abortion

It has been more than two and a half decades since the U.S. Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade decision, opened the floodgates to abortion in America. Since then, the abortion industry has developed a number of different methods-chemical and surgical-to destroy a developing child. Abortion is defined as an expulsion or removal of the human fetus (Dictionary 12). In simpler terms it is the termination of a living person. Eventhough the fetus has not left …

…cancer and carries risk to future reproduction (National 284). Since an abortion doesn’t come cheap, nor is it covered by medical insurance, women are sometimes tempted to have an “illegal abortion.” This is when a person who is not medically certified performs the abortion. There is no way of knowing that the tools used are clean or safe. This increases the risk of health problems, infection, the spread of disease, and may even cause death.