Abortion
Submitted by on January 1, 1998
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Abortion
Abortion on demand should be legal for many reasons. In countries where
abortion is absolutely not tolerated it is a fact that women continue to
receive abortions, from unqualified back-street abortionists or the
village massage abortionist. Both of these individuals risk putting the
woman through painful and potentially fatal tortures just in an attempt
to abort a child. Each year 84 000 women die worldwide from failed
abortion attempts. Because of anti-abortion legislation women avoid
going to the hospital, often until it is too late, to avoid prosecution
from police. In the cases of rape and incest the very idea of being
forced to have the child of the woman's abuser is repulsive. There are
also cases when a woman's health is put in jeopardy by having a child at
all, forcing such a...