An abortion is a woman's option to terminate a pregnancy. It is an inducedmiscarriage. Abortion has become an extremely controversial topic in the past 3 decadessince it has been legalized. There has been extreme violence stemming from this issuethat we as a country need to put under control, regardless of our personal stances on theissue.There are many reasons why a woman would choose to have an abortion. Shedoes not feel she is ready to be a parent, she can not afford a baby, and being too youngor immature to be responsible for another life are only three of these reasons. If a womanbecomes pregnant due to a rape or from incest would be another reason. It has beenfound that almost fifty per cent of all women will have an abortion by the time they reach45. Is this number increasing since the legalization of abortion? Probably not,considering the fact that before abortions were legal they were still being preformed. Theonly difference is now they are safer.Before 1965, abortion was somewhat taboo. No one dared to even discuss theissue. Abortion was frowned upon and considered "evil"; therefore it remained a veryprivate issue. Abortions were performed by doctors, nurses, midwives, evenchiropractors. Being that abortions were not performed in a hospital or clinic, anyonewho felt like it could become an abortionist. These abortions were referred to as back-alley abortions. They were unsafe and lead to the deaths of many women, but in 1933 itwas estimated that nearly 2 million were performed (Grisey). This proves to us thatregardless if abortion is legal or not, if a woman feels she needs to have one she is goingto. The prices of these abortions ranged from about $83 for white women to about $45for women in prision or African American women.There are currently two types of abortions, medical abortions and surgicalabortions. A medical abortion is done without surgery. There are two steps to thisabortion. First the woman is...
