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Argumentative Essay: The Legalization Of Abortion

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Abortion legalization We can do whatever we want with our body, it is our property. What government can do about this is to suggest, not to suppress. However, more than 300,000 females around the world are carrying a rapist’s child, due to formidable pressure from the government’s authorities. Why should the government care about our body? We have our own decision to make, and this should not be demanded forcibly by anyone. Abortion is the only key to help victims from raping, and this must be legalised to set them free from a sense of mortification, accusation, and tribulation. The term rape is the crime typically committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with the offender against their consent. The point …show more content…

Of course, giving up on children can be irresponsible, but where is the rapist’s responsibility in all of this? It is unfair for females to carry all the consequences. El Salvador has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy due to rape. After El Salvador 's government’s total ban on abortion, hundreds of pregnant females decided to commit suicide. Just because people criticise abortion without looking it from the victim’s perspective, it leads them to a tragic ending. Once again, unfairly, there are no responsibilities placed on rapists for their heinous …show more content…

For instance, there should be enough amounts of monetary support and education provided for the teenage victims. I bet some people in this place have experienced raising a child. Do you remember that time when you spend burden amount of money to buy powdered milk and diapers? Education is also another point that we have to consider seriously. In order to help victims to return to their ordinary life, even after they give birth, they need proper quality education provided by the government, so they will not have any problem adapting to society later on. Unless the law has the proper plan to support them, they should be ashamed of themselves about their interference to put any coercion to the victims to keep the

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