A way we can help is by making people understand that not all women have abortions just because they don't want the baby but for other reasons, like medical reasons.
Should Abortion be Legal?
Yes, it should. The fact that abortion is not legal in every state is not right. Abortion procedures are not only for women who wish to not have children but also for those whose baby dies in the womb and or the baby is going to be born with an illness that only grants him a few minutes to a year of life in which they are in pain.
People that live in states that have banned the right to abortion have also made it illegal for women to travel to another state and have the procedure. So much that if they do they might end up in jail.
Almost half of the U.S. has either banned abortion already, is in the process of doing it, or doesn't provide abortion care.
Types of Abortion
There are two types of abortion: The first involves surgery and the other which is through medication. It takes only two pills to abort the fetus but it has to be done within 10 weeks of pregnancy. After 10 weeks it must be done surgically. In the first trimester, they use the suction technique but in the second trimester, they do a procedure similar to if you were to give birth. They use the process called dilation and evacuation.
Community Responses
I asked a few people in my community what they thought of abortion. Many were ok with it and a few didn’t like the idea of abortion and thought it was wrong.
I think abortion is a sensitive topic. I don’t want to sound evil but if my child came with a defect and I was given the choice I would abort. I do not want to bring a child into this world that I know would suffer. So I'm not against abortion because I know that many of the women that abort are drug addicts or women that can’t afford to take care of another human being. Children suffer when they are taken into foster care and are kicked out by the time they reach 18. - Anonymous
I think abortion is wrong. There is a reason why condoms exist. There are so many ways to prevent pregnancy. Girls need to stop spreading their legs and crying when they get pregnant and don’t want the baby. -Carla V.
The only times I think abortion is ok is when a girl gets raped because it has happened so many times that the mother rejects the baby and he goes from house to house because she can’t bare hold a child that resembles that man that hurt her. I get adoption is a choice but what about when the child wants to meet his/her birth mom? -Miranda L.
Abortion Laws are crazy. Did you know that in some states they won’t abort even if the baby is dead? It’s a woman’s choice if she wants to abort or not. - Anonymous
Diamant, Jeff, and Besheer Mohamed. “What the Data Says about Abortion in the U.S.” Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center, 13 Jan. 2023, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/01/11/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-u-s-2/.
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