Abortion Rights

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Abortion has always been a controversial subject among everybody whether they are involved directly or indirectly, or whether they are for it or against it. It is nearly impossible to find someone who doesn’t have an opinion about abortion. Both those who favor or oppose an abortion make good arguments to defend their beliefs and views. Personally I think every last person is entitled to his or her own opinions, beliefs, thoughts, and rights. And yes, women have rights too, and denying women the right to choose an abortion in the early stages is denying her rights as a US citizen and it is also discriminating against her. On the other hand, women should also use the common sense that we were given.

I think that abortion should be restricted to the first 20 weeks when most of the test can be taken to determine the health of the fetus. Anything after that would be wrong since the fetus can very well live outside the mother’s womb. According to the National Right To Life web site “So-called “Partial-birth” abortion is performed in the second and third trimesters and entails such things as: delivering the legs, arms and torso only, puncturing the back of the skull with scissors, suctioning the contents of the skull so as to collapse it and completing the delivery”(1). A partial breech delivery is not considered a “birth” at common law.
Abortion should definitely not be used as a primary birth control, though. It should be determined based on the circumstances of the pregnancy. A woman should have the choice to have an abortion if she is raped, impregnated by a deranged man or by incest. It would be unfair to force a rape victim to bear an unwanted baby and give up all the dreams she ever had and be reminded of that rape for the rest of her life. I also think a woman’s life should not be sacrificed or put at risk; a woman should be able to abort if there are any complications or a threat to her life and a ...