Abortion is an extremely sensitive and controversial subject, it is frowned upon by many for a variety of reasons, including religious and moral abjections. Abortion is the voluntary termination of a fetus before it reaches 41 weeks, either through prescribed medication or surgery. In England, abortion has been legal since the passage of the Abortion Act in 1967; under UK law, which includes England, Scotland and Wales (excluding Northern Ireland), abortion can generally only be carried out during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy and carried out. by two doctors. Before the advent of the Abortion Act, many clandestine abortions were carried out either by unscrupulous doctors or unqualified personnel, resulting in the deaths of around 40 women each year from injuries such as bleeding or infection. The abortion law was therefore created not only to protect women but also for public health reasons. Women today may choose to have an abortion for a variety of reasons, one of those reasons being contraceptive failure. It has been found that more than half of women who choose to use a contraceptive method that did not work the month they became pregnant may then choose to abort for that reason. With barrier methods like the male condom only offering a 98% guarantee and the female condom a 95% guarantee when used correctly, it's no wonder that abortion is an option for many when the precautionary measures they have taken fail. Another reason why a woman may choose to have an abortion may be due to undesirable circumstances such as incest or rape. Rape is becoming more and more prevalent, according to (rape crisis), there are around 85,000 cases on average reported each year in England and...... middle of paper ...... also contribute to this cost, this money could be used towards more pressing health problems in society and health research Sex-selective abortion is a procedure intended for couples who have a predisposition to conceive a girl or a boy. This is an expensive IVF procedure called preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and costs at least £1,950. Moral concerns are raised by this selection process, as healthy embryos are discarded in order to find the preferred sex. CONCLUSION (restate the argument) In conclusion, with all the points mentioned above, it can be inferred that abortion today is unjustifiable, neither acceptable nor unacceptable. due to various circumstances in which abortion can be performed. Arguably, people's views are becoming much more liberal since the days of the 1800s when abortion was considered inhumane and unacceptable.