Abortion is when a woman freely gives up her baby by killing it. Abortion works in many ways. During the first trimester, there are pills, dilation and cutting, and also vacuum and cutting. In both second and third trimester, there is dilation and evacuation, salt poisoning, chemical poisoning, and the worst - partial birth abortion. People argue that abortion should be illegal in the United States because over 1.5 million unborn babies are aborted each year due to the outcome of the Roe vs Wade case in 1973. This court case was over whether or not women should have the right to have abortions during the entire pregnancy. When this case became legal, there were one - hundred - sixty - seven thousand cases of child neglect and abuse that have been reported. By the year 1987, the cases of child abuse skyrocketed to two-million eighty-five. Instead of stopping child abuse...