Abortion: An Individual's Fate Or Adoption?

Abortion is never an easy decision, but women have been making the choice for thousands of years. It has become a large dilemma since 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court passed a law making the procedure legal, and an even larger controversial issue. The controversy is divided into “Pro-Choice” and Pro-Life” views. Pro-Choice supporters believe that the woman should have to choice whether to abort or not. Pro-Life supporters believe that it should be illegal to abort and preformed. However, there are many ways for this procedure to be performed. Abortion still remains today a controversial issue, by who should determine if it is the right thing to terminate a pregnancy or not and by how the procedure should be preformed.

There are many common pregnancy alternatives, but most often the resulting decision is abortion because it is effortless. Abortion is endings a women’s pregnancy by removing or forcing a fetus or embryo from the mother’s womb before it is able to survive on its own. Not all abortions are purposely done some are spontaneous like when a women that has a miscarriage. Rather abortion is done purposely or naturally it is a worldwide complication as to it being wrong or right. Abortion is an ethical issue that will be analyzed according to a personal worldview and Christian worldview. Ethical thinking will be examined by value-based decisions that address abortion from the perspective of a Christian worldview and comparing it to a personal assumption by addressing ethical dilemma, core beliefs, resolution, evaluation, and comparison.

Abortion can offer a solution to unplanned pregnancy and may allow women to postpone pregnancy until they are adequately prepared to raise children, elevating the standard of living for newly born babies. “Fertilization is by no means perfect method, but therapeutic contraception and abortion complement natural processes that are designed to help us survive and thrive” (Tarico, 1). Contraceptives, such as the birth control pill, sometimes fail. To counter this, many new contraceptive procedures such as implants offer better protection and allow pregnancies to be an expected and planned occurrence. People often make mistakes when they are young, such as having unprotected sex. Abortion can provide an opportunity rebuild their lives and give them a second chance. Society’s attitudes towards conception and bearing of children change and evolve, and it is important to be compassionate, and understanding to the mother and the unborn fetus. Being pro-choice allows us to “stack the odds in the child’s favor” and give children the best chance of living a happy, healthy life (Tarico,

Abortions happen to be one of the most discordant social issues in the world, raising political and ethical debates for years. The two main groups involved within the abortion debate, are pro-life and pro-choice. The pro-life, meaning anti-abortion, members believe on ethical grounds that abortions are murder, while pro-choice, meaning pro-abortion, members believe that it is a woman’s right to have an abortion, and should not be governed by anyone. I believe in the latter of the two, therefore I am pro-choice. I feel that regardless of governmental convictions, religious standpoints, and health risks, it is a woman’s right to choose what she does with her body.

Imagine you are a young woman who is just realizing that she is pregnant. You don’t want to carry a baby that you know you can’t care for, and because you come from a very religious family, you are unable to get an abortion. The topic of abortion is often split into two sides, pro-choice and pro-life. Although some people are against abortion because they believe that all life is important, people should not be pressured into not getting one because it is the mother’s own choice, getting one is already emotional for the mother, and they might not be able to care for the baby after it is born.

There are two arguments regarding the ethical issue of abortion, pro-choice and pro-life. The pro-life position believes the sanctity of human life begins at the point of conception and therefore abortion is akin to murder. This is due to the fact that society does not allow one human to intentionally harm or take the life of another even an unborn child. Furthermore, there are negative consequences as a result of an abortion, as medical complications can occur later in life, as well as intense psychological pain and stress. Statistics show that abortion is a choice made mostly by young women whom many are minors, with insufficient life experience to understand the consequences of their actions. A viable replacement to abortion is adoption,

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics in today’s world. With the evolving moral standards of society, abortion is becoming more and more justified. Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy. People don’t seem to realize that abortion can ultimately have the best overall consequences. This topic should be viewed from a consequentialist view, or from the moral worth depending on the positive or negative value of the consequences. The choice of abortion doesn’t matter as much as the consequences of the choice itself. While some consider abortion murder, others believe it as saving a life. It can save a mother from an unwanted pregnancy and it can save a child from an unwanted future. A woman has the right to choose abortion if they believe it is necessary and dispose freely of their own body.

The National Adoption Center stated, “There are no unwanted children. Just unfound families.” This quote shows the positive outlook that adoption agencies portray. When a parent chooses not to keep custody of a child, the child then becomes available for other parents to adopt them. Once adopted the child has an opportunity to have a regular life with people who will love and provide for them. If that adult had chosen to not keep the child, then they wouldn’t have had a chance to become an adult or even be born. The option of adoption should be used to replace abortion.

Imagine not having choice to decide whether or not you want to live. How you would feel one day if someone decided that it was “ok” to take away your life without you having any say in it? Unborn fetuses do not have a choice to decide whether or not they want live if their mother decides to have an abortion.

When conversing about ethical issues, many people are afraid to speak up. We have people who are afraid to face specific ethical issues. People who live in today are choosy or sensitive to some ethical issues. Which issues are harsh or not have been questioned. What people don’t understand is every ethical issue will be somehow offensive to one person or another. It’s better to speak on the issues now than to sweep them under the rug. That’s why I like the news, the news doesn’t sugar coat things.

There are still risks, even if the abortion works out the mother themselves can have medical risks. It only needs once to later have it as a consequence. The mother can receive a pelvic infection, incomplete abortion risks, blood clots in the uterus, heavy bleeding, a cut or torn cervix, a puncture/tear of the wall of the uterus, scar tissue on the uterine wall, a hole in the uterus, injury to the bowel or bladder, incomplete removal of unborn children, inability to become pregnant due to infection, hysterectomy, or hemorrhage (heavy bleeding). Then, if the mother prefers to have future pregnancies there is a chance of vaginal bleeding during early pregnancy, preterm birth, low birth weight, retained placenta, incompetent cervix, weakened or

The issue of abortion remains to be one of the most controversial issues today, mainly because of its premise as an idea – the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. Obviously, the decision to terminate a human pregnancy is quite shocking to some people, but a recent surge of liberal opinions and social change in the 21st century has seen the rise of abortion and its practices. The most common way of thinking for feminists on abortion is the right over their own body, stating that they should be able to control whether they have a baby or not. This is the most common view point potential mothers use when deciding to have an abortion. My body, my choice.

Life is extremely precious and is something that should not be taken for granted. The trials each new day brings are exhilarating and capable of bringing one to tears, whether they be out of happiness or sadness. One of the greatest gifts presented to a couple is a child when a woman becomes pregnant. Far too many times, this gift is taken for granted because two people are not married or they do not want the child. In America, there is an on-going argument as to whether or not a pregnant woman, or her close family/friends, should be allowed to make a decision to kill a fetus while it is still forming in the woman’s womb, known as abortion. The pro-life debate ranges from more than just abortion, as it stretches into the “releasing” of

Cathy Stentzel was an assistant editor in Sojorners magazine. This magazine was known advocating a woman’s right to have an abortion. Abortion has always been a “hot topic” in the Christian community. It appears that some Christians seem to forget that it is not actually a sin to be pregnant, it is not a sin getting pregnant without being married and it is not a sin being born to unwed parents. The actual sin is what it takes to get pregnant in the first place. The sin is having sex before you are married. The reason the topic of pregnancy seems to be the bigger issue is because it is easier for people to hide the fact that they are having pre-marital sex as opposed to hiding that fact that you are pregnant.

‘’How come when it’s a human it’s abortion but when it’s a chicken it’s an omelette?’’ Do you know what’s expensive? Having a kid when you’re not ready. Legalizing abortion nationwide has been a long time debate. Some people say it’s murder. Some people say it’s a choice or a good thing. Most people who are against abortion are confined or have a conflict with their religion. If religion wasn’t in the way or their parents these people would say should be a choice. Abortion should be a choice it’s the woman's body and her baby she is carrying the baby. She should have a say. No one should be able to tell a woman what she can do and what she cannot do we her body.