Abortion Should be Legalized

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Abortion Should be Legalized
Abortion, sometimes called pregnancy termination, is a procedure to end a pregnancy and can be done by administering medicine or surgery. It is a controversial exercise that has elicited heated debates on whether it is a good practice morally and health-wise. Some scholars and the general public think that abortion is a good thing that the law should recognize, while others think it is bad and should be illegalized. Scholars have researched this issue in great detail, but the findings are not uniform because the practice has pros and cons of almost equal measures. However, medical abortion is good because it saves the mother's life, helps young mothers finish their studies if they accidentally become pregnant, and gives the mother a chance to be prepared psychologically and financially to raise a child. On the contrary, abortion should not be encouraged because it takes away the life of an innocent unborn child besides risking the mother's health, threatening their ability to carry a pregnancy in the future.
Medical abortion is good because it saves the life of the mother. Pregnancy is complicated and may sometimes risk the life of the mother. In some cases, mothers develop heart conditions (Magnus et al.). In a case where the condition may affect the mother necessitating the termination of pregnancy. Similarly, conditions like ectopic pregnancies endanger the lives of expectant mothers. Ectopic pregnancy happens when the egg is fertilized egg implants itself outside the uterus, mostly in the fallopian tube. These conditions endanger mothers' lives, and they might lose their lives if abortion is not procured. Therefore, abortion is good because it helps save the lives of mothers.
Abortion allows young mothers to continue their education and finish their studies. Girls still active in school can get pregnant, affecting their education. This is the case in most instances because, in adolescence, teenagers begin to explore their sexual lives, placing them at a high risk of getting pregnant (Magro Malosso et al.). Without abortion, young girls with promising futures may have their education and dreams shuttered. Although it may sound unethical to abort in such cases, it is better to allow young girls to finish their education and lay a strong foundation for their future. This will put them in a better position to care for their children. They would also have matured enough to raise a child morally.
Carrying a pregnancy and raising a child needs one to be prepared psychologically and financially. The nine months of pregnancy have several challenges that may make one give up on the way (Bento et al., 795). It also needs to be financially stable to pay for any medical emergencies because pregnancies are delicate and to buy baby stuff. After a mother gives birth, they still need to be stable psychologically and financially. A baby cannot talk and thus needs commitment to take care of them. The mother needs a special diet together with the baby, which needs se...