Persuasive Essay On Abortion

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Murder is illegal in America. Or is it? Abortion is a legal form of murder against the unborn. Abortion is a worldwide topic that is very controversial and gets a lot of attention. Some people hold the opinion of letting the woman choose for herself, also known as pro-choice, and others hold the position of wanting to protecting the unborn’s right to life, known as pro-life. If a law is not put in place banning abortion, then people will continue in the murder of innocent humans; therefore, couples should be given the option of adoptive parents, fines should be implemented, and pregnancy prevention should be provided.

To start off, the history of abortion is an important part to understanding the whole picture. The most important piece of …show more content…

Therapeutic abortions are when an abortion is performed to preserve the mother’s health, while elective abortions are performed for any other reasoning. This may all seem like a new issue that has been happening but is actually has been around since 1500 B.C. The only reason it seems new is because it has recently become on of the biggest debates in America. Even though this topic has been around seemingly forever, it has changed a lot. Back to the start of abortions simple methods were used such as fasting, heavy lifting, pouring hot water on their stomach, and herbal treatments in effort to kill the baby. Now, in the present time we use more advanced and “safe” ways to kill the child. In the first nine weeks of pregnancy an abortion can be performed medically. Abortion pills or RU-486 are used and they don’t allow the normal implantation of the embryo. At twelve weeks of pregnancy the abortion can be done surgically. In this type of abortion the embryo can be removed by scraping or can be destroyed and removed with suction. After the twelve weeks dilation, vacuum aspiration and scraping are used. In this case the baby’s head may be too big and would have to be crushed in order to get it out. In the last three months of a pregnancy women can get a

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