Cause And Effects Of Abortion In The United States

Abortions; this one word brings about starkly contrasted feelings in every heart across the world. They are both encouraged and frowned upon, and affect everyone. There is a lot of history pertaining to abortions. In the United States before the middle of the 1800’s, abortion was not a crime if the fetus was aborted before a woman felt the baby moving. In the 1820’s, laws prohibiting this practice began to appear across the U.S. Then 14 states justified abortion if a woman’s health was in danger, or in cases of incest/rape by the early 1970’s. In 1973, the famous Roe v. Wade case ruled that abortion is allowed during the first three months of a pregnancy. Since then, there have been cases to limit the power of Roe v. Wade. One example is Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989), where the Supreme Court ruled that states can require physicians to test the viability of a fetus before performing an abortion, states can outlaw abortions in public hospitals, and states may prohibit public employees from assisting in abortions. So what are the causes and effects of this practice? Abortions occur because of rape or incest, medical reasons, or social reasons; in effect, a life is lost, and the woman can be affected physically and/or emotionally. To start with, a woman might resort to an abortion because of rape/incest, although this

93% of abortions are because of these reasons, which can include: they don’t have the money to provide for the baby, they don’t want one at this time, they don’t want to have anyone find out they’re pregnant, they don’t want to ruin relationships, etc. There are millions of stories about women who abort because of these reasons, and in their minds, it was a true justification at the time. It depends on their life, and what is going on in that time period. The reasons differ from woman to woman. Life throws curveballs to them, and sometimes they think an abortion is the easy way out of