Essay - Abortion in This Day and Age it is Almost Impossible...

Abortion

***** this day and age it is almost impossible to find a more highly charged *****sue than that of abortion. Every man and woman appears to have an opinion if not personal experience or knows a family member who has had to make the decision about an unplanned pregnancy. But whether your feelings are based on religious beliefs or personal ***** family experience, there are some interesting statistics which may ***** one think twice before having an abortion rather th***** giving up a child for *****doption.

***** 1990 (the year in ***** the number of abortions was highest) to 1995, ***** annual number ***** legal induced abortions in the United States declined by 15%. From 1995 to 1996, the ***** increased slightly and *****n decreased again in 1997. This change in the number of abortions reported to the Centers ***** Disease Control may indicate that the ***** of ***** abortions in the United ***** is level*****g off.

Since 1990, factors contributing to the continued decrease in the proportion of pregnancies that ended in abortion might *****clude a ***** in the number of un*****tended pregnancies, changes in contraceptive practices (including an ***** use of condoms among young women), reduced access to abortion services, and possible ***** in attitudes concerning abortion.

It is difficult to separate fact from fiction in the study of after effects ***** abortion. The ideas stated appear ***** change ***** on ***** point of view of the speaker. Pro-life advocates speak of a post-***** syndrome ch*****racterized by depressi*****, anxiety ***** life long remorse related to the act of abortion. Both pro-life and pro-abortion sides are able ***** provide equally persuasive studies and stat*****tics. Planned P*****nthood reports ***** women ***** ***** ***** one abortion do not suffer adverse psychological effects. One report states that as a group, women who have chosen ***** over adoption in the case of unplanned ***** have higher self-esteem, greater feelings ***** worth and capableness, ***** fewer feelings of failure than do ***** who have had no abortions or ***** have ***** repeat ***** (Zabin et al., 1989; Russo & Zierk, 1992). A*****her Planned Parenthood citation shows a recent two-year study of ***** psychological effects ***** abortion reporting. that most women do not ***** psychological problems or regrets two years after their abortion. (Major et al, 2000). An article published in a Pro-life public*****tion states that psychologic***** problems following induced abortion undoubtedly occur. They cite meta-analysis of 24 studies with different assessment methods and follow-up periods found about a 10% incidence of negative psychological outcome. A ***** ***** ten articles from 1998 showed ***** the levels of depression and ***** decreased once abortion had taken place, but that '***** abortion may yield both negative and positive effects (Martucci, J, 1998). Women who experience ********** difficulties and may lack social support may experience negative emotional consequences to induced abortion.

Although it is true that anyone can cite any statistic they want in support of ***** feelings, it only takes a bit of common sense *****