Abortion And Defending The Pro-Life

Abortion has been one of the most popular and argumentative topics that has still yet to be settled. Ultimately the question we can ask when trying to solve this issue is whether or not pregnant women should have the right to kill an unborn baby. Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before birth takes place and is a moral wrong. Can we as a society call ourselves human if we allow the deaths of unborn babies to take place? Those who take the side of pro-choice or as also known as pro-abortion often use statements concerning life, humanity, human rights and freedom to support their claims. I believe abortion should be illegal because we as a society must protect the human lives that are in danger whether or not they are in their first

The pro-life stance on abortion is often associated with and defended by traditional Christian beliefs , ; however, this paper will argue that it can and should be defended with secular arguments that appeal to reason and our shared human condition. This paper will try and counter the notion that the argument is simply another battlefield where religion and secular thought meet. Rather, it is an important issue that carries with it heavy implications not only for the religious but also for the secular. The major arguments discussed include the emotional and physical toll on the mother, the societal toll of having abortion legalized, and the rights attributed to every human being; first, however, the stance

Abortions are one of the many things that everyone has an opinion on. As defined by the 2012 Merriam-Webster dictionary, an Encyclopedia Britannica Company, an abortion is, “the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus as a spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation--miscarriage, the induced expulsion of a human fetus, or the expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often due to infection at any time before completion of pregnancy.” Abortions have always been and will probably always be a controversial topic in which everyone will not agree upon. During the controversy, two groups have emerged. These groups are referred to as pro-life and pro-choice. Per Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context, pro-life supporters claim that life begins at conception, therefore, abortion at any stage in the pregnancy is murder. They believe that life is valuable and the life of the unborn baby has the same rights as the mother. Pro-choice supporters, on the other hand, claim that it is the woman’s right to choose what she does with her body. These pro-abortionists claim that anti-abortionists are truly against the rights of women and free choice rather than the termination of the fetus. Pro-life and pro-choice advocates differ in many of their opinions, specifically, concerning when life begins, affects abortions have on the mother, and how politics and religion play a role in

As Amanda walked to her car in the darkened parking lot she had a vague uneasiness. Rapidly she unlocked the door, yanked the car door open and inserts the key in the ignition. When suddenly, a hand from behind covers her mouth and ferociously jerks her head into the head rest. The next twenty minutes will forever haunt her. With a gun to her head he usurped power, sexually assaulted her and inhumanly beat her to near death- leaving her beyond languished. Over the next few weeks the physical wounds would heal .The emotional healing would take much longer since the incident is now imprinted in her brain. Weeks after, the Clinic confirmed her worst nightmare: she was pregnant .She knew there was no way she could endure the pregnancy which is

After reading the material, it made me very sad to see what women are doing out there to their unborn children. Some of them are not doing it because they are bad mothers but it is of a lack of education. My mother smoke with me in her stomach for the whole nine months because she did not know better and she did not know the Lord and she regrets every moment of it right now. About the pro-life versus pro-choice, I am personally totally against abortion. However; when it comes to medical issues, I believe it should be called a different name. It is a very hard decision and I do not even want to go to too many details because it is painful. Maybe we are all saying it is wrong or it is right because we are not in those people’s shoes. Maybe if

In the Judith Jarvis Thomson article on “A Defense of Abortion”, there is a lot of arguments that she points out as to why abortion of a child is not entirely wrong. She gives examples and analogies as to what could happen in a case of a woman when she becomes pregnant and is ill, and an abortion is necessary. She gives the readers various points of view on the issue of abortion, and is not seeming to be persuasive to be for or against abortions. It seems as though she is letting the reader understand all angles of the issue and giving the reader a chance to judge for themselves on if abortion is right or wrong considering all factors on what is morally and immorally correct.

In 1973 the Supreme Court made it legal to get abortions done by a well-trained professional in any state. Before this time many states had laws that made abortions legal if and only if it was to save the women’s life. As a result of this ruling in 1973 Pro-life supports began taking up arms against abortion. Within a short time most states had statewide organizations protesting against abortion.

On the opposite, pro-life supporters assume that fetuses are human, and they are subjected to a lot of pain in the process of an abortion. It is wrong to conclude that a fetus is not a human being since it does not talk, or is not a social entity. Pro-life supporters also argue that a fetus is a potential life and any threat to it is breaking a necessary right to life that is entrenched in almost all constitutions across the world. Pro-choice supporters propose that abortion is an act of purely discrimination to the unborn and that this acts deprives them to the access to a brighter

“No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.” ― Margaret Sanger

The issue of abortion is a controversial one; there are arguments on both sides of the debate. In 1973 the national case of Roe v. Wade, sparked political decisions that created a national right to abortion. Further, "Roe v. Wade declared that unborn children are not `persons ' nor are they entitled to the same constitutional protection as `born children '" (Baird, Rosenbaum, 2001). However, Roe v. Wade did not end the debate, nor, did it stop both sides for continuing the fight for their individual beliefs. On the one hand, pro-choice’s believe that woman are entitled to have abortions. Stating that an unborn child is under the rights of the pregnant women. On the other hand, pro-lifers believe that a woman should not have the right to obtain an abortion, stating that an unborn child is a human deserving the same constitutional rights as a child that has been born. The political goal most frequently mentioned by pro-lifers has been a Human Life Amendment (HLA) to thus, reverse Roe v. Wade. The HLA would declare unborn children to be "persons" deserving equal protection under the Constitution. From an ethical standpoint, one can take either side, for not only these reasons but also many more that we will further explore. I personally think that abortion is a decision that can only be made by the person in question, and not between that person and the government or an HLA. We well first look at the overall argument of the pro-choice side. After which, we will delve into the

Historically, A past argument has been coupled with the issue of abortion. As people try to determine what stage abortion was acceptable, it is often confronted the question as to when abortion should be considered destruction of a human life.

In A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thompson aims to defend abortion against opponents whose main arguments revolve around the fact that a fetus is a person, and therefore should not be aborted. She wants to further the discussion past the slippery slope argument that dominates the topic of abortion: Is a fetus a person at the moment of conception? Thompson moves past this question by basing her arguments on the notion that a fetus is in fact a person from the moment of conception, although this is not a view she believes (Thompson pg. 48). By taking on this view, she can dive deeper into the discussion, and provide reasons for her defense of abortion that do not revolve around a fetus’ personhood.

Abortion rights are one of the most heatedly debates in society. There are many arguments for and against abortion. Each woman has the right to an abortion and the right to have a child. Women have the resources, rights, and respect to make reproductive health decisions that are best for themselves. (“Women’s”) We live in a free country and women should continue to have the choice to do whatever with their body, concerning women’s rights, health issues, and religious reasons.

Thomson’s article “A Defense Against Abortion” does raise several interesting, if abstract, moral questions. Thomson believes that even if a fetus is fully human and in possession of certain rights, the rights of the child should not be imposed on a woman’s liberty. This question of freedom and basic human rights pervades every side of Thomson’s argument and creates another set of ethical considerations for us to consider. These considerations raise many interesting questions. Is there a different moral obligation to your child than to a stranger? Is allowing someone to die different from purposefully causing them to die? Is liberty limitless or should we be morally obligated to give up that liberty when others are in danger? These questions

Abortion is not only a woman's right, it is a woman's choice. Allowing abortion to e legal is immoral. A pre-born child is given the status of a product of pregnancy and never seen as the miracle only a woman can create. Compassion for the small one is drowned out under a demand for rights, but what about the rights for the unborn.