The Issues of Abortion Abortion has become one of the most controversial topics of the twentieth century. The act of ending a pregnancy before birth is abortion. It is hard to find someone who does not have an opinion on abortion today. About ninety percent of abortions occur during the women's first trimester, which accounts for approximately 1.8 million abortions per year. Nine percent of abortions take place in the second trimester, and the last one …
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…the controversy will continue. If the opposing sides work together to form a compromise, the tension between the two may be weakened but never destroyed. With the two sides working against eachother and not attempting to come to a consensus the issue will linger on. This issue will impact many women and men in the years to come, and for the time being, they have a moral dilemma that they must solve on their own.