Arguments pro-abortion

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Abortion Debate Facts
Half the percentage of women getting an abortion done is below (age) 25.

Around 60% of abortions are performed on never married women.

When a woman decides to go for anabortion, it’s not an impulsive decision, though the preceding act might be impetuous.
Concluding whether to abort, keep the baby or give it up for adoption is really hard and may lead topost-abortion trauma.
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Many a times, abortion helps to safeguard women's health. There are many women, who suffer from various hazardous medical conditions such as heart disease, kidney disease, severehypertension, sickle-cell anemia, severe diabetes, etc. As these diseases can be life-threatening, an abortion often helps to avoid serious medical complications from childbirth. But abortion should becarried out after proper medical advice as it can lead to potential miscarriages in the future.
In male chauvinistic societies, women are considered nothing more than child bearing machines. Therefore,a right to abortion gives her an individual identity, as per which she can decide the fate of her child.   
At times, abortion also helps in keeping a check on the size of the family. It can serveas a potent tool to undo mistakes, thereby preventing mothers to be forced for raising a child at a young age.
The convenience of abortion provides the parents with an option of having a wanted child.In its absence, any unwanted pregnancy would lead to the birth of many children, who weren't wanted. This could immensely hamper the social strata of the society, having negative implicationsespecially on child's psyche.
Moreover, in cases where women are raped, getting pregnant with such a child is yet another brutality they would be forced to bear. Thus, the option of abortion is the best forthem. 
Though women have a hard time choosing abortion as an option for unwanted pregnancies, they have been making the choice for a long time.
Ultimately, she is the one who would be going...
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