Reasons Supporting the Legalization of Abortion Abolishing Abortion Increases Women’s Reproductive Risks

Reasons Supporting the Legalization of Abortion

Abolishing Abortion Increases Women’s Reproductive Risks

Criminalizing the termination of pregnancies will not immediately eradicate abortion but instead pose risks to women by exposing them to unsafe medical procedures. Research conducted in states in the US and developing nations where abortion is illegal suggests that women still terminate pregnancies but rely on untrained medical personnel and underground methods (Latt et al. 4). Consequently, criminalizing abortion has led to an increase in mortality rates due to substandard practices and pregnancy-termination techniques that do not assure their safety or follow up after the procedures. However, clinical studies propose that abortion is safe as long as women seek assistance from trained personnel who use reliable clinical methods and ensure follow-up to limit adversities (Latt et al. 8). Thus, individuals should consider these implications and devise solutions to allow safer abortions.

Abortion Sometimes Improves Women’s Quality Of Life and Limits Suffering

Making abortion illegal is against women’s human rights as it can limit them from ensuring their well-being and fighting against oppression. For example, an expectant mother may be suffering from certain degenerative conditions that put her at critical risk if she decides to have a child. In this case, abortion would be a reliable resolution as it would be unreasonable to risk the lives of the mother and her infant (Zaręba et al. 3413). In addition, most women who seek abortion do so to limit potential adversities and escape from sad realities. For example, a woman can become pregnant due to atrocities such as rape, violent assaults, and incest, which might have adverse emotional and mental implications for the mother and the child if they ever found out. Additionally, some mothers may be starving and living in poverty, while others might be in abusive relationships where it is difficult to raise a child (Zaręba et al. 3413). Therefore, abortion can prevent women from suffering and living a poor quality of life due to unwanted pregnancies and incidents that lead to conception.