o terminate her pregnancy.”Also, there is no way to determine whether or not the fetus is a “person.” Reading the Constitution would lead one to believe that the fetus is never a person. Legalized abortion should be upheld economically because overall it helps maintain the economy of the country and its population, and governmentally based on the main ideas behind the decision in the Supreme Court Case Roe Versus Wade.Legalized abortion, in many ways, helps to lift the financial burden off of low-income families and single women. First of all, forcing a woman to have an unwanted pregnancy causes a heavy burden on the mother and all of her family. Raising a child requires countless hours of the mother's undivided attention. This makes it almost impossible for a single mother to retain any job she may have. The mother's resources for income immediately become limited and the expenses of the child become too much too handle. If the mother had a chance to abort her pregnancy,Moen 4 she could have avoided all of the stress of raising the child. The lack of income would probably lead to the mothergoing on welfare. The cost of welfare is not worth keeping abortion illegal.Another situation that can be avoided by legalized abortion is unwanted pregnancies in families that already have enough children. In many cases, low-income families that already have two or three children simply cannot afford to have any more children. Legalized abortion helps these struggling families to avoid being financially wiped out. It should be a family’s private decision whether or not they abort a pregnancy (McKeegan114).One of the most notable economical issues involving abortion is the Hyde amendment. Most centrally, this amendment cut off Medicaid funding for abortions, but not for childbirth. This amendment caused many arguments from pro-choice backers. First, the bills' opponents insisted that the measure would force poor women into il...
