...ABORTION: It should be a choice Imagine a teenage girl who has made one of the biggest mistakes in her life, getting pregnant. Her family is not stable enough to afford a baby and she cannot afford one herself, but yet cannot abort the baby because it is against the law. The teenage girl has now given birth to a baby boy. With no help from her family she ends up on living on the street with her baby crying every night of hunger. She struggles for the rest of the child’s childhood and vows to never have a baby again. Now let’s imagine a teenage girl who has made the same mistake but instead was able to get an abortion. With this being one of the most emotion and horrifying events she has experienced yet, she also made a vow; but this teenager’s vow was to always be protected. Many teenagers who become mothers have grim prospects for the future. They are much more likely to leave school; receive poor prenatal care; rely on public assistance to raise a child; develop health problems; or end up divorced from their child’s father. In the Supreme Court case of Roe vs. Wade (1973) women of the United States “have been granted the right to have abortions” it is a strong belief of many people it is a woman’s right to be able to abort an unwanted pregnancy, and no man, organization, or any form of government should take that right away from her. The right to have an abortion is a woman’s right not to have a conceived child. According to the Encyclopedia, an abortion is the loss of a fetus...
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...There are many different viewpoints on the topic of abortion. Some individuals see it as murder while other individuals believe that everyone can make their own choices regarding their bodies. An abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. In certain circumstances, an abortion is seen as acceptable and others believe there is no excuse for anyone to commit what is believed to be murder. Pro-life individuals believe in giving every unborn child a chance at life while pro-choice individuals believe that every woman has the right to make their own decisions regarding their body. Much of the country is split in the decision to keep abortion legal or illegal which is why a desired outcome is difficult to point out for the future of the country. The Main Issues Regarding Abortion There are two different viewpoints when discussing the topic of abortion. You have individuals that are “pro-life”, meaning that they believe intentionally caused abortions are wrong and considered murder because a human is taking away the life of another. Then there are pro-choice groups who believe that a woman should have access to whatever health care she needs and that she has control over her own body. Murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. But people debate whether a fetus is considered a human being at such an early state. On the other side, the pro-life individuals believe no matter how small, that a fetus is still a human. There are many situations...
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...Abstract Abortion is the intentional termination of pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. The purpose of this research is to inform the readers about the pros and cons of abortion. The three pros that were explored were that the baby should not come into this world unwanted, reproductive choice protects women from financial disadvantage and professionally-performed abortions reduces maternal injury and death caused by unsafe, illegal abortions. The three cons that were examined were that abortion is murder, life begins at conception and abortion can cause physical and emotional damage. This paper examines both sides in an objective manner and contains my own opinion (based on research) at the ending. [Title...
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...Abortion: Pro-Life versus Pro-Choice ENGL 135, Composition Abortion: Pro-Life versus Pro-Choice Abortion is when a woman’s pregnancy is surgically terminated through the use of surgical methods or medication (Planned Parenthood, 2014). The risks associated with having an abortion are excessive bleeding which can result in death, damage to the cervix, and damage to the womb which can lead to inability to have children in the future (NHS.uk, 2014). Abortion is a very controversial topic that everyone has a different opinion on. Even though the U.S. Supreme Court declared abortions a fundamental right in the Roe v. Wade case in 1973, Americans are still divided about whether or not the procedure should be legal (ProCon.org, 2015). Although, abortion is not an option for myself, but do support women’s right to choose what is best for their own bodies and circumstances. Opponents of abortion identify themselves as pro-life. They believe that human life has value and everyone should be given a chance to live and not be murdered by having an abortion. They also believe that personhood begins at conception, and therefore abortion is the immoral killing of an innocent human being (Procon.org, 2015). They also believe that abortion inflicts suffering on the unborn child. It is unfair to allow abortion when there are couples who cannot biologically conceive and are willing and waiting to adopt (Procon.org, 2015). Pro-life supporters believe that human life is precious, worth living...
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...9, 2016 My Choice, Not the Governments Imagine being a ten year old innocent little girl and being pregnant. An innocent little girl was raped by her own stepfather and became impregnated. Her mother and stepfather were arrested and taken to jail. This little girl is now alone and forced by her country to have this child. She was denied to choice to have an abortion. At ten years old little girls have baby dolls that they play with, feed, and put them to bed. But does that make a child fit to have a child. Abortion should be a choice, a female choice, not the governments. The debate over abortion began January 22, 1973 in Roe v. Wade, but still many states were against abortion. In 1821, Connecticut passed their first law in the United States to have abortions by giving poison to women after the fourth month of their pregnancy. Back in the day abortions were so looked down upon that it was unheard of. Now in every 10 unintended pregnancies 4 are aborted. So approximately 1.21 million abortions happen in the United States according to Operation Rescue. Abortion should be a choice by the women and not by a man run government. In Paraguay abortion is illegal with the only exception being threat to the life of the expecting mother. If anyone were to have an abortion they are facing 15 to 30 months of prison. If anyone were to added pressure or even force an abortion on a women they are facing 2 to 10 years of prison. As you can see in this country abortion is not taken...
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...“Pro-choice Abortion” Abortion has been one of the biggest controversies of all time. Many people believe it is immoral and even consider it to be murder. The definition of abortion is; “The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to being capable of normal growth.” 1 These pro-life believers do not support the idea of induced abortion and believe it should be illegal. Many of these supporters do not know that if abortion were illegal they would still be performed, unfortunately by an uneducated staffs. Over 70 thousand maternal deaths occur every year because of unsafe abortions1. These women die, so the idea of supporting pro-life is contradictory, this is why the nation should be pro-choice. Pro-choice believers support the right to privacy and the idea women should have the choice to do what she pleases with her own body. As an example; a woman is raped by a man and becomes pregnant with his child. She decides she doesn’t want to keep the baby; she has an abortion because the idea of raising a child of her rapist is too painful for her to cope with. Pro-choice defenders take sympathies to this woman while she then gets called a murderer by pro-life supporters. Abortions sometimes results in the woman being harassed because of the choice she has made about her own body. That’s what pro-life supports. Often time’s situations like this turns into harassment which can be considered to be part of anti-abortion violence1...
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...What should she do? She has two options: either have the child or abort the child. To an advocate or pro-choice, this would be considered an aggravating circumstance and a reasonable excuse to abort the child since it was not conceived out of love or by the woman’s choice. To an advocate of pro-life, although this is an unfortunate occurrence, aborting this child would be morally wrong and considered murder. Abortion is touchy subject that has essentially divided the nation. On one side people believe that is a woman’s choice regardless of the circumstances. On the other side, there are people who believe that the unborn child is a human being at conception and has the right to a life. Abortion is a very controversial public issue, which highlight two opposing views in regards to abortion and support both views with research. We must first get the full meaning of the word “abortion” before we can talk about it. According to the book “Introduction to Abortion,” it is any procedure that removes a fetus from a woman’s womb” (Roleff). Abortion end’s a pregnancy and terminates a fetus’s life. For most people this very harsh thing to do, but to the women who were sexually assaulted, they feel it is the best decision for them. Who is right? The debate over abortion has divided people in two groups: pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-life group are against abortions and believe that life begins at conception. They also believe the unborn fetus should have the same choices as other...
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...Abortion is one of the most controversial topics that faces society in today’s world. This controversial topic has caused many deaths and several heated arguments between the two separate parties of opinion. The arguments between pro-life and pro-choice supporters have been long and can be very violent. This argument will continue to go on for years, but based on your opinion there are legitimate arguments for both sides. It all depends on personal opinion whether or not each side can say with certainty that the other one is wrong. The two sides to abortion are pro-life and pro-choice, and this is an issue that politicians face in every election, and it plays a big role in how many citizens decide on who they are going to vote for in the election. The many court cases that involved abortion have influenced United States history in a big way. These court cases include: Stenberg v. Carhart, Roe v. Wade, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Abortion in the United States has been banned and legalized throughout the history of this country, and the interest groups involving this topic have had many heated arguments throughout the years, and continue to have them today. Abortion is the voluntary termination of a pregnancy, resulting in the death of the fetus or embryo (Gill). Abortion is a topic that has been around for a long time, and is something that has been debated in just about every society. Abortion has been a part of the United States history since the U.S. was...
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...Abortion and Ethics Roseanna Phares SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Mr. Russell Tompkins March 26, 2012 Abortion and Ethics In today’s society, “abortion” has raised a lot of ethical controversy all over the world. The word “abortion,” means “the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.” (Abortion, 2012) This may be performed for a number of reasons. There are also many different methods of abortion. Abortion has divided people all over the world, and has caused people to debate whether it is right for a woman to terminate her pregnancy or not. I will discuss some of these issues as we go along. I will also, discuss some ethical reasoning about abortion, as well as, talk about pro-life and pro-choice. Most of the debates about abortion, are about if it is right or wrong for a woman to deliberately end a pregnancy before normal childbirth, and killing the fetus in the process. There can be many reasons why terminations take place. The major influence is social circumstances. These range from financial hardship to difficult relationships and family pressure, but their can also be medical reasons for an individual to get an abortion. Those who follow utilitarianism believe that “given a set of choices, the act we should choose is that which produces the best results for the greatest number affected by that choice.” (Mosser, 2012) Some utilitarian’s may ask if having an abortion brings about the greatest...
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...Abi Salgado Professor Robinson National Government 21 April 2015 Pro-Choice In 1973 in, Roe v. Wade, abortion was legalized yet 42 years later the nation is split between what is considered ‘pro-choice’ and ‘pro-life’. What does it mean to be pro-choice? Pro-choice not only advocates for legalized abortion but it also advises and assists with adoption, strongly encourages sex education, and endorses birth control. On top of everything, pro-choice organizations do the best in their abilities to ensure that women who do decide to carry their pregnancies have the resources they need in order to have healthy pregnancies. First and foremost, being pro-choice states that you are supporting the idea that people who are pregnant deserve the right...
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...Abortion Abortion is defined as the inducing of premature delivery in order to destroy offspring. It is a chosen miscarriage. The controversy of abortion in the United States is unique because there seems to be no grounds of compromise between two completely opposite sides. That is mostly because either a living human is or isn’t being killed. This is a case between life and liberty, but the complexities of abortion make it hard to settle the two sides. There is much debate whether this is an action of life or death, and the difference is rather large. Yet both sides to the abortion dispute share a common goal: that abortions should become safer, and the number of abortions should decrease. Within abortion, there are many different questions. Does the constitution defend an individual’s right to abortion? Does this include confidentiality? Is a developing fetus a being? Should the law allow abortions for rape or incest cases? The constitution does allow abortion. Constitutional protection of the woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy derives from the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It declares that no State shall 'deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. (Findlaw 2013) The Supreme Court Decision in 1973, Roe vs. Wade, legalized abortion in the first trimester (NAF 2010). Since then, over 35 Million women have had legal abortions. In America, 24% of pregnancies end in abortion, and 41% of that is on teenagers...
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..._________________________________________________Abortion should not be legal and must be stopped. Laws have never stopped abortion, but only made it unsafe for women. Abortion is a universal practice that has been with us since the beginning of time, whether legal or illegal. _________________________________________________Most Canadians believe that abortion should be illegal. The majority rules in a democracy. About 78% of Canadians believe that abortion is a private matter between a woman and her doctor. Human rights are guaranteed for everyone and are not subject to the whim of the electorate. Even if only a minority believed in freedom of choice, that right should be protected from the tyranny of the majority. _________________________________________________Pro-life is pro-family. Pro-abortionists are anti-family. Abortion destroys the family. Legal abortion helps parents limit their families to the number of children they want and can afford. This strengthens and stabilizes the family unit. Therefore, pro-choice is pro-child and pro-family. Anti-abortion laws can cause stress and hardship for families with insufficient resources to raise unwanted children. Families with unwanted children often consist of a child and her child, living at the lowest levels of society. _________________________________________________The right of the unborn to live supersedes any right of a woman to "control her own body." Margaret Sanger said, "No woman can call herself free who...
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...Pro Choice Abortion Essay Pro-Choice Abortion Essay In 1973, the Supreme Court’s decision made it possible for women to get safe, legal abortions from well-trained medical surgeons, and therefore led to dramatic decreases in pregnancy-related injury and death (“abortion”). Now there is a new proposal to close abortion clinics. This proposal takes away the privacy rights of American women that are guaranteed by our Constitution. By closing abortion clinics the government is not only taking away women’s rights, but is also punishing those whom want to exercise their right of a pro-choice woman. Abortion clinics allow thousands of women every year to have abortions. Having the abortion should be woman’s personal choice. By closing these clinics, there will be no providers to perform the operation, so the choice has already been made for them. Closing the clinics will increase the barriers of having an abortion. When there are too many obstacles, the right to make their own choice is taken away from them. In 1973 the American Supreme Court ruled that Americans’ right to privacy included: “the right of a woman to decide whether to have children, and the right of a woman and her doctor to make that decision without state interference” (“abortion”). The Constitution says we have a right to privacy, so taking away a woman’s chance to make decisions about her own body violates that right. The American Civil Liberties Union defends the Constitution and peoples’ rights. ACLU...
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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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...It’s a Woman’s Choice to Have an Abortion Angel Jones Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare AIU Virtual Campus October 31, 2015 It’s a Woman’s Choice to Have an Abortion Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy before birth using medicine or surgery, resulting in the removal of the fetus and placenta from a woman’s uterus. Because the process of this procedure ultimately results in the death of the fetus, Abortion has been one of the most debated ethical issues of our time and dividing our nation (Raffel, Borgone, D’Ambrosio, Heydon, 2015). The world is divided on this issue with pro-choice supporters on one side, pro-life supporters on the other side, and the government in the middle. The government is trying to eliminate the option of abortion for women, stripping them of their right to make decisions concerning their bodies. Is it fair? Everyone has their own opinion or arguments against abortion, but ultimately it should be the woman who makes the choice whether to have an abortion or not. There have been many debates on abortion between the pro-life and pro-choice supporters. Among those topics debated has been whether or not abortions are safe, considered murder, or if it’s used as a form of contraception. The pro-life supporters have argued that life begins at the time of conception so abortion is considered murder. The pro-choice supporters fired back stating that nearly all abortions take place in the first trimester, when a fetus cannot...
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