Abortion: a woman's choiceAbortion, defined as the intentional termination of a pregnancy, is one of the greatest freedoms most controversial of all time. Approximately one to three million abortions are performed each year. Women have abortions for reasons such as rape, teenage pregnancy and health problems. Unfortunately, it is a freedom that some still wish to eradicate due to religious beliefs and misconceptions. Abortion should remain a legal option for women because illegal abortions result in far more deaths, religion is not used as a basis for law, and most importantly, there is no conclusive evidence that a fetus is equal to a human being. unsafe conditions contribute to a large number of deaths each year. According to Wendy Wanlund, “in 1930, illegal abortion was the official cause of death for nearly 2,700 women, or 18 percent of the childbirth-related deaths recorded that year” (Abortion Debates). In the more than four decades since Roe v. Wade, thousands of American women's lives have been saved through access to legal abortion care. Additionally, making abortion illegal would force women to end their unwanted pregnancies through unsafe procedures. Every year, millions of women in developing countries are treated for complications related to unsafe pregnancy termination. These complications can include heavy bleeding, infections, and sepsis, as well as more serious conditions, such as uterine lacerations or perforations, which can be life-threatening. Lack of access to abortion clinics does not lead to a decrease in abortions, but rather unsafe and illegal abortions. Unsafe abortion is therefore an urgent problem. The two main methods to prevent unsafe abortion ... middle of paper ... emptiness, bodily integrity and self-determination until the child exits the woman's body" (ACLU) . Until a fetus is born from a woman's body, it is only a potential person and therefore has no rights. The decision to terminate a pregnancy improves the lives of women around the world every day. Abortion should remain an option because many deaths are caused by unsafe abortions, individual morality should not govern society as a whole, and no scientific evidence has been presented to confirm that human life begins at conception . Moralists promote the belief that legal abortions are dangerous and that human life begins at conception, but both of these claims have been refuted. When performed legally, abortions are one of the safest surgical procedures. Women should continue to have the right to terminate their pregnancies for any reason.