LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION 2
Running head: LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION 1
Legalization of Abortion
Date: Nov 10, 2021
Introduction
Attention Getter: Legalization of Abortion
Thesis Statement: Abortion is one of the most pressing issues that has been predominant in modern society for many years. Different groups push for the legalization of abortion and advocate for safe abortion to safeguard the health of those seeking these services (Adamczyk & Valdimarsdóttir, 2018). Religious groups, campaign against abortion. Religious organizations need to change their minds and establish an abortion support program, which delivers quality and safe abortion services to those who seek them.
Credibility Statement: I am interested in this topic because it concerns of the wellbeing of women around the world but overall, it is a human rights issue.
Preview of Main Points: To first start, abortions should be legalized to reduce the number of deaths and complications that arise because of unsafe abortions. Secondly, abortions should be legalized because it allows women to attain emotional and mental health stability. Lastly, Abortions allow women to eliminate defective fetuses early on.
Main Point 1 Understanding the issue
Abortion should be legalized to reduce the number of deaths and complications that arise because of unsafe abortions.
Although fetal termination has been illegalized in most countries or states, this exercise continues to take place behind legal authoritarian consent, a problem that risks millions of women and young girls to medical complications while others lose their lives.
According to the World Health Organization, one out of three abortions is carried out in either dangerous conditions or least safe conditions, exposing those who seek these services to a health risk.
Fifty percent of all estimated unsafe abortions across the world occurs in Asia, most of them in central and south Asia (WHO, 2021).
Moreover, WHO estimates that three out of four abortions that occurs in Latin America and Africa are unsafe. The risk of dying from illegal and unsafe abortions is higher in Africa. Every year, between 4.7% and 13.2 % of maternal deaths are attributable to unsafe options (WHO, 2021).
Every year, between 4.7% and 13.2 % of maternal deaths are attributable to unsafe options (WHO, 2021).
Legalizing abortions will facilitate the guarantee of the quality of care delivered to those seeking abortion services.
Organization permits access to safe, legal, and comprehensive abortion care, including post-abortion care to ensure that one attains the highest level of reproductive and sexual health (Adamczyk, & Valdimarsdóttir, 2018).
Abortion should be legalized because it allows women to attain emotional and mental health stability.
Most of the women who seek abortion are not emotionally or mentally prepared to become mothers. Entering parenthood is a scary stage, parenthood is a stage of life that requires preparation, mental and emotional health to take care of a child. Entering parenthood becomes a stage for worrying, especially for those who are not prepared and often opt for having an abortion.
This is a common scenario for college and high school students who choose between education and motherhood. Most women are aware that without proper education, it becomes extremely difficult to find a better job and support the child simultaneously. Studies reveal that less than fifty percent of the teenage girls who become pregnant before the age of 18 years graduate from high school.
At the same time, most of the women who become pregnant in college tend to drop out and never complete their degrees.
Parenthood takes on an emotional and mental toll for teenagers and young women who are not prepared to have an unplanned child and can result in a depressive and mentally trapped state.
Therefore, abortions offer a solution for women who want to prepare their future for the possibility of entering motherhood, perhaps through completing their education and securing a better job in order to have a more successful and less chaotic future.
Abortions allow women to eliminate defective fetuses early on.
There are women who are happily pregnant but are faced with a decision to have an abortion since they carry a defective fetus.
This means the unborn child will not be able to live a normal life due to severe abnormalities. There is also the possibility that due to underlying health issues caused by the pregnancy, women might also need to undergo an abortion for them to survive.
For instance, a pregnant woman may be diagnosed with uterine cancer, which requires immediate treatment before their health condition worsens. As a result, they may be forced to abort to secure treatment.
Additionally, there are some cases when diabetic women may develop a condition that causes uncontrollable vomiting, especially when pregnant, which can result in dehydration and malnourishment. In such a case, they may be forced to seek abortion options because keeping the pregnancy can become fatal.
Abortions allow rape victims to not have to carry the responsibility of their sexual assault.
Some women become pregnant because of rape and sexual assault, and for some women, keeping that pregnancy is a reminder of such a horrendous encounter.
In other words, pregnancy limits their emotional and mental healing. Consequently, they may be forced to abort since they do not want to live with bad memories concerning the child’s father. Abortion should be legalized to accommodate such cases where women are raped
The legalization of abortion will have a positive impact on women’s human rights, emotional, physical, and mental health.
A. The failure of legalizing abortion affects women’s health, including physical, emotional, and their mental state. Keeping a pregnancy becomes a mental or emotional health threat for many women, especially if they are not prepared to become mothers (Duffy, Pierson, Myerscough, Urquhart, & Earner-Byrne, 2018, November).
Works Cited
Adamczyk, A., & Valdimarsdóttir, M. (2018). Understanding Americans’ abortion attitudes: The role of the local religious context. Social Science Research, 71, 129-144.
Duffy, D. N., Pierson, C., Myerscough, C., Urquhart, D., & Earner-Byrne, L. (2018, November). Abortion, emotions, and health provision: Explaining health care professionals’ willingness to provide abortion care using affect theory. In Women’s studies international forum (Vol. 71, p. 12). Elsevier.
WHO. (2021). Abortion. Retrieved 7 November 2021, from https://www.who.int/health-topics/abortion#tab=tab_1