How can a child make the decision for the life of another child by themselves? In this paper I will outline the mental, physical, and safety issues of minors (age 18 and under) having an abortion and why it is so important that they need to get parental consent before making this life long decision. Talking about abortion brings out an emotional response in many women. This is because having an abortion takes a massive emotional toll on some women. As Nanyjo Mann said, three weeks after having an abortion, “I became preoccupied with the thoughts of death. I fantasized about how I would die. My baby struggled for two hours” (Reardon, 1987, p. xviii). In the forward of the book “Aborted Women, Silent No More” Nanyjo, a women telling her story of abortion, goes on to tell about feeling unstable with herself after having an abortion. She wanted to prove to herself that destroying others didn’t hurt, but it does (Reardon, 1987, p. xix-xx). Continuing in reading Nanyjo’s story, she tells all of the effects and feelings she went through after having an abortion including stress, depression and low self esteem. Any girl under the age of 18 would have an even harder time dealing with this type of stress. Teenagers are already seeking their identity and worry about their grades, looks, and peer acceptance. Going through the post abortion stress all by themselves would be overwhelming and potentially put them at risk for mental breakdown. Another thing to take into consideration is the physical health risks during and after an abortion. As Ring-Cassidy and Gentles(2003) said “Abortion is never with out risks”(p. 89), this tells us that you can never be sure your going to come out completely fine when you go in for an aborti... ... middle of paper ... ... for them if something goes wrong mentally or physically is something that all daughters faced with a pregnancy should experience when going through something as life changing as an abortion. If teens choose to have unprotected sex, they should have to deal with the consequences like an adult and fess up to their mistakes, even to their parents. Seeing the physical and mental distress abortions can have on a young child or teen, don’t you agree that this law should be in place too? Works Cited Reardon, D (1987). Aborted Women: Silent No More. Chicago, Illinois: Loyola University Press Ring-Cassidy, E, & Gentles, I.(2003). Women’s Health after abortion: The medical and Psychological evidence. Toronto, Ontario: The deVeber Institute for Bioethics And Social Research Rutgers University (2009). Sex in the states. http://www.sexetc.org/state
The article “Abortion Harms Women” suggests supporters of legalized abortion downplay the health and mental risks associated with abortion. Research has indicated there is short and long-term physical and mental harm related to abortion (“Abortion Harms Women”). Abortion can cause many physical complications for the women, such as infections, excessive bleeding, and blood clots. They can even be life-threatening in some cases. In the article “Abortion Harms Women” the writer points out abortion is surprisingly the fifth leading cause of death maternally in the United States. There are certain complications, including infection, hemorrhage, pulmonary embolism (blood clot), and complications from anesthetics that are responsible for a woman’s death (“Abortion Harms Women”). Also, there is a greater risk of mortality the further along a woman is when she has an abortion. Along with the physical risks associated with abortion, there are the psychological risks. Abortion can cause women to feel ashamed or guilty, resulting in an increase in emotional pain. In the article “Abortion Harms Women” the writer explains many emotional problems that can affect women after an abortion. Some women experience an increase in the use of alcohol and drugs. Studies have shown that 34% of women are at a greater risk for anxiety and depression. Also, there is a 60% increase for women to
The abortion rates between the ages of 18 – 25 years old in the United States are at a record high (Wilke, 2006). Women of this age who have abortions are especially vulnerable to PASS they are at a critical developmental period of their life. Wilke defines, post abortion survivor syndrome as the existential guilt, risk taking behaviors, sense of impending doom and prepsychotic terror appears to be distinct from symptoms that may arise in other types of pregnancy loss survival situations, from childhood mistreatment, or from an abortion experienced by the individual or the individual's partner. Women are more likely to be most deeply affected by abortions. In addition, these women are also likely to be the least expressive about their doubts and pains (Wilke, 2006).. Sheils & Gajowy have concluded that most women appear to be extremely affected by the loss ...
My mother’s friend has been pregnant with a total of five children. Of those five, only four of them are still here. At the time, her family was having money troubles, and she just received news of her fourth pregnancy. Her friend had to make one of the toughest decisions of her life. It was either keep the baby and her whole family would become homeless or go to a clinic and have an abortion. Abortion should be a safe, legal option for all pregnant women when deciding the future of their unborn baby.
Abortion has been a controversial debatable topic for years. Should women and young teens have the final say in if they feel the need to keep or abort an unwanted baby. In the case Roe v. Wade marked the legalization of abortion by a supreme court, which started the debate over abortion. Educating women and young teens on the dangers of abortion will help them make safe sound decisions on abortion and the many alternatives to consider before aborting a baby. The pros and cons of this debatable topic raises some serious issues of why women and young teens consider abortion to what time frame after conception is the embryo considered a life..
Second, to ensure that parental rights are enforced; minors should need parental consent to obtain an abortion (Earll). Parents are legally responsible for the well-being of their children. They are responsible for giving th...
...ant teen should know the consequences and should be able to have an abortion if she chooses to.
Compared to older women teens who choose abortion have many emotional injuries. According to Amy R. Sobie and David C. Reardon, Ph.D. authors of Detrimental Effect of Abortion “Teens are more likely to develop psychological problems, more likely to have troubled relationships and are generally in need of more counseling and guidance regarding abortion. “ Many teens experience these emotional effects because they received pressure from their parents, their partners and their friends to get the abortion. In the article Impacts of Abortion on Society, Amber Bradley states “ Twenty percent of the women in Major's study experienced clinical depression. Also, when asked if they would do it all over again, 31 percent reported that they would not have chosen abortion or were uncertain. “ Many teens are not aware of the emotional impact that comes with abortion.
Women should be able to be adults before they can undergo this kind of complex procedure, which is why women should be at least 18 and over in California to be able to have an abortion with no questions asked. Something about body and maturity in age, or change number depending on science. Since teenage pregnancies are so high in California, with more than a million girls under the age of 20 become pregnant in the 90’s, and a reported 42 percent of those pregnancies ended in abortions. (Clark, 1991). For those minors who prefer to end their pregnancy, they must have consent from 1 legal guardian before they can have an abortion. The signature must be verified and the said guardian must be contacted as well as attend the procedure with the minor. Under any circumstances, a minor cannot come in to the hospital for an abortion without any of the requirements, and if an abortion is conducted, both the physician and the minor will be faced with felony
It has been discovered that there are many emotional aspects that can effect the psychological well being of women who undergo an abortion. These emotions include guilty feelings, anxiety, depression, loss, anger, and even suicide. Clinical research has found that when women are in trusting, sharing relationships, they report deep seated feelings of exploitation over their abortion experience. (Alliance Action Inc 1993, 1) A woman reports, "I was unprepared for the maze of emotions that hit me after I had the procedure. Instead of feeling relieved, I w...
Girls 17 and under should be required to obtain parental permission before having an abortion because this is a dangerous operation; parents have responsibility to know such important things happened on their underage daughter, and teenagers might be more irresponsible without this requirement.
“I laid down and began to cry. They asked me what was wrong and I told them I did not want to do this. I changed my mind. I wanted up. The doctor began to tell me I didn't need a baby and that I had my whole life ahead of me. I began to cry harder and they strapped me down. I asked them to please unstrap me and let me leave. The anesthesia was administered and I fell asleep to the sound of their laughter. When I woke up, I was hurting physically as well as emotionally.” This is the heartbreaking story of a then seventeen year old Cheryle. She shared her true story of the regretted abortion she was forced to have. Not only does an abortion destroy a human life, it can also severely affect the mother, both
Abortion is justified in young girls between the ages of 12 to 17 years old because their body is not fully ready to carry another life. For example, if a girl gets rape by a person she does not know, she can decide whether to keep the rapist child or get abortion to not suffer. Women is not prepared to take on the responsibility of a child. Girls at ages 12-17 is consider rapist because they are minors” I'd like to see how they'd fare if they were put in the position of being young and raped and pregnant and scared witless—if they thought that they could very well die and leave two little children motherless”. (Sherry Matulis). At this age they should be doing is attending to school and working toward a careers, they should enjoy their teenager’s years without responsibility for a child.
Besides the moral punch that abortion truly is murder, the actual procedure has its own consequences to give. Debora Diniz says that the risk of abortion is not in the actual medical procedure, but in the secrecy of the act (1). There is no reason to shy away from the horrifying facts that must be known before obtaining such a procedure. Many physical risks accompany surgical abortions. About 1 in 100 women who have early abortions will experience complications, and 1 in 50 who have late-term abortions will encounter health problems (The Long Term Effects). While 10% of women who have an abortion experience immediate health issues, most complications take some time to develop and will sometimes delay from developing for
Many people often wonder what type of restrictions or shall I say rules are there for different states. In Pennsylvania, there is a requirement that teenagers show the consent of one parent or a judge, and another that puts a 24-hour waiting period for a woman after hearing a presentation from her doctor of alternatives to abortion. There has also been a provision that would have required women to inform their husbands if they wanted to have an abortion. Since states cannot ban abortion completely, they are trying to push restrictions like those in Pennsylvania. In most states, there will be a decision on whether or not teens have the right to obtain an abortion without involving their parents in the decision. Some say that if this actually goes through, then teens might seek an illegal abortion in their own state or might even consider self-abortion. States are also considering consent from the father and they are considering prohibiting the use of federal funds for abortions which might limit the teens options.
There are a lot of effects to having a abortion. One of the worst affects is the emotional effects of it after it has bin done. Most women that a get an abortion get a disease called PAS. The causes for this stress disorder are really quite simple. The thing that has made the very existence of Post-Abortion-Syndrome debatable is the fact that it often does not surface until many years after the abortion. It is very common for a woman to say that she is fine about the whole thing, but later in live she finds herself engulfed in feelings of guilt, confusion, and exploitation. The reason for the surfacing anxiety is partly a mystery, but is often associated with the birth of a wanted child, or during unrelated counseling. The very interesting phenomenon about this dis-order is that the synptoms seem repressible, at least for a time. Clinical research has shown that when women are in trusting sharing relationships they report deep seated feelings of guilt, anxiety, depression, loss, anger, and exploitation over their abortion experience. The causes for the dis-order surfacing seems to be in many ways, time itself. The psychological damage, today known as Post-Abortion Syndrome. The consequences are long lasting and destructive When an individual undergoes an abortion she has a high stress reaction to the experience. Yet all too often her emotional pain is denied at the abortion clinic, minimised by partners and families, mis-diagnosed or trivialised by helping professions and ignored by so...