Abortion
Abortion And Soul
Introduction
The issue of abortion
Abortion is an important issue in today's society. As technology
improves, it becomes easier to save premature babies, however it also
becomes easier to get an abortion. There are so many different
opinions on this subject, but ultimately each individual has to make
their own mind up as to whether or not abortion is acceptable.
The problem of abortion is not just restricted to the UK, the US, and
other rich and powerful countries that have the technology to perform
this practise. It is a worldwide problem. For example, in Ireland,
abortion is strictly illegal so many Irish women find themselves
coming to the UK just to have one. If not, they end up going to a back
street abortion clinic where the equipment may be dirty or unsafe.
Many countries don't even have this technology to safely abort a
pregnancy, and some countries are very religious and so will only do
what their Holy Book tells them.
What are the statistics?
Globally, around 46 million women have an abortion every year. 78 per
cent of these live in developing countries, and 22 per cent live in
developed countries. Around 20 million people have abortions in
countries where abortion is illegal and possibly unsafe.
By March 31, 1997, nearly 4.7 million abortions had been performed in
England and Wales since the 1967 Abortion Act was passed. Single women
make up the largest group of people having abortions- by 1999 they
accounted for 70 per cent of abortions in the UK.
Source: Contemporary Moral Issues, by Joe Jenkins
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