Persuasive Essay On Abortion

Kim grew up in a poor town without many jobs and had a boyfriend who was not a good partner to her. Kim, like so many others, ended up getting pregnant after having unprotected sex. With reluctance, she ended the pregnancy in an abortion. Then 4 months later, she found out that she was pregnant again. After becoming aware of the news, her boyfriend left her and she was alone, pregnant, and living in sub-poverty conditions. She knew that she had to end this pregnancy as well. Although it was not an easy decision to make, she knew it was the best decision for her. She came to the realization that she did not want children and this realization gave her solace. Kim says, “I know that there are people out there who would call my relief selfish.

Abortion has been around for thousands of years and dates back to ancient times. With the the application of abdominal pressure, the use of sharpened implements and abortifacient herbs, and many other kinds of methods, pregnancies have been aborted over the past several thousand years. Although these procedures usually ended in a termination of the pregnancy, long lasting injury was a common result (Devereux, 10) But as time progressed, so did the advances in the fields of surgery, anesthesia, and sanitation. Abortion procedures were becoming safer for women to undergo, which I believe is ultimately the most important factor of abortion. The safety and wellbeing of the pregnant woman should be held to the highest standard when it comes to this

Protecting women’s right to privacy allows them to make the decision that best suits them and the unborn child. What are mothers to do now if they know they cannot take care of this child? After a child is born, the cost of living goes up almost exponentially for the first couple years of the child’s life. If the mother cannot provide a proper environment for good development, then she should she have had the baby at all? The Guttmacher Institute does a lot of good research in the field of abortions and contraceptives and it has found that since the decision had been made by the Supreme Court in 1973, “forty-two percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes below one hundred percent of the federal poverty level.” If these women had had children instead of abortions they would be facing disastrous financial problems and not only would they suffer, but their children would as well. Annalee Newitz found in a recent study that “women who were denied an abortion were three times more likely to be below the poverty level two years later than women who were able to obtain abortions.” A child born into an impoverished home will never have the same chances than that of a child who is born into a financially stable home. The National Center for Children in Poverty states that “research is clear