Pro Abortion Cons

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“Access to legal, professionally-performed abortions reduces maternal injury and death caused by unsafe, illegal abortions” (Abortion ProCon.org). Abortion being legal has saved thousands of lives. Women are able to gain access to abortions without harming themselves. Now there are some cons to abortion. For instance, according to the Bible, the action of abortion is against God’s word. There have been many studies done all around the world that shows the pros and cons of abortion. Abortion should be legal because of life and death situations along with the low health risk for the mother. There are many people who believe that abortion should be seen as murder. According to ProCon.Org, “The federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which was enacted "to protect unborn children from assault and murder," states that under federal …show more content…
Abortion gives women control over their body, they can chose what happens to the fetus that rests in their womb. According to a peer-reviewed study done back in September of 2013, “...women who were denied abortions “felt more regret and anger” and “less relief and happiness” than women who had abortions. The same study also found that 95% of women who received abortions “felt it was the right decision” a week after the procedure”(Abortion ProCon.org). This shows that when women have the right to chose what happens to their body they are much happier in the long run.
Abortion also gives women the option to not bring a child with an abnormality into full term who would either die before or shortly after birth.(Abortion ProCon.org) Plus abortion could save the parents of a child with nonfatal conditions the pain of having to care for the child. There are many parents who would be unable to care for a child with a nonfatal condition due to money and/or financial situations. If they were allowed to have the abortion it could save them the pain and