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Abortion Should Be Legalized
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Abortion Should Be Legalized
The abortion question has long been in society and has been divisive in raising ethical
and religious issues. Abortion has become a national and global issue, requiring religious leaders
and politicians to state their perspectives. The question has seen many take opposing sides, some
supporting abortion legalization while others are opposing it. However, abortion should be
legalized to give women freedom of choice and safer ways to terminate a pregnancy. Legalizing
abortion enhances women's health and well-being since women become comfortable getting
medical advice and service from eligible personnel. Criminalizing abortion encourages women to
seek unhealthy methods to terminate life. Zolot (2019) found that the marginalized and
disproportionately poor women seek unsafe abortions to terminate pregnancies in regions where
abortion is illegal. Women ingest herbs or inflict trauma into the abdomen to terminate the
pregnancy. According to Zolot (2019), about thirteen percent of global maternal deaths are due
to unsafe abortions. It shows the significant impact of criminalizing abortion on women's health.
Therefore, abortion should be legalized to provide women with better health options.
Abortion should be legalized to protect women's and children's welfare. According to
Hajdu and Hajdu (2021), failure or restricted access to abortion negatively affect women and
children since it increases the mistimed, unplanned, and unwanted pregnancies to create an
unwantedne...