Abortion: Pursuing The Value Of Human Life

Thousands of women in the world have abortions. “ Since the 1970’s, abortion has been a very controversial issue throughout the United States. Anti-Abortion and pro choice organizations often express their differences of opinion in lawful demonstrations” (Andryszewski 10).Think of it this way, all of the fetuses are in life or death situations. Their mother is choosing whether or not she wants to keep them or abort them. The children that are getting aborted will never get the chance to live. The children that are aborted will never get a choice.They will never get to go through all of the good, and even the bad, times of life. Life is a blessing, and everyone should get the chance to live their life. Women who just don’t want a child, or even women who have been raped, are wanting abortions all throughout America. Whatever the reason for the abortion, the pregnant woman should not have the choice of taking a life that they created. There are reasons and other options why women should not get abortions. Abortions should be illegal because these women are murdering a child that is unborn, it could be harmful to women, and if not always, then almost always, women have the choice of adoption.

A man by the name of Jean Paul Sartre once said “We are our choices”, but what if one’s choice is predetermined or determined by someone else? What are our choices then? What determines a choice to be right? These are questions that arise as a result of the term ‘choice’. Throughout history there have been a number of choices that people have had to make, one of which deals with the topic of abortion and how different cultures perceive them in contrast to others. According to Merriam Webster, Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. This essay will introduce and identify Abortion in terms of its controversy in its morality, differences in ethical cultures, and the views of past societies versus the present.

What determines what is ethical and what is not? Can someone determine what is right simply relying on what they feel? Or does something drive them to know what is wrong or right? In the case of abortion, one would may ask: Is the fetus a person? At what stage in its development does, it becomes a person? Does any women have the right to decide if she is going to carry the baby to term or not? (Boyle, 2004) This paper will identify the ethical dilemma of abortion, core beliefs of abortion, and possible resolutions, through the eyes of the Christian worldview, and how other worldview may react to abortion.

There’s a very large controversy between the ideas about abortion and anti-abortion. Different religious views, beliefs, peoples many different customs and even people of different cultures all have their own preferences and ideas on the take of this political issue. Views against abortion can lead to as much of an impact as a violent/non violent riots outside of an abortion clinics, to something as simple article in the newspaper. The belief on abortion that leads to a lot of the controversy is that in this time people are abusing the purpose of an abortion and using it as a form of birthcontrol. Some cultural belief systems not only around the world but also here in the United States, believes that abortion should not be used at all, and that it is a version of murder. While others believe in the idea of “Your body, your choice”. “Your body, your choice”, means that if you would like to get an abortion within the legal 3 month period after conception in the United States it not considered murder and it is the woman 's choice. This is allowed at any age, for any purpose, whether the sex and conception was accidental or rape. After the three month period of time the baby is considered a new life and must be taken care of. Any abortions after this time are considered illegal and murder. No matter what happens with the outcome of the abortion topic there will always be a group of people not represented, and they will be unhappy with the product. One upside at this point in

Advocates identifying themselves, as “pro-choice” believe that choosing to have an abortion are a mother’s right and should not be limited by the government or religious authority. The mother’s right to autonomy supersedes the right of a preborn inherent right to life. Opposed to this are “pro-life” supporters, who believe that the fetus’s personhood begins at the time of conception. The government has a responsibility to preserve all human life, and that rights of personhood should be granted. Putting religion and social views aside, there is irrefutable evidence of potential for

There are many arguments that people who support abortion tend to bring up while debating the topic. One

Abortion has been and most likely always will be a controversial topic. It is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy. In the year of 1973, the members of the United States Supreme Court made the decision to legalize abortion, which led to many different outlooks and opinions regarding it. This resulted into people splitting into two groups. Pro-life, in which people claim that abortion, regardless of how old the fetus may be, is murder, and pro-choice who believe it is a woman’s decision to choose what to do with her body. As an unborn child is a human being and deserves an equal chance at life, and abortion negatively affects the parents in multiple ways, abortions

Over the years, abortion has been a large source of discussion with people arguing whether or not it should be legalized. However, it has been shown in the past that making abortion illegal would not stop abortion and neither would it stop the death rate from abortion. There's a chance that the death rate will only rise. In addition, banning abortion would not only take away a woman's right to control her own life and health, but also force women to go through with a pregnancy they are unprepared for. People from each side of the argument can agree that abortion can be prevented, but a woman should not be forced to have a child when she is not prepared for it. Making abortions illegal is not the way to prevent them, and in the long run, it

We have all faced Ethical dilemmas in our life time. But imagine having to choose between making your family happy and/or doing what’s right for yourself and being happy. One night my friend Jessica went out drinking not knowing she was pregnant. Later on in the week she discovered she had been pregnant, when she found out her first thought was “OMG ive been drinking, what if the baby is not ok?”. Also she had no idea how to tell her parents who were firm believers in God and sex before marriage is immoral. Multiple ethical issues were brought up in this scenario, including The Argument from Religious Authority, Autonomy, and Act of Utilitarianism.

Abortion is one of the most debatable subjects in the United States. It is one of the touchiest subjects of our time primarily due to widely varying beliefs concerning the exact moment at which “life” actually begins. There are many points of view toward abortion but the only two fine distinctions are "pro-choice" and "pro-life.” As expected, there are many people against abortion, these people are better referred to as "pro-life advocates,” they advocate the life of the baby over the woman 's right to choose. Pro-life advocates feel that there are other options other than abortion. Adoption, for instance, provides an alternative to abortion. Many pro-life advocates feel like, 'you choose to have sex, and now you must face the consequences of your actions. ' But what if you were raped? Should you be forced to have a child? Yes, they believe abortion is ripping away someone’s life that they don’t even get a chance to live. Pro-life activists have a moral agenda against the abortion of unborn fetuses, calling it murder. Their views are usually fueled by religious reasons and convictions rooted in Christian beliefs. While the general Christian stance is to be against abortion. However the issue is not as strongly rooted in religion, but rather in a concern for mothers, and their possible future children. The large gray area makes the issue of abortion very tough to resolve.

Abortion saves women from teen pregnancy, single mothers who cannot afford a child and people who are unfit or unable to support a child. The topic of abortion divides this country in two everywhere you go. Many see it as immoral, while others oppose the issue based upon their religion. Supporters of pro-life more times than not have very strong religious views on the issue; as a result, those who oppose it, often try to force and push their beliefs onto others to make it to their liking. Pro-life doesn’t let women have control of their bodies and their reproductive rights. A woman should have the choice of what she does and what is best for her, outsiders should not have a say in other people 's choices.

Abortion stirs up a debate when questioned whether or not it should be legal. It is proven by law that a women's right to abort a child is a "Fundamental right". This right was decided in the famous landmark case Roe V. Wade which remains the law of the land. People who are con abortion believe that the baby is still a human being and it has a fundamental right to life so therefore abortion should not be allowed. Many resources states abortion is the killing of another human being. While others believe abortion helps the lives of young parents in today's society. "Those who oppose abortion generally believe that human life begins at the moment of conception, when a sperm fertilized an egg." Some would disagree and say that only when the baby is developed is when it is considered taking a life. It is said that abortion helps women effected by sexual assault or incest.Woman who have been sexually assaulted turn to abortion to help them forget about the attack. Without abortion victims would have to look at the child created and re live the moments of the attack. So if a female is raped and doesn't want to have the baby they usually see abortion as the only option. It is also said that abortion may cause medical, as well as, psychological problems later on in life. There are many different options other then abortion for example, adoption. Instead of aborting an innocent life you can put the baby up for adoption so that when the baby is born it is given proper care. Adoption is

“Despite the cancer that gnaws at her body and the belief that she will not live through next winter; the pain of death is not what frightens her. It is the lack of control, she says, the notion of fading in and out of consciousness as a morphine drip shapes her final days” (Rowe, 2008)

Abortions are one of those taboo topics no one wants to talk about but everyone has an opinion on. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary abortion is defined as “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.” Amid the controversy, two groups have developed: pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-life supporters believe that life forms at conception, therefore, abortion at any stage is considered murder. On the contrary, pro-choice supporters believe that it is ultimately the woman’s choice to do as she pleases with her body. For years, politicians, feminists, and anti-feminists have been going back and forth about the legality of abortion, religion, funds, access, and the basic rights the woman has as a human being to make the decisions she wants with her body. For this paper, the question I propose is: Are women’s basic human rights being infringed upon by being denied access to abortion? To fully understand the importance of a topic, one must be familiar with the history and research.

A choice is defined as an individual having the right to select their own decision that they are faced within their own life. In today’s society, a human’s right of making a selection has never been deemed contentious. Therefore, why is it when it comes down to a woman making a choice that is concerning her own body it instantaneously becomes controversial to the nation? Abortion should not be a choice decided whether it is ethical or not by the public when it necessarily does not affect them personally. However, abortion continues to constantly be debated upon. If she finds it morally allowable to perform an abortion, then a woman has the right to be able to choose what actions are performed on her own body. Thus, the resolution to this endless debate is apparent: her uterus, her choice.