Essay2-Should abortion be legalized?

Abortion legalization is always a controversial issue in the world. Whether abortion is legal or illegal, it does occur in the society. Therefore, abortion is operated legally than illegally. As in America, the regulations are valid. The rate of the abortion is becoming lower and lower. Between 2000 and 2005, the study by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on social issues, the number of abortions performed yearly dropped from 1.3 million to 1.2 million, the fewest since 1974. Now that legal law of abortion does lower the rate of making an abortion and it surely occurs in the world, we can make it licit, then supervise it strictly, and prevent conception effective.
Some human right organizations argue that each human bring has right to live. They claim that we can’t kill growing lives and deprive them of the rights to grow up. However, what about the mother’s feeling? Some women are conceiving a baby under an unbearable condition such as being raped. Under this situation, should the mother have no right to decide to do the surgery? She is forced to have a sex and have a baby accidentally. How can she face her baby that bears horrible memories? Besides that, some mothers do not have a good physical condition to have a baby. If they insist on delivering infants, it will not only have a higher possibility of death to the mother but also to the the child. For example, people who have severe heart problems and asthma are not suitable for conceiving a baby because during the period of pregnancy, the mothers don’t have sufficient physical strength to support themselves and give energy to her babies. In order to avoid the tragedy of two lives, the only solution is to do abortion. However, this action is based on the right of human live.
Law, restrictive or liberal, doesn’t influence a woman’s decision to have an abortion. As in Taiwan, the restrictions are very strict; nevertheless, the rate of abortion in Taiwan, especially in September of every year is still very high. According to the statistics from the Bureau of Public Health, those who attempt to do the surgery often resort to the illicit means such as consulting unqualified doctor or taking the unprescribed pills, RU-486. The research also indicated that the number of death from the unlawful way is extremely high and the age of abortion victims is around 16 to 24, the blossoming age of a woman. As in Thailand, abortion in there is illegal. Ironically, a survey shows that Thailand‘s mortality ratio of illegal abortions is ten times than that of legal path. Even if the law is restrictive, it can’t effectively lower the number of abortion.
A comprehensive global study of abortion has concluded that abortion rates are correspondent to the countries where it is legal and those where it is not. I compare the Taiwan’s and America’s number of abortion. In Taiwan, the regulation concerning the abortion is conditional and not loose; on the contrary, in the US, the law of abortion is liberal. I found an interesting survey between Taiwan and the US. The research indicates that the abortion rate in Taiwan is five times more than that in America. Besides, abortion is illegal in most countries of Africa. However, in Ethiopia, its Health Ministry said that abortion is the second-leading cause of death among women admitted to hospitals. Another study said that it is the cause of 13 percent of maternal deaths at hospitals in Nigeria. In South Africa, the abortion procedure was made legal in 1996; some studies found that it leaded to a 90 percent decrease in mortality among women who had abortions. Therefore, the above information shows that passing the law can make government authorities effectively supervise the procedure of the surgery.
Besides passing the law, the government should pay more attention to the education of contraception. Now that the action of abortion is unavoidable, we make it legalized rather than clandestine. Once the law is legalized, the government can watch the medical system, train certificated doctors to do safe surgery and prescribe the proper dose of pills to women. It not only protects the lives of mother but also avoids the abuse of RU-486. At the same time, with the safe system of abortion to women, the administration also promotes the prevention and the knowledge of contraception. For example, in America, a recent survey shows that the education of contraception does work to lower the unplanned pregnancies. The Guttmacher Institute’s president, Sharon Camp, said that almost two-thirds of the decline in the total number of abortions, which also shows that no abortion restriction with a commitment to real sex education helps women avoid unintended pregnancies.
The problem of abortion occurs in every country. The aim of law making is to reduce abortion cases. Wavering between the two sides that is legal or not, we take a side that will make the procedure performed far easier and safer, making the prevention done even easier than that in the other side. Therefore, I argue that we should pass the law of abortion and at the same time, promote the complete education of contraception.