Throughout the years of history, there existed several controversial topics which
             have caused severe discrepancy among different groups of people. Abortion is a highly
             controversial issue which has been constantly argued over for the past few years and
             probably for many years to come in the future. Since this is a major election year,
             abortion will come under several discussions in each campaign. The main controversy
             rests with the question of whether Abortion should be outlawed?- whether the law should
             permit a woman to have an abortion and, if so, under what circumstances or whether the
             law should protect the unborn. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child
             while the child is still in the mothers womb. In other words, Abortion is the ending of
             The controversy lies within Induced Abortion. Induced Abortion are procedures
             carried out to bring on abortion. Such include vacuum suction, which the most common
             type- this is used in the early stages of pregnancy, dilatation and evacuation (D and E),
             induction, which the injection of abortifacients such as prostaglandin into the uterus), and
             hysterotomy, which is a surgical procedure similar to cesarean section used later in
             pregnancy, especially when the woman's life is in danger. (M. Muldoon, The Abortion
             Debate in the United States and Canada : A Source Book )The "abortion pill," the drug
             RU-486 (mifepristone), was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the
             United States in 2000. It is used within the first seven weeks of pregnancy. A second drug
             is taken two days later to start uterine contractions and complete the abortion. (J. M.
             Riddle, Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance).
             Therefore, it is clear that there exist several medical techniques for aborting an unborn
             child. However, the controversy still exists, with strong arguments on both sid...