The discussion on abortion is always heated and full of arguments on both sides. Some people support abortion , some people are against abortion. In this article you can read a couple of misconceptions and truths about abortion.
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MYTH: People will regret it later.
FACT: The Turnaway Study conducted by the University of California San Francisco and Columbia University analyzed at data regarding 667 women across 21 states. This study showed that 99% of woman say they feel relief, not regret after five years of getting an abortion.
MYTH: Abortions are linked to mental health problems.
FACT: According to American Psychological Association: people who are denied an abortion are more likely to initially experience higher anxiety levels, lower self-esteem than a woman who experienced an abortion. Also, undergoing unwanted pregnancies appears to be strongly associated with poor mental health effects for people later in life.
MYTH: Abortion leads to infertility and breast cancer.
FACT: All medical procedures carry a variety of risk factors. However, abortion does not automatically harm fertility. A safely conducted abortion does not correspond with infertility and breast cancer.
MYTH: Abortion kills an unborn child and is morally wrong.
FACT: Within the early stages of pregnancy, the fetus is not an autonomous being. During the time-window in which more abortions are carried through, the fetus is not viable, meaning it can not survive outside the womb, even with medical support. Using inflated words such as "killing" and "murder" is flawed because it equalizes an embryo with an actual person. It then equates the embryo with the rights of a person who is already developed, fully alive, living in the world today and who can make decisions for themselves. Overall, morals are subjective, there are no scientific or medical facts that can be used to argue that abortions are morally wrong.
MYTH: Pregnancy is always preventable.
FACT: Even if one were to take all the contraceptives actions, there is still a chance of an unplanned pregnancy. Some people do not always have access to birth control, to begin with. Condoms, plan b, birth control etc. do not always work. A lot of schools lack proper and educational lessons circling sexual education as well. Some individuals are born into families that neglect the discussions surrounding safe sex entirely and completely forbid it. Pregnancy is never 100% preventable, and different people live under different conditions.
MYTH: Abortions are not safe.
FACT: Safe, legal abortions conducted by qualified medical professionals are safe. Illegal abortions are unsafe.
MYTH: Only certain types of people have unplanned pregnancies and abortions.
FACT: People of all ages, incomes, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, sexualities have unplanned pregnancies and abortions.
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