Abortion has been an issue for over two centuries, but with the evolving society we live in abortion is becoming more and more justified. The information on abortions is often misconstrued. The 1970’s sparked the women's movement and demanded that abortion be legal because they believed in order to achieve political, social, and economic equality with men women should have one hundred percent control over their reproductive organs. Something that was once a right was transformed into a privilege almost overnight. Thirty seven states refuse to fund money for abortions due to women who have been victim to rape or incest. There are many types of abortions such as medications, surgical aspirations, D&E, and D&C. The right to abortions promotes safe and legal abortions and ultimately helps protect women's health and safety. …show more content…
Complications of anesthesia, postabortion triad, hematometra, retained products of conception, uterine perforation, bowel and bladder injury, failed abortion, and septic abortion. Although there is always a risk with any medical procedure the side effects are not always this dramatic. Advancements in the medical field have dramatically reduced complications from abortion. Statistics show that it is actually safer than carrying a child full term. A woman dying from having an abortion is 0.6 percent in 100,000. While dying giving birth is around fourteen times higher 8.8% out of 100,000. The rate of dying while getting a colonoscopy is more than forty times higher. It is a proven fact that only 2% of women will experience complications from an abortion. And only 2% of abortions happen after twenty one weeks. It is a sad fact that 87% of women do not have an abortion clinic anywhere near them, some women would have to travel over one hundred miles to get a legal and safe