Abortion can be defined in many scientific and non-scientific ways, but the basic definition is bringing about termination of a pregnancy by ejecting a fetus that is not able to survive on its own. "The right to have an abortion is 'reproductive freedom'" ("On Abortion: A Lincoln Position"). The fetus is "the unborn young from the end of the eight week after conception up until birth" ("What is an Abortion"-About Abortion: What is It). Many pro-choice women, women who support abortions, look to have them either because they are not yet prepared for a child or for medical reasons. Whatever the reason may be, women, no matter what consequences might come in the end, continue to have abortions at clinics. Pro-life women, on the other hand, believe taking the life of a helpless, unborn child is morally wrong. In the long run, women, pro-life or pro-choice, continually fight for there beliefs. But the true question for the pro-choice women is "are the mental and physical health ris!
             ks of having an abortion worth not having a child?".
             When women first decide to proceed in having an abortion, they goes to a clinic where health studies are done. The women usually know very little about the person performing the abortion, his/her skills and experiences with abortions, and their knowledge of women in general. Legislators are allowed to put certain health regulations on clinics that a women have to live up to in order to abort a child. Recently, medical education orders "that abortion techniques be taught in all obstetrics-and-gynecology residency training programs" ("On Abortion: A Lincoln Position"). During the health studies, the doctors look for any signs of cancers and health related problems. If a patient is diagnosed with a disease, cancer, sickness, etc., the women may not be eligible to have a legal abortion. If she is allowed the abortion, she is usually persuaded to have it during the first trimester. In total, there are three...