Abortion

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than 15 jumped 18 percent. The rate
among minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189 per 1,000.

The most popular procedure involved in abortions is the vacuum aspiration
which is done during the first trimester (three months or less since the women
has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted through the cervix and the
contents of the uterus are vacuumed out. The most commonly used type of second
trimester abortion is called dilation and evacuation. Since the fetus has bones,
bulk and can move, second trimester is not as simple. When as much of the fetus
and placenta are vacuumed out then tweezers are used to remove larger parts.
After this, or the beginning of the fifth month abortion is serious and actually
induced as childbirth. That is, the mother is given substances which puts her
into labor and delivers the fetus as she would a full-term baby. About 40
percent of Americans believe that abortion should remain legal and 40 percent
believe it should be banned ...

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it would condemn victims o apeand incest to carry
and nurture the offspring of their rapist.(Kolner 5) Abortion is necessary for
women to have control over their own bodies and life. One activist said, "If I
hadn't had that abortion my life would have been a disaster. I wouldn't have
made it to medical school. I was married at that point to a very ill man and it
would have been terrible to have to have my baby. People who need abortions are
in some kind of turmoil and it's really a life-saving thing."(Blender 4) To
ignore the rights of others is selfish and injustice. Women must have the right
to control the functions of their own bodies. Revern George Gardiner pastor of
the college ...

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