AbortionOpposing View Points & Proposed Solutions

Lidia Rusnac

What is Abortion?Abortion [uh-bawr-shun]: Also called voluntary abortion. The removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. Any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy, especially during the first six months

Types of Abortion Suction Dilatation & Curettage Dilatation & Evacuation D & X (Partial Birth) RU-486

Who is having Abortions? 18% of Women getting abortions are

teenagers (girls between the ages of 15-19)

Women between the ages of 20-29 account for more then 50% of all abortions performed in the Unites States

61% of abortion are obtained by women who have one or more children

Why They are doing it? ¾ of women stress concern to being

responsible to another human being ¾ say that they can’t financially afford a

child ¾ say that a child would cause an

interference with everyday life (School, Work)

½ say that they don’t want to be a single parent

What needs to be done? Seek Supreme court decision to

overturn Abortions except when it imposes a threat to the mother

Recognize the Human Life Amendment Until it is fully outlawed pursue

measures to restrict it. Forbid sale of drugs like RU-486.

Every Baby deserves a Chance at life

Questions???

References Jones RK, Finer LB and Singh S,

Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients, 2008, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2010.

Finer LB et al., Reasons U.S. women have abortions: quantitative and qualitative perspectives, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2005, 37(3):110–118.

Guttmacher Institute, Parental involvement in minors’ abortions, State Policies in Brief, 2010, <http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_PIMA.pdf>, accessed December 16, 2010.

Jones RK and Kooistra, K., Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States, 2008, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2011, 43(1):41-50.

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