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Roe V. Let's Argument Against Abortion

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For many college students, abortion is a topic we have all heard of. If we are against it or if we agree with it. Abortions are one of the many things that everyone has an opinion on. If you research what abortion is it will tell you something around the terms of a termination of a pregnancy, most happening during around the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Abortions have always been and will probably be one of the most controversial topics that people do not agree on. There are two groups people think of pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-life supporters agree that life starts at conception so abortion at any stage of pregnancy is wrong. Murdering your child. They believe that life is important, and the life of the unborn baby has the same rights …show more content…

In the 1960's some states began to allow abortions to happen under certain circumstances. In 1973 the United States Supreme Court held in Roe v. Wade that the right of privacy protected women's right to end an unwanted pregnancy before the fetus has developed the capacity for viability outside the womb. Usually made around 24 weeks after conception. The states govern the terms under which legal abortions may be performed. In Roe v. Wade case it caused a controversy over the rights of the mother versus those of the fetus. The landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade decided on January 22nd, 1973 in favor of abortion rights, remains the law of the land. The 7-2 decision stated that the Constitution give a guarantee of certain area or zones of privacy and that this right of privacy is bases on the women's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. The choice over when and whether to have children is central to a woman's independence and ability to determine her future. A case by the Supreme Court …show more content…

Instead of having the option to abort, women should give their unwanted babies to people who can not conceive. The percentage of infants given up for adoption in the United States declined from 9 percent of those born before 1973 to one 1 percent of those born between 1996 and 2002. As a result of the lack of women putting their children up for adoption. The number of US infant adoptions dropped from from 90,000 in 1971 to 18,000 in 2007.Around 2.6 million American women were trying to adopt children as of 2002, according to the US Department of Health and Human

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