At 1.3 million, abortions are at the lowest rate in the U.S. since 1976 ("10 Shocking Facts About Abortions"). Out of the 196 countries in the world, only six do not allow women to have an abortion under any circumstance, even if the procedure would save her life. Those countries are Chile, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Nicaragua in Latin America. The other two are Vatican City and Malta these are in Europe. For the other 190 countries it took many years to get abortion legalized. Today there are still many little things that people are fighting about due to abortions. The argument is life and death though the uncertainty of complication makes it difficult. Abortion is a life or death matter, having equal supporters on both sides. Although abortion has many ethical questions, this issue remains controversial due to how it is viewed in society.
Abortion has been around for
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The dictionary meaning for abortion is the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable (“Abortion”). With knowing the dictionary meaning, this also means that a miscarriage would also be considered an abortion even though a miscarriage is from a natural or unplanned loss of the baby. An induced abortion is an intentional interference of the pregnancy. More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives (“Abortion Causes, Symptoms, Treatment -Abortion Rights in the United States”). Out of the 40% of abortions, 41% of the abortions are from teenagers. Some abortions are called therapeutic abortion, which means that the woman's life or health would be put at risk if they were to continue the pregnancies and deliver. Other reasons many women have abortion is because the stress for young families, possibility of losing job, the