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Abortion on demand should be legal for many reasons. In countries where
abortion is absolutely not tolerated it is a fact that women continue
to receive abortions, from unqualified back-street abortionists or the
village massage abortionist. Both of these individuals risk putting the
woman through painful and potentially fatal tortures just in an attempt
to abort a child.
Each year 84 000 women die worldwide from failed
abortion attempts. Because of anti-abortion legislation women avoid
going to the hospital, often until it is too late, to avoid prosecution
from police. In the cases of rape and incest the very idea of being
forced to have the child of the woman's abuser is repulsive.
There are
also cases when a woman's health is put in jeopardy by having a child
at all, forcing such a woman to bring a child to term, would be no less
than attempted murder. If a woman is forced to give birth to a child
she does not want, if left in that woman's custody, the child could
potentially face hatred and resentment from the mother for the rest of
it's life. In countries all over the world, children are found dead and
abandoned in places as degrading as garbage dumps.
The only effective
method of preventing unwanted births is abstinence, and this is just
not a realistic objective. There is no 100% effective form of birth
control, and even men and women using birth control have unwanted
pregnancies. Some women for financial, occupational, social, and
maturity reasons, see pregnancy as cessation of their lives. There are
no accurate statistics on how many women attempt or succeed in
committing suicide each year rather than live with their pregnancies.
Women will continue to have abortions with or without government
legislation, but with legislation, the conditions under which they have
their abortions can be sanctioned and observed. The role of family in
abortion is that preservation of family has a profound impact on some
women's decision whether or not to have an abortion. Some women have
learned to protect and preserve each and every member of her family,
including an unborn child.
For these women abortion is not even a
consideration, but many do live their lives harboring resent towards
their husbands and the child for forcing her to have a child she did
not necessarily want. Other women see abortion as a necessity to
protect the family they already have. For financial reasons especially
some women believe that abortion at this time in life is not an option,
and to protect the stability of their families have abortions.
The role
that school has on the issue of abortion is that presently schools
teach students how to best protect themselves against pregnancy. Many
schools provide condoms to students, and attempt to instill a sense of
responsibility in both female and male students.
The role that the
church plays on the issue of abortion is especially important to
society. For hundreds of years, whatever the church's position on
abortion, the entire world adopted. For centuries the church has
accepted abortion for a few hundred years and then condemned abortion
for a few hundred years, but in either case society has embraced the
church's thinking.
For many both religious and non-religious women, the
church's opinion of abortion is highly revered and obeyed. The Catholic
Church denounces both birth control and abortion so women are getting
pregnant and are being forced to raise enormous families, straining the
family, especially financially. The government's role in the issue of
abortion, is the legislator of all laws pertaining to abortion.
The
Canadian government, which is more lenient towards the issue of
abortion than other countries, provides abortion to women, on the
grounds of either mental or physical damage that would be caused by the
birth of a child. The government also bans most abortions after the
first trimester because after this date, there is significantly more
risk to the health of the woman. The medical profession provides legal
abortions to women, and it is medical professionals who make up the
panel of doctors who decide if a woman may have an abortion. These
members examine what level of trauma the woman would suffer by having a
child, and decide whether or not to grant an abortion to a woman.
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