About 32,101 pregnancies result from rape each year (Pubmed.gov). Each year thousands of woman are traumatized and haunted by their experience and on top of that, are pregnant with the child of the man who caused it. Abortion is a controversial subject that everyone has an opinion on. Abortion is the termination of early pregnancy, and must be done within the first twenty eight weeks of pregnancy. Two groups of people who have a strong opinion on abortion were formed; Pro-life and Pro-choice.…
Some people call themselves pro-life, I prefer to call myself anti-death. Most sane people would also agree that they are anti-death because they do not support the killing of innocent human beings. But what they fail to realize is that murder has been legal in the United States for the past 42 years. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy but this is just a euphemism for the voluntary annihilation of an unborn child. In 1973, the Supreme Court made a decision on the case of Roe v. Wade ruling unconstitutional a state law that banned abortions except to save the life of the mother.…
There's been a controversy for decades now on whether or not abortion should remain legal, in other words it's pro choice vs pro life. They’ve disputed the future of the women and the child through debates with few if any compromises. Abortion being legal reduces death and maternal injuries caused by illegal abortions. Abortion needs to continue being legal not only because some mothers or parents are financially incapable of taking care of a child but because they’ll be in a household where they’d be mistreated, after all it’s essential for a woman to have control over her body; it's a fundamental right. America is known as a country of land of opportunities were things you might of thought were impossible or restricted can be transformed…
591,699 people in the United States died from cancer last year. 918,202 babies were aborted. Today, abortion is rapidly increasing as one of America’s most divisive topics. Abortion is the act of terminating a pregnancy, and in states like Nevada and Rhode Island, can be performed up to 24 weeks into the pregnancy. The procedure, which was forcibly inflicted into the laws of all 50 states, takes up to ten minutes.…
Abortions are one of the many topics that people around the world have different opinions on. One of the major questions asked; “Is abortions ethical?” Abortions are defined as “the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus by natural causes before it is able to survive independently” (Page, 2017). Abortions have been the most controversial topic that life itself has faced, because of this, groups of “as pro-life and pro-choice” (Morris, 2012), have been created. According to Abortion Pro Con, The pro-life is choosing abortion is a woman's right that should not be limited by governmental or religious authority, while pro-choice states that individual human life begins at fertilization, and therefore abortion is the immoral killing of an innocent…
ah Bard 4/10/16 PHIL 2020-001 Professor Coates Why it is Wrong Abortion has become quite common in America, as now there are laws in favor of letting an individual woman make her own decision about whether or not she wants to prolong her pregnancy to have a baby, or to have an abortion. The key question that most philosophers admit and agree to while talking about abortion is, “How do you determine the humanity of a being?” (Noonan, first paragraph, lines 1-2)…
If abortion was legal worldwide then this would be much less of a problem. People may want an abortion for many different reasons, like not being prepared, money can be another problem, not having time or resources to take care of a baby. Especially in rape cases women may want to abort the rapist’s baby because it reminds them of the horrible act that happened. That is a completely understandable reason to get an abortion. Many undesired pregnancies may lead to economic deprivation and an on-going cycle of poverty and despair.…
The arguments generally used by pro-life supports is that they believe life starts at conception and by having an abortion, which means that the life of a child is being taken away. Continuing on from that point, they also believe that if a woman has been raped and chooses an abortion, they are punishing the child for crimes they did not commit. They also use the argument that putting a child up for adoption can be an alternative as with millions of families all over the world wishing to adopt, no child is ever unwanted. For those who pay tax, it is also considered unfair that taxpayers who do not support abortion are paying for something in which they do not approve of. Abortions make cause a lot of psychological pain and stress to the women and can also have many medical complications which is why pro-life considers abortions to be morally wrong.…
"Since 1973 more than 50 million babies have been killed by abortion. This is far more human lives than the entire population of California. " Imagine how many lives that would be saved without abortion. Abortion is an awful thing that is legal in America. Innocent unborn babies are being killed just because their mother doesn't want to be pregnant.…
Instead of choosing a side and shutting out the other, let there be a solution provided. To defuse the debate, abortion should be legal only if certain issues such as incest, rape, or if the mother’s life is in danger. Abortion is a better option for a child than growing…
Yakira Sexton English 3 8/8/2016 Women’s Right to Abortion Even though Killing human life is wrong, abortion should be allowed because some people can't afford a baby and women should have the freedom to choose abortion. Some people have said that allowing women to get an abortion is like “unlawful killing of a human being” ( Kristi Burton Brown). While others have said that “a fetus is like a brain dead person with no self awareness or consciousness so it is actually dead”(News24). The side that I have chosen is that women should have the right to decide if abortion is the best thing for them or not.…
Abortion: Pro-Choice Shouldn’t you be able to decide what you do with your body? How would you feel if someone told you what your could or could not do to your own body? This is the dilemma women face every day since abortion is constantly a topic of much debate. There are many opinions on whether or not women should be able to have an abortion or not. I think women should definitely be able to have an abortion if they want to.…
Denying a woman’s right to safely and legally obtain an abortion is a subliminal nod to undermine the importance of women. For rape victims, it tells society that if a woman is raped, it is her own fault and responsibility to bear not only the psychological effects of sexual assault, but also the physical burden of carrying an unwanted child made by an unwanted parent. This toxic victim-blaming is only one of the examples of society telling people it is okay to commit crimes, and telling the victims of crimes to be at fault. “Don’t wear provocative clothes,” or “They were just asking to be raped” gets tossed around so much these days without a second thought, but the people of today need to realize how much rape culture like this is damaging both women and men of all…
If we can accept telling an expecting mother it is okay to kill her child, then how are we expected to tell others that it is against the law for them to kill a person? Many people believe abortion should be legal, but others think abortion should be illegal. Before performing an abortion, the expecting mother will be medically assessed to determine which way of termination would be the most effective. If the mother is ten-to-twenty four weeks, she has the option to take “the abortion pill” which is called mifepristone. This medicine is followed up with a dose of misoprostol.…
Abortion Abortion is a very controversial topic. It refers to the termination of pregnancy by removing the fetus from a mother’s womb. Abortion laws are different in each state. Proponents of abortion argue that every woman has the right to abort her pregnancy and a fetus is not a human until it is born. However, people should remember that life begins as soon as the baby is conceived so aborting a fetus means murdering a baby.…