The Abortion Debate

Abortion is one of the biggest discussions that has been debated among Americans for a very long time. It is generally debated among many people regardless of different walks of life, whether religious or non-religious. Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before the first 28 weeks and is increasingly becoming an issue with the violation and neglect of woman’s right to their own bodies. There is a huge debate in not only deciding if women should be allowed to terminate their babies, but also if it is valid for these women to perform this procedure regardless of how the situation of conception occurred. This topic is so controversial for this fact because there is no line in determining what is morally correct or politely correct for these

Hopefully the United States is able to come to a balance or agreement to this issue, although this is difficult to do given its importance to many Americans today. I also chose this topic because I believe in everyone’s body is their own and they have the right to do with it as they wish. I truly believe that no political professional has the right to tell another woman what they can or cannot do with their bodies.

Abortion has become one of the most common medical operations implemented in the United States. Abortion procedures were beginning as early as 1550 BC, when the Egyptian medical text Ebers Papyrus found a way to terminate a baby. It was then later practiced in ancient Greece and Rome and once it made its way to the Roman Empire, abortion was listed as a horrible crime that occurred due to a husband who did not want a child. Then later on abortion in the United States was made illegal in the late 1800s and each state had its own stance on the matter. During that time, officials

The illegality of abortion was leading to deaths of countless women at the hands of “back alley butchers,” played an essential role in leading the seven justices to conclude that legalizing abortion would prevent harm (Desanctis, 2017). That measures up to 1.2 million women receiving illegal abortions that could cause infection to themselves or even death. Hospital emergency rooms were constantly full with women getting medical help from the horrible effects that occurred due to the abortions. In 1880s up until 1973, a prohibition for legal abortion became apparent and fell under the Comstock law that banned the use of birth control knowledge or assistance. After a while, women were able to receive safer and cleaner ways to receive their illegal abortions and decrease the amount of infection and deaths, but not completely. From 1967 to 1973, third of the United States reversed its decision in illegal abortion laws, but was only available to American women. In 1973, abortion became legalized during the Roe vs. Wade debate by