Abortion (SSR)

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. In New York State an abortion does not have to be performed by a licensed physician or in a hospital. At 24 weeks a second physician has to participate in the procedure. The public funds all or most medically necessary abortions. There is no parental consent required for minors in New York State. The cost of abortion is affecting the government. Abortion is one of the reasons why the government is in debt. Abortion was made legal in 1973. Medicaid covered all expenses for abortion. There was cases that argued about the decision of abortion. Abortion is affecting our society. There have been over 50 million abortions since 1973.

Abortion has many effects on our society and the world. The United States is already at $16 trillion in debt. Abortion is one of the reasons leading to this debt. If abortion had never been legalized in 1973, more than 17 million people would be employed, resulting in an additional $400 billion from those workers, with $11 billion contributed to Medicare and $47 million contributed to Social Security. The federal government spends a lot of money on abortions. There is soon going to be no more Social Security if abortions are continued. Putting an end to abortion will help Social Security last a little longer. At least 2.1 kids per household are needed to maintain stable population. Today there are only 2.0 kids per household. This is affecting the population for future generations.

Abortion was made legal because women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Abortion was also made legal because they have the power to that right regardless of the government policy. Even though women have the right to their privacy, I feel that abortion is wrong. Everyone has the right to live. I don’t think it’s fair to terminate an innocent life. No one terminated the mother’s life so why should she kill an unborn fetus. These babies are being hurt during these procedures. One of these 50 million who have been killed could have found the cure for something. They could have found a cure to AIDs, cancer, or even asthma. We would never know now because their mother’s choose to terminate their pregnancy.