Abortion: The Right to Choose

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Abortion: The Right to Choose
Abortion is a constitutional right of a woman in the United States and therefore should not be outlawed. Certain instances prove an abortion justified and blanket legislature against such useless, such as rape and incest and the health of the mother, and a simple fact that the practice would continue, only less safely and with more casualties. In 2012, 346,830 women were raped. According to medical reports, the incidence of pregnancy for one-time unprotected sexual intercourse is five percent. By applying the pregnancy rate to 346,830 female survivors, The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network estimates that there were 17,342 pregnancies as a result of rape in 2012 (Rainn.org/statistics).
Women who are raped or victims of incest should not be forced to carry out a pregnancy.
If a woman were raped, forcing her to have the child would cause further psychological trauma (Lowen). A pro-choice proponent on debate.org says:
“For any women reading this who are against abortion even in the case of
Rape, imagine this: A man violently attacks you and rapes you. In addition to the initial trauma, you have to go through nine long months for knowing that you have to carry to term the child of the man who raped you. Then you have to go through the potentially FATAL process of childbirth- which, even in the best case scenario, is very painful, and in worst cases you (and the child) could die in extreme pain. Does this sound appealing to you? Men, would you rather watch your wife/girlfriend die giving birth to the child of her rapist? A fetus starts out as a blob of cells. So is it a living, breathing human? Not really. The woman, however, is. By the time the baby is developed enough to have hair, nail...

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...ersonal and controversial issue, but if one looks at the information provided, one can see that it needs to remain legal. The right to choose is a right of every woman, and is justified in certain instances. Blanket legislature is not the answer to for such a heated issue with so much gray area.

Works Cited:
"Abortion Debate." Debate.org, Debate.org, N.D., Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
"Abortion ProCon" Abortion.procon.org. Procon.org, 5 Feb. 2014. Web. 6 Feb. 2014.
Lowen, Linda. "10 Abortion Arguments." womensissues.about.com, About.com, N.D. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
"Statistics ." Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Rainn, 2009. Web. 6 Feb. 2014.
"The Right to Choose." Los Angeles Times. 01 Apr. 2011: A.12. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
"10 Arguments in Favor of Pro-Choice Policy." Amplifyyourvoice.org. Advocate for Youth, 26 Jan. 2009. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.

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