Abortion Too Choose Or Not - 1451 Words

Abortion: Too Choose or Not To Choose Abortion has been the center of the women’s movement for centuries since the 1970s in the United Sates. Over the years, people have been split between the choice of pro-choice or pro-life. During the 70s time period, women were found self-sufficient and made decisions on how they felt, and not what the world felt on those decisions. In the 70s women of all kind leaned towards the decision of abortion even though abortion was illegal. The Supreme Court didn t legalize abortion procedures until the year of 1973 in the Roe v. Wade case. Women believed in the right to be able to make their own decisions, but as time went on studies started to show a decrease in the support for abortion. More states in†¦show more content†¦Many people make the decision of getting an abortion a difficult decision because they have not experience or been the position to make the decision. Many of abortions have occurred during the ages of 16 to 23 or even at an earlier age for women. About 51% of these abortions in America are unintended pregnancies, and 20 % are unwanted pregnancies. That is not including the pregnancies that lead to a miscarriage. 42% of women lean towards abortion because their income is below 100% of the federal poverty level. Some women just find the process of bringing a child into the world without having both parents in the home can sometimes have an effect on the child while growing up. This case leads to about 45% of all abortions. The majority of women say they choose abortion because they do not want to become a single parent or have any problems with their partner. Women of a young age have big dreams and goals they want to achieve, but by having a child those dreams and goals would have to be put on hold. Therefore, a lot of young and middle-aged adults feel that abortion is a good choice, while the ages of 55 and older believe that it is just a disgrace to have an abortion. In the chart below from Gallup Daily News and Polls, you can see that gender, regions, and politics play a role in the views of abortion. Not only does those three things have an effect on abortion but marital status, ethnicity, workforce and religion