortion

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This topic has always been a concern between the people and the government. There are approximately 1.6 million abortions. The definition of abortion is “Induced termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or fetus that is incapable of survival.” My view on this topic is that people should have a choice yet be fully aware and educated as to what they choose and how that choice resulted.
Abortion in more simple terms is that if a woman has a baby in her stomach, and she does not want to have the baby, she can go through abortion or choose to have the child and/or put the baby up for adoption. One of the main reasons a woman chooses to have an abortion is because they can not handle the responsibility and/or they can not afford it. There are three stages in a woman’s pregnancy. The first stage is when the baby is still a small egg growing. The second stage is when feet, hands and a heart begin to develop. The third stage is when it is actually living off of your body as another human being.
There are many ways to abort a child such as surgical procedures or medication. The more popularly used today is abortion by medicine. The medication is used to kill the baby in the fetus and the woman will expose of the baby through the same action as if she were giving birth. It is basically an assisted miscarriage. In my view, abortion by medication has many immoral aspects. The woman is giving birth to a dead baby. It may be true, that it is an easier procedure for the woman carrying the unborn, however, it is an act that I just cannot accept. I understand, that either way you are aborting the unborn, yet my argument is grounded on a more psychological level. Just the thought of seeing this dead unborn being disposed of from a woman’s body, by her own choice, makes it feel wrong and impure.
I consider the more appropriate form of abortion is by undergoing the surgical procedure. In this type of procedure a doctor use...