Khaleq Memene
May 8, 2015
Bioethics 1B
Dr. Gildersleeve
Subjective Speech Test
Love Life
Tearing human beings apart limb from limb; snapping spines; stabbing bodies; crushing skulls. No, it is not a scene from a horror movie. These gruesome procedures are currently taking place right now. “It seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime.” – Mahatma Gandhi. Abortion is one of the greatest evils to have befallen in this day and age. Some synonyms of abortion when looked up are “disaster,” “failure,” and “fiasco.” When power crosses with human nature, trouble seems to stir. In fact, pro-abortionists seem to think that they have the power to dictate whether a human being will rightly live or will die horrifically.
Without the right to life, all other rights are meaningless. Without life, there can be no freedom, no foundation, no nation. Roe v Wade is the landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. Decided simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton, the Court ruled 7–2 that a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion.
There is no doubt, Women deserve the utmost respect and they deserve to have the same rights as a man. With that being said, are women really respected by being traumatized and disrespected by means of abortion procedures? Is it right to put women lives at risk to do an unjustified wrong? Even more, if all are entitled to rights why are the rights of infants ignored? Above all else, every human being holds the same values, respect, and rights.
To give an analogy, imagine a man in a post-disaster scene, among a colony of other survivors. They are all surviving off a nearly unlimited supply of just bread and water. They are no animals, no other forms of life. In addition, they are considered extremely lucky for surviving. Years pass, yet somehow the man becomes dissatisfied with the bread and water. He argues to those around him that they have no choice over the taste of the bread and water. As well as arguing that what the colony lives off of may not be even bread or water. So, he gains a few followers and they proceed to take action. Their plan consists convincing the colonies leaders of destroying the water supply and finding a new alternate source of sustenance. Against the protest of a few in the colony the leaders are somehow convinced. Therefore, the water and bread are ridden of. However there is no alternate form of sustenance found and the one thriving colony of survivors are depleted within weeks.
To compare this analogy to abortion, one can say that the colony represents the people currently living on earth. The colony leaders represent the governments of developed nation. The bread and water are embryos that sustain live on earth. The man represents the bold pro-abortionist. Lastly, The few protestors represent the ignored pro-life advocates. In a world which require populations to replace dying ones, the reproduced are suddenly killed leaving no hope for the future. A grave mistake made from the governments convinced by pro-lifers lead to the death of the human race.
It is funny how the term pro-choice honestly means no-choice. The cold hard fact is that no one has the choice to be alive or not. Also, no has the choice to dictate whether one lives as well.
Life is a guaranteed entitlement, not a gift. All other rights come second to life. If all were honest on that simple fact, 470,000 women and 1.7 million babies would not be die each year.
It is interesting to note the case of Roe v Wade began and ended with corruption. In 1969, Norma McCorvey, a 22 years old, divorced, homeless, pregnant woman sought out an abortion. After seeking an abortion in Texas but finding out it was illegal, she headed to an illegal clinic only to find it shut down. Soon, she was referred to lawyers in Dallas, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee. Two young lawyers right out of law school that were eager to challenge the Texas laws on abortion; happily, using McCorvey as their means to. McCorvey had only met with her lawyers twice-once for beer and pizza, the other time to sign an affidavit that she did not read. After downing several pitchers of beer, they agreed on using the pseudonym “Jane Roe.” In order to hurry matters up, McCorvey lied telling her lawyers she had been raped. Never appearing in court, she found out about the shocking ruling from the newspapers. The baby she was attempting to abort was born and put up for adoption.
Norma McCorvey, later realizing her mistake is now an outspoken advocate of the Pro-Life movement.
It isn’t permissible to bring politics into the conversation of life. It doe not belong there. Life should not be an issue at all. There is simply nothing wrong with being alive. Their might be counter arguments, such as rape of the health of women. However, one cannot treat trauma with trauma, also why not severely punish the rapist instead f killing the infant who was unfortunately conceived. In the case of health It can be justified to put the mothers health before all else but it must be a life or death situation where only the mother or the baby will come out alive.
To end things, a world where everyone agreed on abortion and consistently used it as a way to prevent birth, wouldn’t be a world; the Human race would end very quickly. In contrast, a world where life was appreciated and respected would be a life all would enjoy. Different groups of Humans would not worry about extinction. The only problem then would be that things are too perfect. Maybe one day instead of fighting for death, all can just life life.

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