Abortions are known as the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is considered a "living human being", often before the fetus's mother is twenty-eight weeks pregnant. Abortions were instituted many years ago, in 500 BC to be exact. Many cultures have taken different approaches and methods to create “abortions.” The most common were abortive herbs, the use of sharp instruments, abdominal pressure, cutting the fetus from the uterus and other techniques. Since abortions date back to the Roman period, it is unknown who discovered them first, but there are many great philosophers who have expressed their thoughts, opinions, and gratitude on this sensitive issue. During the Roman period abortion was used to get rid of an unwanted fetus in many cases if the woman was pregnant out of wedlock, during adultery, or if a woman was deemed "unworthy" of giving birth. Women who were prostitutes were often shunned and forced to have abortions. Nowadays women can use the same reasons to abort with the extension of other social issues. For example, there are many teenage pregnancies. It is a proven fact that teenage mothers are not able to provide for the baby better than they would have done if they had planned a pregnancy. I'm not saying that a teenager isn't capable of being a mother or a good mother, it's just much harder to take care of a child and you still have to take care of yourself as a child. Another reason why women then and now might have been pressured into having an abortion could be if they were raped when the fetus was conceived. Many women know that they could not take care of the baby without being prejudiced against it because of the painful situation, so they prefer to get rid of what they may consider “a memory… middle of paper… destruction. of the fetus or unborn child while the baby is still here. Abortion supporters want to talk about the issue only from the perspective of women's rights. But surely the other life involved, the one that ends in abortion, also deserves consideration. The rest of us must defend the nights of those who have no voice. It gives me hope to see a change in public opinion that tells us that we are close to the end of this period of blatant disrespect for life. The controversy over the topic of biomedical ethics, abortion, has two main supporters. The first is the position against abortion, also called pro-life. The other view is rooted in the belief that one is pro-choice, or fundamentally pro-abortion. These two different points of view are like two mathematical principles, in the sense that although these two points of view have many differences, they also have more underlying similarities.