Should abortion bee legal in case of rapes or incest in Costa Rica?
“No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal caught in a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg.”(Frederica Mathewes-Green). There are social, physical, and mental facts that affect women when they are pregnant as a result of rape or incest that’s why abortion should be legal in order to not allow the women to suffer so much pain. This is to the women who have suffered rapes or incest and they got pregnant and also for the people disagree the abortion. In Costa Rica there are many people who disagree with the legalization of abortion in case of rapes only for religion or because they are pro-lifers. They arguing the
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Rejection of the mother towards the baby. Almost always the woman who gets pregnant as a result of sexual abuse has to birth the baby because there is not the abortion law. For this reason these babies are going to suffer a lot a cause of feel the disgust of his/her mother. “Children born of rape pregnancy suffer the characteristics of unwanted children, presenting a high risk of malnutrition, child maltreatment, neglect and even infanticide.” (Lara, Garcia , Villanueva , Martinez, & Strickler, 2013). Rejection or disgust with herself and body. Many times the innocents feel disgust with their body because of the unconscious men who perform these terrible acts. The women are subjected to a drastic change in their body causing many emotional changes too. Also these victims have the belief that other people will look at them with disgust and pity. Includes fear, anxiety, depression and feelings of guilt. Rapes increase the fears of innocent children who often do not want to leave their homes. Also it generates that them start to distrust in other people even the family. Getting nerves for anything becomes part of their lives, requiring psychological help. “This clinical picture at least generates in the most of the victims of sexual abuse, the characteristic symptoms of this disorder: intrusive thoughts, avoidance of stimuli related to aggression, sleep disorders, irritability and difficulties in concentration.” (Echeburua & Guerrica, 2005). People should agree the abortion in order to not permit that innocent women experience much pain as are the rejection for the baby, their body and whatever kind of