Topic > Persuasive Essay on Abortion - 1788

Without access to legal abortion, more women's lives are put in danger. In 1973, Roe vs. Wade got rid of back alley abortions and gave legal access to abortions, but before this law was passed, women had suffered back alley abortions that led to hemorrhaging and bleeding, or suffered severe infections and death (Jacob 7). Furthermore, “illegal abortions physically harm women, increase the risks associated with future pregnancies, and have even resulted in death” (“Abortion”). Furthermore, experts estimate that more than two hundred thousand women die each year in developing countries as a result of illegal abortions (“Abortion”). If legal abortion is not accessible, this will not stop abortions altogether. Many who oppose abortion believe that reducing access to legal abortions will cause abortions to cease, but abortion exists and will always exist, even if it is illegal; on the street, in back rooms, on coat hangers and in unsanitary conditions (Haugland). Women would resort to unsafe and untrained abortions if legal abortion was not feasible and would put their lives in danger (“Abortion”). As a result, according to the World Health Organization, 110,000 women die every year from such illegal abortions and six times as many suffer injuries. Today, due to the inaccessibility of safe and legal abortion, some women resort to illegal abortion and self-abortion to terminate an unwanted pregnancy (Fried). More women are forced into pregnancy, consequently illegal ones are added