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Meghan Stevens

Meghan Stevens. Controversial Issues 360 Abortion. What is abortion?. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy after, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. History o f abortion. Legal since the first settlers in America .

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Meghan Stevens

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  1. Meghan Stevens Controversial Issues 360Abortion

  2. What is abortion? • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy after, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus.

  3. History of abortion • Legal since the first settlers in America . • In the mid to late 1800’s states passed laws making abortion illegal. • In the 1800’s it was very risky to do surgical procedures because there were not any known antiseptics and hospitals were not common. • 1967 to 1973 1/3 of the states repealed their abortion laws. • Abortion is now legal in America.

  4. Causes and Effects

  5. United States Abortion Statistics

  6. World Abortion Statistics France - LegalizedBritain - LegalizedSwitzerland - LegalizedDenmark - legalizedHungary - LegalizedRomania - LegalizedPoland - IllegalItaly - LegalizedColombia - IllegalPeru - IllegalMexico - IllegalRussia - LegalizedUnited States - LegalizedChina -LegalizedAustralia - LegalizedBrazil - Illegal

  7. Work Cited History of abortion. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/history_abortion.html Abortion statistics for the united states. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.mccl.org/page.aspx?pid=400 Abortion statistics - world. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/world_statistics.asp Abortion's effects on women. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.christianliferesources.com/?library/view.php&articleid=1045

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