Essay - Abortion Donna Only Half the Patients Who Go into an...

Abortion

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Only half the patients who go into an abortion clinic come out alive."

Author Unknown 1980

Thesis Statement

Abortion is immoral, c*****not be justified under any circumstances and ***** associated with several complications. The definition of a fetus according to the Crystal Reference Encyclopedia is "***** fetal stage begins seven to eight weeks after fertilization of the egg, when the embryo assumes the basic shape of the newborn ***** all the organs are present. This ***** continues until birth." (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2007) In George Lakoff's book which was published in 2004, "Don't Think of an Elephant, Benjamin Wolozin" writes, "Conservatives are gener*****y pro-capital punishment but anti-abortion. How can they favor death on the one hand ***** oppose it on ***** other?"

History of Abortion

***** U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade established that all women had the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy via abortion. This made it illegal for states to put in place laws ***** prevent women from having *****s. (Sen, 2007) ***** v. Wade was the most debated issue concerning abortion or unnatural death. It corrupted professional historians, judicial systems, and politics. The ***** Court abolished abortion laws of every state and mandated abortion-on-demand through***** pregnancy and ***** ***** U.S. the only country "offering no legal protection to the unborn at ***** stage of development." The Supreme Court's Roe decision is based on the Constitution, even though it does not mention contraception as being "nothing to create a ***** ***** abortion," Roe is an *****fense against justice, democracy, *****d the Const*****ution. *****ever, overturning ***** created a dis*****strous political backlash for pro-life Republicans. (Fischer, 2007)

However, later court decisions gave ***** ***** authority to restrict access to abortions in various ways. Some states have limited public funding of abortion services, set manda*****ry waiting periods, and required at least one p*****nt give consent or be notified bef*****e a minor can obtain an abortion. The United St*****es *****ate approved a bill that imposes penalties on adults who are not parents of the minor obtain ***** abortion by crossing state lines without the parents involvement. (Sen, *****)

Stillbirth versus abortion

When a wom*****n has a stillbirth most ***** the time the mother is not given a birth certificate, she's given a death *****. In a recent movement, parents of stillborn children are fighting to change that policy and in 14 states across the Nation *****'ve already been successful. Liz, the mo*****r of Janelle, is still mourning the loss ***** her stillborn daughter. ***** the beginning, Liz found Janelle's ***** certificate. She didn't want to post that on the wall, so she called the hospital to find out when she'd get ***** birth *****. The hospital told ***** ***** her daughter was never born; they told her that she gave birth to her ***** 24 hours of labor, but ***** was ***** born. (Siegel, 2007)

Mot*****'s ***** experience the ***** ***** a child feel very alone; ***** feel as if *****ir baby w***** ***** grieved enough by