Abortion - why should it be legal?

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Amal Yussuf

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Why should it be legal?

 Whether it is the first, second or fifth time it is never an easy decision to make. Whenever it was against the law or socially unacceptable to have an abortion. Women were driven to backstreet abortion where they put their lives at risk. This carried on in America until 1873 before abortion was legalised thousands of women died. People then fought for women to have a right of choice.

  However there are still people in society today who wont accept abortion even when the case is rape.  But those have failed to convince the public to agree with their views. Here are reasons why abortion was legalised:

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  1. Laws against abortion kill women.

Making abortion against the law will not stop women having them. If they feel it is necessary they will have one no matter what ever the outcome. Even putting there lives at risk and get it done by and un-qualified person.

  1. Legal Abortion protects women’s health

Legal abortion protect women’s life but also protect there health. For the thousands of women who suffer from heart disease, kidney disease, severe hypertension, sickle-cell anaemia and severe diabetes, and other illnesses. The opposition of legal abortion helps these women with medical complications that ...

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