...The scientific definition of abortion is termination of a pregnancy prematurely by removing a fetus or an embryo from the uterus. Abortion is a very sensitive matter that has people with differing opinions about its permissibility. Some people believe that abortion is similar to committing murder since the fetus is a human with a life. On the other hand, others feel that parents have a right to choose whether to see a pregnancy to full term or to terminate it before it's due. This argument is usually centered on the notion that removing a fetus or an embryo from the uterus cannot be compared to murder as this is not yet a baby. The major controversy about abortion lies in the definition of what stage of development the fetus is in and at which point...
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...Abortion should remain a legal option for women when they are pregnant because they have the right to choose. I don’t believe that women should be legally compelled to maintain another life at the expense of her own wishes, her body, her health, or her life. I am pro-choice because children should be wanted, their entrances into the world joyous occasions- they should never be considered punished. There are situations where a woman who has been made a victim of rape or incest has gone through a terrifying experience. However, there is a second victim, the baby. Honestly no women should be forced to carry a baby of their rapist because they don’t want to be reminded of the trauma they were forced to take part in. On the other hand I believe...
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...SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGAL? By MARY W. DOUGLAS FINAL PAPER PHL-103INFORMAL LOGIC ANTHONY BIDUCK-INSTRUCTOR SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 Final Paper DouglasM1 Thesis The definition of abortion is the induced termination of a pregnancy followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. The paper is presented on the moral issues of Abortion. Should abortion be legal? As today’s society becomes more open-minded to an issue normally handled behind closed doors being performed by persons with no medical degree whatsoever, the choice should be left to the individual whether or not to have an abortion. Abortion is an eight letter word that has become a label that society applies to the procedure in which a pregnancy is purposely ended for many reasons. Let us examine the subject of legalizing abortion. Argument Abortion has been a very controversial topic for many years. With women’s rights to vote, the right to burn their bras if they wanted to, and the right to eliminate a developing fetus from a woman’s body has become a great debate. Abortion is a subject that questions the morals of an individual and their decision as to whether to have one or not. Moral philosophy has always investigated the rules and principles...
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...Abortion in the United States Valora Hawkins, Tracy Avila, Timothy Easter, and Veronica Holifield BCOM/275 June 18, 2012 Les Colegrove Abortion is one of the most controversial topics to date in the United States. Because of the complexity and issues involved, there are those individuals who are for abortion, and those who are against. There is neutrality that extends between the two, with those who are one the fence depending on circumstantial situations. In this paper our group of four peers debate the topic, and base a conclusion on weather women in the United States should have the right to abortion, based on the arguments themselves. Today, the reference of for and against, is better known as pro-choice and pro-life. Pro choice (abortions) refer to the political and ethical view that a woman should have complete right over her fertility, and that she should have the freedom to decide whether she wants to continue or terminate her pregnancy (Bose, 2012). According to pro-life advocates, women who demand complete control of their body should also shoulder the responsibility of preventing unwanted pregnancy, and that the result of an unplanned pregnancy, rape or incest, aborting the embryo is equivalent to punishing the unborn child (Bose, 2012). The position that Valora has in this debate, is that it is the woman’s choice to decide whether or not to have an abortion, but also to understand that it is their responsibility to protect against unwanted pregnancies by...
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...The Fight Against Abortion: A Research Proposal Heather Fox English 102 Timothy Broyles 3/31/12 Heather Fox English 102 Timothy Broyles March 31, 2012 The Fight Against Abortion There are approximately 1.5 million abortions performed each year in the United States and at least 46% of Americans will have an abortion at some time in their lives. (Stotland) When it comes to abortions, nearly 3 out of every 100 women between the ages of 15 to 44 have abortions. (Stotland) These statistics seem to be growing each year and has begun to look like an alternate use of contraceptive. My previous research has shown that people are abusing their privileges, and turning to the cruel act of abortion under any circumstance. Is abortion ever an acceptable approach or should abortion be outlawed in all states for every situation on hand ultimately considering it murder? My overall research will support my thesis that abortion is never the true answer provided the many alternatives available to everyone and therefore should be illegal in the United States. Through my research, I hope to provide information that will show the complications and consequences of abortion. I plan to give the reader enough knowledge on abortion so they will become aware of how important it is to avoid this option. To accomplish this, my research will show how vital it is to take the proper steps to prevent unwanted or unplanned pregnancies. In order to truly change people’s minds the...
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...Abortion: Is it Right or is it wrong? Liberty University Human Growth and Development Dr. Robert Pace Contina Roby August 14, 2013 Abstract The purpose of this research paper is being done in reaction to the Mississippi’s Potential Initiative 26 Law. In response to Initiative 26 Law personhood is describe as “all human being from the second of conception, replicating or the functional corresponding thereof”. This would forbid abortions and certain birth control pill. Biblically it says “Thou Shall not Kill” but what transpire when a minor is raped and get pregnant. Should she be made to bring the child to term? After Mississippians went out to cast their votes, Initiative 26 was not approved. The persistence of this paper is to analysis this subject Biblically and then analysis it based upon how people view it. Key Words: Abortion, God, Murder Abortion: Is it Right or is it wrong? Abortion has become very popular in recent years. There are many people who support it and many that don’t. Sometimes abortion seems necessary but still God’s word, “Thou Shall Not Kill” stand. Many people will refuse to accept God’s word as a standard by which they should live and make decision. This is their right to reject it. Having an abortion is basically killing an innocent child. It has become a manufacturing, an elucidation, an excuse to avoid responsibility (Anderson, 2003). Abortion is wrong because God said we are not to murder, but not...
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...Lavon Russell Joannah Bruscell English 120 - Advanced Composition 08 January 2015 Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the benefits of allowing the freedom of choice on abortion to continue. The main debate is whether abortion is moral or immoral. One of the great things about being human is to have individual thoughts and opinions. That is something that will never change. In this paper, I will first discuss what abortion is as well as its origin. With the use of various sources, I will showcase statistics that lend support to how I came to the determination that abortion should remain legal. These statistics will include abortion rates in the United States vs. the rest of the world, how income or poverty levels affect abortion, and individual frequency of abortion. Abortion is arguably the most highly debated topic in our society today. Also, despite there being many social issues that divide our country, abortion remains to be the most divisive to date. Abortion is the pre-birth termination of a fetus at different stages of pregnancy before life is self-sustainable while still in the mother’s womb. The backbone of the United States has and will always be that all people are created equally and that every person has “certain unalienable rights by their Creator”. Declaration of Independence has been the defense certain rights such as free speech, religion, the right to bear arms, the right to a trial, etc., but it is not limited to...
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...Should Abortion be Legal? Giorvanna Larathe PHI 103: Informal Logic Instructor: Jill Murray January 20, 2014 Should abortion be legal? If the question posed to me, my answer will always remain the same. Yes, I believe abortion should be legal. I have my reasons and that is what I will be discussing in my paper. First I will explain what an abortion is. My thesis will include different reasons from cause and effect to religion, beliefs and most of all women’s rights. I will touch on the basis of situations that we women endure in our lifetime. I say we, because I am a woman and understand what it is to have a choice and say in my body, what every woman should have the right to do. While I will counter my argument I will not sway you from my reasons to why abortion should be legal. We certainly live in a world of judgment along with morals and values but again a woman should have the right to decide when she chooses to abort an unwanted child. It may sound harsh and selfish but it is still her/a woman’s choice. Some of us may not agree but as the saying goes “it is what it is.” If it is not you, then why put that person down and blast them for it. One never knows what others endurances are, and sometimes they are left in circumstances where that maybe the only option. Some who are against abortion may not want to hear of it, but is still there choice and the government should not take that right away. We fought for our rights for years, and have...
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...Abortion One of the most fought, controversial social issues in America is Abortion which is the medical procedure that is performed to terminate a pregnancy. Abortion is a huge moral issue in America that poses the question if it morally right or wrong. The research conducting in this paper will take a look at should abortion be legal or illegal, the Roe v. Wade case that has legalized abortion, the negative effects on woman who have an abortion, and the protest from those in the Christian religious community. Abortion is a medical procedure that is performed to end a pregnancy. Also known as induced abortion, because there are two types of abortion the other being spontaneous abortion, which is a miscarriage; “that occurs when a fetus or embryo dies in the mother's uterus and is expelled by the body” (Alters, Sandra M, 2008). Since pregnancy is lengthen by 9 months and is broken into 3 trimester each having 3 months, according to Sandra M. Alters in her 2008 published book entitled “Abortion—An Eternal Social And Moral Issue”, in 2003 88% of all induced abortions were performed during the first twelve weeks, or first trimester, of the pregnancy. There are two types of ways to have an induced abortion, one being the medial procedure, two the new found medication intake that allows one to take two pills few hours apart in one day. The result of the pill method is one day the pills are taken, the next day you deliver the dead fetus. According to an article written about Jennie...
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...Course Title 19 December 2012 Abortion: Why it should be not be banned In the United States and most part of the world, the issue of abortion has sparked a heavy controversy, creating a strong debate over the rights and wrongs of deliberately ending a pregnancy before normal childbirth. There is no denying the fact that, most people today are caught in between the moral dilemma of whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. It is one of the issues in our society today creating not just a political divide, but equally a public and moral one. For example, the Telegraph of December 18, 2012 published its story which reads in part: A Polish Catholic organisation has sparked furore after it compared legal abortion to the Newtown school massacre. On its website the conservative organisation Fronda asked what the difference was between "children killed by doctors and children killed by a madman?" It also questioned whether killing children with parental consent is better than killing children against their will? ( para. 1-3). The above news lead reminds us once again of the opposing views held by different members of the society concerning abortion. Before delving into the argument arena, it is imperative that the term abortion be defined; its historical background briefly discussed, and some arguments in support of ban be examined. This will serve as foundation upon which this work will rest. The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines the term abortion as ‘‘the deliberate ending...
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...from Cancer: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/medical-treatments/abortion-and-breast-cancer-risk.html This source came from a very repuitable site with over 100 years in the making the organization came about in 1913 by 10 doctors. The site has a lot of information of different cancers from all letters of the alphabet beginning to end. Most importantly it has statistics and research to back up the information on the site. This source also is nonbiased so that in general would lead to better factual information that has not been persuaded to one side. I used this website for my paper to show the statics on physcological effects of...
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...There have been many debates on the topic of abortion from small talks to classrooms and even leading to court rooms or political talks. Abortion has become a highly controversial issue in many parts of the world such as the U.S., India, China, Europe, Africa and etc. Although the literate covers a wide variety of issues leading to abortions, the review will focus on two major themes which emerge repeatedly throughout the literature reviewed. These themes include: abortion is against right to life and the rights a woman has on her own body. Although the literature presents these themes in a variety of context, this paper will focus mainly on whether it is morally right to terminate a pregnancy before normal childbirth. “Pro life” is people who strongly go against abortion, suggesting anyone who supports abortion are “anti life”. Gale (2010) argues that people living together in a society have rights, and if a fetus is a person just like you and me, then it too has rights, ultimately the right to life. He states that many believe that life begins at conception, when an ovum is fertilized by a sperm cell. However, Judith Jarvis Thomson (1971) contends that the development of acorns into oak trees can be used to describe why a fetus is not a person yet, because it does not follow that acorns are oak trees, similar goes to the fact that it does not follow that fetus are persons. Some countries even go to the extent of legalizing abortion given that it is done within 12 weeks from...
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...Article Rebuttal on Pro Choice BCOM 275 August 5, 2013 Michael Frank The controversial topic that this paper will discuss is the right to pro choice. Pro choice being the woman’s right to decide abortion as an alternative to pregnancy. After reading the article “Pro-Life vs Pro-Choice: Annihilating the Abortion Argument” by Hank Hanegraaff, in which uses the acronym (A-B-O-R-T-I-O-N) to discuss the reasons why abortion should not be legal. I will provide a rebuttal to this article as to why I do not agree with these views and I will discuss how pro-choice is a necessary option for all women. In Hank Hanegraaff’s article he discusses his views on pro life. He goes on to state his reasons why pro –life is much more important than pro-choice. He states that pro-choice advocates attack people rather than issues facing abortion and pro-life advocates. To further prove his point of view he uses biblical references, as he understands, to state that abortion is nothing more than killing another human being, in which the Bible states “Thou shall not kill”. He uses that abortion is a violation of the sixth amendment, as if abortion is against the law. Hank also states that when abortion is the result of pregnancy from rape or incest, that one should not compound the situation by aborting the unwanted child. He states that “two wrongs, do not make it right” (Hanegraaff, 2009). He also states that a study said that .06 percent of pregnancies are from rape or incest (Hanegraaff,...
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...Abortion is a surgical or medical procedure performed to end pregnancy. Abortion is mostly done in a time of crisis. Perhaps the pregnancy was intended but after the baby being conceived circumstances start becoming unfavorable. Your partner perhaps drew away, financial stability becomes weak and many others of so (Scotland 1998).In the nineteenth century, Britain and most states in America considered abortion as a rebellion to God. Though now abortion is legal in both USA and Britain, it was influenced by some events. In the USA, the Roe V. Wade case of 1973 in the Supreme Court, led to allowance of abortion in the first trimester. In the second trimester abortion is allowed if it is only in the best interest of maternal health. In Britain, a doctor on medical ground advised on the abortion, and the 1967 Abortion Act made it legal (Newman and...
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...Abortion I decided to my Guttmacher Institute paper on something I wasn’t familiar with, abortion. Abortion is something very taboo both in my family, and in my religious upbringing as a Roman Catholic. It is something rarely spoken about, it is kept very secret, and when someone has one they are looked down upon. Doing research about it has put it into a different light for me. I didn’t realize just how many people had abortions in the United States, what the statistics were, the statistics on late term abortions, and why women say they have them. Reading up on this subject definitely opens one’s eyes to the world of Abortion, a taboo world in itself. Abortion is a hotly debated topic amongst American’s young and old, different races, nationalities and cultures. Is a state, person, or public figure pro-choice or pro-life? On the Guttmacher Institute website the statistics on abortion in the United States are staggering. In the past, abortion clinics have come under fire for their practices, they’ve been bombed and doctors have been murdered (Fletcher, 2009). Because of the acts that have occurred against them since the 1960’s they are concealed and hidden, normally not well known to the general public unless you have a reason to know it is there. Despite the hush-hush nature of abortion, nearly a quarter of all pregnancies in the United States end in abortion (Guttmacher Institute, 2011). According to the Guttmacher Institute, most of the violence against abortion...
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