Abortion is Not the Only Way Murder, gruesome death. Blameless, infants. These terms do not belong together, but sad-ly, “every twenty- two seconds; a baby dies from abortion” (Physicians crusade against abortion). The Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 legalized that a woman, along with her doctor, could choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without restriction, and with limitations in later months (Lay of the land mines). Unexpected pregnancies commonly end in a termination of life. Scared and confused, women assume that an abortion is the only option. Women, who are considering abortion for personal reasons, should instead choose adoption. Adoption is the second choice, as well as the better choice.
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Many times, after an abortion, women feel worthless and victimized because they failed at the most natural of human activities- the role of being a mother. Many women who have had an abortion also suffer from Post-abortion Syndrome (New Zealand Herald). Women suffering from PAS may experience drug and alcohol abuse, sexual dysfunction, personal relationship disorders, re-peated abortions, communication difficulties, damaged self-esteem and they might even attempt suicide (New Zealand Herald). Many women may think that abortion is the only way, but why suffer all of these consequences when there are other …show more content…
They may experience complications such as bleeding, hemorrhage, laceration of the cervix, menstrual dis-turbance, inflammation of their productive organs, and serious infection (The Physical Crusade). Death of the mother is the most serious danger of abortions, but has been very rare. Some evi-dence has been shown that abortion can increase the risks of breast cancer (Lay of land mines).
It is hard to understand politicians; politicians will often say what they think the public wants to hear, and not what they truly believe. Even though the issue has polarized mainstream political parties, “almost all state Democratic Party platforms support abortion while almost all state Republican Party platforms oppose it” (Lay of land mines). When looking at this infor-mation it is still hard to believe that anyone could be for abortion because it is the termination of life, and should not be something that you can just say what people want to hear about