An Argument on Why Abortion Is Not a Good Practice Within Society

Globally, abortion remains a highly controversial issue that has sparked legal conflicts across society, raising questions on whether it should be criminalized or decriminalized. According to medical practitioners, abortion is a medical process that consciously leads to the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is born. (Singh, 2018). Based on this definition, the critics of abortion argue that it is an unethical practice to do since it involves the murder of an innocent living fetus. This has made some nations term it illegal or formulate legislations that make it overly regulated with the objection that it poses legal, ethical, and religious concerns to society. However, others have based their arguments on human rights by arguing that women have a right to safe and legal abortion. The U.S. is one of the countries where Women’s rights to abortion are highly contested. The argument on the legality of abortion is based on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Roe V. Wade case, which guaranteed women’s rights to abortion within the first twelve weeks of the first trimester. However, when its merits and demerits are weighed, it becomes evident that it harms women, society, and the innocent fetus more than reasonable. Thus, abortion is not a good thing to do. This essay will detail an argument on why abortion is not a good practice within society.

Abortion is an unethical practice because it can result in childbearing complications in the future. Although the supporters of abortion argue that it is a highly safe procedure, studies have revealed that complications do occur. For instance, studies have associated abortion with many childbearing problems, such as secondary infertility, pregnancy complications affecting fetal health, and low birth weight. Secondary infertility is one of the most publicized possible complications of induced abortion. Most studies have found that most women who have undergone induced abortion by dilation and curettage have an increased prevalence of being infertile compared to women who have not been subjected to abortion (Sajadi-Ernazarova and Martinez, 2022). Induced pregnancy makes women vulnerable to infertility by exposing women to pelvic inflammatory disease that affects childbearing. Besides secondary infertility, studies have also associated significant complications such as uterine perforation and damage to adjacent organs such as bladder and cervical lacerations. The incidences of visits to emergency departments based on abortion-related complications are approximately 40% in the U.S.U.S. (Soleimani, 2020). Some of the infections that are associated with abortion are a result of failure to follow the universal precautions before abortion procedures. Also, incomplete evacuation of the products of conception can lead to blood clotting in the uterus, which can lead to overdistention and atony, causing an infection that affects the ability of a woman to conceive a pregnancy. Thus, based on the argument that abortion can lead to childbearing problems, it is evident that abortion is an unethical practice.

Abortion is also considered unethical since it can lead to increased maternal mortality. Although abortion in certain circumstances may entail ending a pregnancy to save the mother’s life, it can equally place the mother at an increased risk of death. Due to fear of stigmatization, most women intending to terminate their pregnancies may prefer doing it in secrecy, exposing them to unsafe abortion practices. According to the World Health Organization, approximately every eight minutes, a woman dies due to complications arising from unsafe abortion practices (Singh, 2018). Some of the abortion-related complications which have been associated with increased maternal mortality are haemorrhage and Sepsis. Besides the death risk, studies have shown that women who have undergone induced abortion pay dearly for pos-abortion complications financially and to their health(Soleimani, 2020). When a mother dies due to abortion, society and family members are left with the burden of incurring the attached costs, such as the cost of caring for the children. Further, the healthcare practitioners who have been terminating the pregnancy may suffer mental torture. Based on the nursing code ethics provisions, healthcare professionals, especially nurses, are mandated to make decisions or help patients make decisions that support optimal care. Failure to which may amount to ethical violations, which can attract legal consequences. The fear of facing these consequences may affect the performance of these professionals, which can even make them quit the profession.

The practice of abortion can also become a burden to the healthcare systems of a country. The burden of unsafe abortion lies on women and the public health systems. According to Soleimani et al. (2020), abor