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Introduction
Abortion, a controversial topic known around the world, faces many problems. Two groups, pro-life and pro-choice, formed confrontation about abortions. The Oxford dictionary defines pro-choice as, “advocating the legal right of a women to choose whether or not she will have an abortion.” It also define pro-life as, “opposing abortions and euthanasia.” Despite what people say about abortion, people should not view it as right or wrong. The decision to have an abortion is a personal opinion. The pro-life and pro-choice advocates try to say with assurance that the opposing side is wrong. Many types of definitions of abortion make it hard for people to gain a solid interpretation of it. Abortion is, “i nduced termination of a pregnancy with destruction of the embryo or fetus” (American Heritage 2011).

Abortion, a vexed subject, has been unceasing. Abortions date back way before the Roe v. Wade trial, but I will discuss the Roe v. Wade trial. The Roe v. Wade trial brought a number of conflicts on the case. The trial started December of 1921 then re-argued October 1972, and then a final decision happened on January 22, 1973 (Green 2011). Since then, religious beliefs tried to over-throw the rights of women. The most rigorous studies indicated that within the United States, the relative risk of mental health problems among adults women who have a single, legal, first-trimester abortion of an unwanted pregnancy is no greater than the risk among women who deliver the unwanted baby (Major 2009).

A Soft Name For A Hard Choice
Some women do not like the term abortion, they would prefer to call it selective reduction. Women who take on selective reduction approaches the process as her child going off to a better environment to develop, they do not take it as a termination. Selective reduction in society does not have a serious view as abortion, even though both processes destroy the fetus. People see selective reduction being difficult, but more responsible as opposed to abortions, an immoral action (Rao 2015). This goes to show how women use other forms of terminology so that they would not have the after affect, an it will help them to better cope with her choice making her have a less mental, emotional, and physical affect.

The difference between a fetus and a baby
Many definitions about abortions make it hard to get a clear interpretation of what an abortion really is. One of the main focus that many people bring up is if the woman is carrying a fetus or a baby. A baby and a fetus have distinguished characteristics. The medical dictionary defines fetus as, “ the developing young in the uterus, specifically the unborn offspring in the post-embryonic period, which in humans is from the third month after fertilization until birth.” This medical definitions makes it clear that when you have an abortion before the third month that the mother is killing a fetus and not a baby.



Catherine Coyle shows how the father forces the mother to have an abortion (2015). This puts a lot of temptation on the mother, because she would not want to have to raise a child by herself. Coyle brings in a connection with Biggs and states that gendercide, a systematic killing of a specific sex, plays a huge part in the termination of the child. If the child is a suspected girl, she will get aborted, but if the child is a boy then the pregnancy will go on (2015).

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Citations

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 * "abortion." __American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition __. 2011. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 11 Apr. 2016.
 * Green, Linda, and Reva B. Siegel. "Before (and After) Roe v. Wade: New Questions About Backlash." 120 Yale Law Journal 2028 -. 2011. Web. 16 Feb. 2016.
 * Major, Brenda, Mark Appelbaum, Linda Beckman, Mary Ann Dutton, Nancy Felipe Russo, and Carolyn West. "Abortion and Mental Health: Evaluating the Evidence." American Psychologist 64.9 (2009): 863-90. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.
 * Rao, Radhika. "Selective Reduction: “A Soft Cover for Hard Choices” or Another Name for Abortion?" The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 43.2 (2015): 196-205. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.
 * Coyle, Catherine T., et al. "The Relationship of Abortion and Violence against Women: Violence Prevention Strategies and Research Needs." Issues in Law & Medicine 30.2 (2015): 111-127. Business Source Complete. Web. 22 Feb. 2016