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William Behrend
Tom Hrach
English Comp 1
Persuasive Essay
4 June 2003
Abortion, Not Just Another Form of Contraception
According to the Guttmacher Institute, a branch of Planned Parenthood during the 1980s and 1990s total abortion in the U. ... This number did not include 10% of the cases that known abortion providers did not report for reasons such as income tax evasion and cover-up for privacy. The figure then would reach 1,800,000, with live births being at just under 4,000,000. Which means that every third child conceived in America is killed by abortion.
Abortion has become such a common practice that few individuals realize that it is not just another form of contraception. Abortion is the unmerciful and thoughtless killing of a developing human life and people need to know all the facts before making such a tragic decision. The issues of: Long-term effects of abortion, Pro-choice opposition overlooking moral issues, lack of moral teaching and lack of education leading to more cases of abortions needs to be dealt with. ... Her Passenger is referred to as “pregnancy tissue,” “not alive yet,” “just a bunch of cells,” “only a glob. ... In a recent study of 173,000 Medi-cal records for low-income California women researchers found that 63% of women were more likely to receive mental health care within 90 days of having an abortion. ... In an ABC report, worldwide, 28 out of 37 and 13 out of 15 United States studies show abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.
Approximate Word count = 1170
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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