Abortion Essay Research Paper Thereare two types

Abortion Essay, Research Paper

There

are two types of abortion: spontaneous and induced. Spontaneous abortion or

miscarriage is when a foetus dies naturally inside the mother. Induced abortion

is when the foetus is deliberately killed by taking it from the mother?s womb.

This essay is about induced abortion.? ??????????? Abortion is a subject that many

people have strong views on. Anti-abortionists believe a person is alive from

the moment a human egg is fertilised and any attempt to end that life ? before

or after birth ? is murder. One anti-abortionist wrote, ?There is no difference

in killing a four-year-old child and aborting a pre-born child.? One protester

at an abortion clinic said ?I don?t believe in killing abortion doctors but I

believe in heaven and hell?. I feel they will go straight to hell.? ??????????? It is hard to see the other side of

things. Many women?s groups believe that abortion brings equality between

sexes. One woman wrote a book saying ? We support the rights of the individual

woman to choose, to choose pregnancy or abortion.? ??????????? There is halfway point between the

other two views. Some people believe abortion should be available but only for

specific medical and social reasons: women who have been raped, women who know

that the foetus is handicapped, and women who could suffer in childbirth

causing possible death. ??????????? In

the UK, the 1967 Abortion Act was introduced to mainly to stop illegal and

dangerous abortions. By making abortion legal, politicians hoped fewer women

would die or suffer as a consequence of badly performed abortions. Today,

abortion is illegal in very few countries-even those with religious beliefs and

traditions. During the 1960s and 1970s many governments relaxed their abortion

laws and made it easier for women to terminate unwanted pregnancies. In a few

countries such as the Soviet Union abortion is seen as an alternative to

contraception. In China women are forced to have abortions because of the

one-child-per-family policy. This policy is aimed at reducing the country?s

overpopulation problems. ??????????? No religion actually supports

abortion. Although some religions accept that are certain circumstances where

abortion is necessary. Pope John Paul II has always stressed the anti-abortion

attitude of the Roman Catholic Church. The attitude of the Church of England is

less clear. In 1985, the Bishop of Birmingham put up a Bill in the House of

Lords suggesting that the time limit for abortion in the UK should be reduced

to 24 weeks. This act was passed allowing abortions to only take place up to 24

weeks unless ?the quality life? wasn?t going to be satisfactory. The time was

reduced because it is said the baby becomes ?viable? after 24 weeks meaning it

may have a chance of surviving. The Anglican Church has tended to take a more

broad-minded view towards abortion. The Jewish faith discourages abortion,

except when the life of the mother is at risk. Muslims also believe that

abortion is wrong and can only be appropriate in very rare cases, such as when

the mother?s life is at risk. One woman wrote ?A woman does not create the foetus

but receives it; the foetus is entrusted to her.? Some people believe that life

as we know it only begins when the brain is formed. ??????????? In countries that allow abortion,

the mothers needs are put first before the foetus. It may be decided that she

is unable to care for her child, by age, health, mental development and social

damage, so she has an abortion. It is often thought abortion is unwomanly

because women are destined to care and to protect. By having an abortion they

are not being caring or protecting. A new baby can bring joy to one woman, but

heartache to another if she feels unable to care for the baby. An unwanted

child puts great pressure on a couple?s relationship. One 17-year-old girl

said, ?Even though I?ve had an abortion I wouldn?t like others to use abortion

as another form of contraceptive. For abortion is not preventing a birth but

killing an individual.? It is hard to judge who should be allowed abortion.

Does a woman who isn?t in a steady relationship have fewer rights to abortion than

a woman who knows her baby is deformed? ??????????? Over the last few years many men

have gone to court to try and stop their partners from having abortions. All

have failed. One man said, ?Our babies can be killed and you can?t even have a

proper funeral.?? Genetically the foetus

is as much apart of the father as it is of the mother so why don?t they have

equal rights. There is the other side of things, it is the woman who has to go

through the pain of birth, so why should the decision of having an abortion be

left to her partner. People who are against abortion realise

that contraception is necessary. The intra-uterine device doesn?t stop an egg

from being ferti

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