Is Abortion A Questionable Practice - 1211 Words

Lexie Reynolds Research Paper: Abortion April 6th, 2016 3rd Block Abortion. â€Å"Only 8% of women who have abortions do not use any form of birth control, and that is due more to individual carelessness than to the availability of abortion†(10 Arguments, 2016). Abortion is a questionable practice, but is the choice of the female parent and may be a considered reasonable in cases where the life of the mother is threatened,the fetus was created under certain unwarranted circumstances and other situations such as it is not the private personal decision of the mother to continue carrying the fetus as well as many other reasons to choose abortion. There is always a possibility of a failed pregnancy at any point during the†¦show more content†¦It is a proven fact that â€Å"at least 80% of women do not report rape, or terminate rape pregnancies because they want to forget and, or they are afraid of they way they will be received by society and those around them†(80% of Women Don’t Report Rape or... Mar. 2016).In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman to be pregnant by this violent act would cause further psychological harm to the victim. Often times a woman is too afraid to speak up, or is unaware that she is pregnant, thus, the morning after pill is ineffective in these situations. Abortion is an issue of the heart. Until one understands the heart of a woman, nothing else about abortion makes any sense at all.( – Dr. George Tiller, Pro-Life) However, it is still the woman s decision to terminate her pregnancy or not. The women deciding to have an abortion have the right to do that, and have confidentiality and privacy rights as well.( Adoption is not an alternative to abortion because it remains the woman s choice whether or not to give her child up for adoption.(10 Arguments, 2016) Statistics show â€Å"very few women who give birth choose to give up their babies - less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of black unmarried women†(10 Arguments, 2016). Of course, there