for consistency.(Baird pg 63) Abortion is many times affected by religious beliefs, financial situations, morals, and ethics. Society as a whole can also have a large impact on ones decision. But one reason many people do not consider is cost, and how much it really does take to perform this kind of operation.The costs of any surgery varies significantly between surgeons, medical facilities, and regions of the country. Patients who are younger, sicker, or need more extensive surgery will require more intensive and expensive treatment. Surgery charges can be separated into five parts: 1) the surgeon's fee, 2) the anesthesiologist's fee, 3) the hospital charges, which include nursing care and the operating room, 4) the medications, and 5) additional charges. If you total all of these items up the cost could amount to over $10,000.(http://health.yahoo.com/health/diseases_and_conditions/disease_feed_data/abortion/print.html) Not many people can afford such a high priced operation, which is why the government is also trying to enforce new laws on abortion.(Baird 55)These are the words of a woman who was put in a dfferent type of abortion situation: Even if the woman is raped, the child should still be born. Regardless of what happened to the woman, the child still has a chance to give back to this society. For the woman, the burden of rape would be heavy enough. And an abortion would only hurt her more emotionally and physically. As for the men who fool around and get their girlfriends pregnant, if you're man enough to have sex, you should be man enough to support your girlfriend through a pregnancy. If not, than don't have sex. There's nothing more gutless than a guy who encourages his girlfriend to abort his child. A lot of people will say, "you don't know until you're in that situation." I have been. Only I was inside. (Minnick pg 2)This sure does make you wonder how many great leaders and achievers this world is missing becau...
