Arguments and Meaning in Social Issues

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Introduction
Abortion is one of the social problems that are affecting many communities and societies across the globe. Abortion is the deliberate termination of life of unborn baby before birth, it usually happens when the unborn baby is about 28 weeks old. In America research has been shown that almost half of the pregnancies are not planned by women whether married or not. Most of these pregnancies which are not planned end up being aborted. Approximately 1.7 million pregnancies are aborted every year in America for the reasons of unplanned pregnancies, Jones & Jerman (2017).
There are so many misunderstandings about who does abortion and why. It must be understood that women from all geographical settings can have unplanned pregnancies. The women who do abortions come from all racial, socioeconomic, religious and ethnic background. If the current statistics are relied upon, then it can be assumed that 40% of all women who are between the reproductive ages will have done at least one abortion by the age of 45years.
The rate of abortion can be calculated in different ways. The first is by recording the total number of abortion which is got by women who belong to a certain definite category. The rate of abortion which is got in this approach is expressed as a percentage in that particular year. The other approach is by computing the total number of abortions recorded in every one thousand women in a particular group. There is need to know an approximate number as it will be assist the government in setting favorable policies regarding birth controls and abortions.
According to the research that has been conducted in USA, statistics has revealed that women which are of between 14 and 20 years make up to 20% of all the abortions; the women who are between 21 and 25 years make up to 32% of all the population; and about 26% of abortions are represented by women who are between the age of 30 to 35 years .Those who are below 15 years and above 35 years represent about 13% of all the abortions. This indicates that the highest abortions are done between the age of 21 and 25 years while the lowest population is done by women who are below 15 years or above 35 years of age. It has also been found that almost 90% of the abortion is done between the 1st week and 21st weak while the 10% of the abortions are done after 21st week.
Some women get pregnant because of selfish reasons-Different women can have abortions for different reasons. One of the reasons of having an abortion is the fact of money, if a woman has no money to cater for the child’s needs then she cannot get a baby but rather do abortion. Others just wait for their convenient time so that they can get ready to start a life, 67% of women wait to get older and that is why they do abortions. Some women just wait so that they get a partner to get support of rearing .Finally others get abortions for the reason that the foetus has developed complications or abnormaliti...