arguements for abortion?

Question

i am having an abortion debate and my team happens to be on the affirmative (for) side. so yeah i cant think of any reasons or arguments that people would want to have an abortions or whatever. so if anyone could give me any ideas then..thanks.

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Answer 1

A case of rape or incest is good reason for an abortion. All other cases, I think should be banned. Women who turn up pregnant & simply want an easy way out , I say tuff sh*t. You should have kept your legs together not up in the air. You should have been smart enough to spend 50 cents on a condom.

Answer 2

There are only a few reasons anyone SHOULD get an abortion:

A) Rape
B) Incest
C) The mother is going to die during pregnancy
D) The baby is going to die in labor
E) Both the mom and baby will die if the mom stays pregnant

That's all though. Any other reason is childish and a sleezy way to get out of being irresponsible. There are tons of people waiting to adopt. That's the mature way to handle your irresponsibility.

Answer 3

Abortion is valid when both the life of the mother and child are in jeopardy. Abortion is also valid when the pregnancy was a result of a rape.

Answer 4

Rape. If the female is raped--she might consider an abortion.

Medical reasons--it might be a matter of life or death for the female if she should carry the fetus

Just did not want to have children but did not use birth control

Maybe 13 year old female--getting pregnant--too young--feels it is not the best time to raise a child

Answer 5

The following is a list of stats that may help you in preperation. The data shows that most abortions are done by women under 25 and of generally lower income (those that can not afford additional children). A coursious fact is that Catholic women account for 31.3% of all abortions. Much higher then all other religions and non believers. So if they pull the religion card use this against them.

If the debate is for pro-choice vs pro-life the easy answer is that pro-choice it is up to the mother and father to chose to have an abortion or NOT to have one. It should not be the role of the government to dictate moral choices.

WORLDWIDE

Number of abortions per year: Approximately 46 Million
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 126,000

Where abortions occur:
78% of all abortions are obtained in developing countries and 22% occur in developed countries.

Legality of abortion:
About 26 million women obtain legal abortions each year, while an additional 20 million abortions are obtained in countries where it is restricted or prohibited by law.

Abortion averages:
Worldwide, the lifetime average is about 1 abortion per woman.

© Copyright 1999-2000, The Alan Guttmacher Institute. (www.agi-usa.org)

UNITED STATES

Number of abortions per year: 1.37 Million (1996)
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 3,700

Who's having abortions (age)?
52% of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 32% of all abortions; Teenagers obtain 20% and girls under 15 account for 1.2%.

Who's having abortions (race)?
While white women obtain 60% of all abortions, their abortion rate is well below that of minority women. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are roughly 2 times as likely.

Who's having abortions (marital status)?
64.4% of all abortions are performed on never-married women; Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions and divorced women obtain 9.4%.

Who's having abortions (religion)?
Women identifying themselves as Protestants obtain 37.4% of all abortions in the U.S.; Catholic women account for 31.3%, Jewish women account for 1.3%, and women with no religious affiliation obtain 23.7% of all abortions. 18% of all abortions are performed on women who identify themselves as "Born-again/Evangelical".

Who's having abortions (income)?
Women with family incomes less than $15,000 obtain 28.7% of all abortions; Women with family incomes between $15,000 and $29,999 obtain 19.5%; Women with family incomes between $30,000 and $59,999 obtain 38.0%; Women with family incomes over $60,000 obtain 13.8%.

Why women have abortions
1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest; 6% of abortions occur because of potential health problems regarding either the mother or child, and 93% of all abortions occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient).

At what gestational ages are abortions performed:
52% of all abortions occur before the 9th week of pregnancy, 25% happen between the 9th & 10th week, 12% happen between the 11th and 12th week, 6% happen between the 13th & 15th week, 4% happen between the 16th & 20th week, and 1% of all abortions (16,450/yr.) happen after the 20th week of pregnancy.

Likelihood of abortion:
An estimated 43% of all women will have at least 1 abortion by the time they are 45 years old. 47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion.

Abortion coverage:
48% of all abortion facilities provide services after the 12th week of pregnancy. 9 in 10 managed care plans routinely cover abortion or provide limited coverage. About 14% of all abortions in the United States are paid for with public funds, virtually all of which are state funds. 16 states (CA, CT, HI, ED, IL, MA , MD, MD, MN, MT, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA and WV) pay for abortions for some poor women.