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Abortion

There are plenty of reasons why millions of woman of various ages throughout the world have abortions. Abortion is an extremely controversial topic with a lot of people supporting both sides. Many people such as religious fanatics appose the procedure and believe it is the same as murdering a child. Although there is a strong opinion that a fetus in its first 24 weeks of development does not have feelings or the ability to process a thought through it’s undeveloped brain.


It has been shown that there is a link between abortions and crime rates throughout North America. Since the legislation of abortion, crime rates have significantly dropped, the reason for this is that a majority of those aborted fetuses would have been born into poverty and thus more likely to become drug users and criminals. Abortion could possibly be responsible for half the drop of crime rates since 1991. These statistics have never been proven to the degree of certai...

Posted by: Margaret Rowden

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