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“Abortion is an impassioned subject….Every woman---whatever her age, background or sexuality—has a trauma at destroying a pregnancy,” according to Dr. Fogel, a Psychiatrist and Obstetrician. (Reardon, p.6) No matter what ones position on abortion, no one can deny the immense impact having one has on the “mother to be.” Teenagers, who are already extremely emotional, will experience great trauma if they chose to have an abortion. I was drawn to the topic of teenage abortion because it is a major issue in a teenager’s life and more personally, in some of the lives of my friends. I’ve had to watch how stressful and painful it was for them to find out they were pregnant and then having to decide what to do about it. Many young girls don’t feel that they are emotionally ready to have a child of their own, but at the same time they can’t bear to kill the child that is growing inside of them. The effects I have seen after their abortions seem very serious and detrimental to their health. Having an abortion as a teenager has a huge impact on the lives of the teen as well as their families. Personally, I believe that abortion is immoral and is, in fact, murdering a living person. If one takes on the responsibi