Abortion as a Birth Control (against)

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Abortion
Abortion is the pregnancy termination in humans through expulsion or removal of the embryo or fetus from the uterus prior to maturity. An abortion can be induced by people willingly or spontaneously. Spontaneous abortion is referred to as miscarriage. Findings indicate that abortion commonly refers to induced abortion, which is carried out willingly by the parties involved (O'Neill 187). It has been noted that in some nations, abortion is lawful and in some other nations, abortion is illegal. Developed nations have models of inducing one of the safest medical procedures, this is if performed in accordance with the law; however, unsafe abortion contributes to more than seventy thousand maternal deaths and more than five million hospitalizations yearly in the world (Baumgardner 177). This paper argues against abortion as a method of birth control.
Surveys indicates that there are more than forty four million abortions performed in the world every year, unsafe abortions are the common ones in the black market. The rate of abortions has drastically reduced in the recent decade due to readily available methods of family planning. Some of the common family planning methods in the market identifies with natural planning method, absistence, Emergency Contraceptives Pills (ECP), Cervical Cap, withdrawal, Vasectomy, Female sterilization, Depo-Provera, Male condoms, Female Condom, Diaphragm, Virginal Spermicides, Pills, Ortho Evra (Patch), Norplant, NuvaRing (Ring) and Intrauterine Device (IUD) among others. Human population has been sensitized against induced abortion. Surveys indicate that an estimated forty percent of the global women have at one time experienced induced abortions (Luker 107).
Abortion has a history in tow, abortions has been facilitated by sharp objects, herbal medicines, traditional methods and physical trauma; there are modern surgical and medication procedures ...