The Negative Effects of Abortion

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According to Ronald Reagan, “I have noticed that everybody that is for abortion has been born.” This suggests that, people who want to have an abortion or support the idea of abortion, do not realise that they were given a chance to live. ‘About 182 million pregnancies that happen in developing countries, over one third are unwanted; 19% end up with induced abortion. Out of these 19%: 8% are safe and 11% are unsafe’ (Department of reproductive health and research, World Health Organisation, October 2007). For many years, abortion has been a subject of discussions amongst families, countries, continents, and organisations. Before we move further, here is a clear definition of abortion: (Chambers dictionary, 1999) ‘it is the removal of the fetus from the uterus during the first few months of pregnancy. It may be spontaneous or induced.’ The process is quite hurting and yet people still do it. Abortion is only not practised by unmarried women or girls; it is also practised by women who are married. Moreover some husbands even persuade their wives to have one. But some of these couples are usually faced with this big question; “ARE WE SURE WE WANT TO DO THIS?” This essay would show you reasons why parents should not be allowed to choose whether they want to keep an unwanted fetus and why the baby should live.

Every child; born or unborn has the right to proper care and love and above all they have the right to live. An unborn child who is also refered to as a foetus needs maximum respect from parents because without them mating they would not have had it. It is a reward of their act be it a mistake or knowingly. A way of showing that respect is by not even thinking of deciding whether to take his life or not. Do you k...

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...e was quite low in Scotland it was estimated to about 14,000 abortions and about 40 carried out each day. The risk of the women loosing blood during surgery is about 0.01% of abortions’ (health centre, 2009). Although this figure may not scare, do you realise that your own wife, friend, or sister can fall under that category of the women who suffer complications of the womb.

In addition ‘according to latest research, women that have removed a foetus stand an increased risk of developing breast cancer. A group of scientist from the university of Colombo Sri Lanka claim that women who have had an abortion may most likely develop breast cancer in their later life. This is a fourth study to proof this link of breast cancer and abortion. Pro-life groups suggest this report should be made known to women. So they know a future side effect of abortion’ (Caldwell, 2010).

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