Persuasive Essay On Abortion

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Since the dawn of humanity, the division of the human race into two genders has subjected mankind to deem one gender as inferior. Women, the bearer of children, have struggled with being considered inferior, receiving unequal pay, working while being disenfranchised, and rearing children as single parents. Most notable, women suffer from painful pregnancies and excruciating child births. Unwanted births can be extremely stressful for women. Whether or not women have the right to an abortion has become and particularly controversial subject after the U.S. Supreme Court 's 7-2 decision on Roe v. Wade declared the procedure a "fundamental right" on Jan. 22, 1973. Antiabortionist argue that abortion is murder and that it promotes a society where …show more content…

Advances in technology and medical science have allowed physicians to detect abnormalities in babies before they are brought to full term. Society must show appreciation of these medical trailblazers by allowing action to be taken and justified by their discoveries. An action that can show appreciation for the discoveries is aborting a fetus to avoid further complications. Some babies have severe birth defects such as anencephaly, the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development, and limb-body wall complex, a condition in which organs develop outside the body cavity. It is cruel and inhumane to force a mother to carry a child with death guaranteed before or shortly after birth. Even with less severe abnormalities such as Down syndrome, some mothers are unable to care for a disabled child. Many mothers do not have the paternal support, financial resources, or emotional stamina to give birth to a disabled child. Giving the mothers an option to not bring babies into full term prevents life altering changes in the …show more content…

Modern abortion poses little to no threat to the pregnant mothers. More complications are caused by mothers giving birth to their children than an actual abortion. Many people fear that abortions cause conditions such as infertility and cancer. However, there is no evidence to support the antiabortionist’s claim. Abortions are one of the safest medical practices available. In areas where abortions are illegal, people conduct unsafe and unsupervised abortion inductions. Illegal abortion inductions put women 's lives at risk. In addition, fetuses cannot feel pain during abortions. The neocortex which is required for pain reception is not formed until the third trimester of pregnancy. Many antiabortionist report that fetuses make a "silent scream" during abortion. Nevertheless, the reactions are reflexes to trauma and do not show that fetuses are "feeling" anything. Legal abortions benefit mothers while not harming the

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