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Abortion Vs. Pro-Life

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Rationale: The debate between being pro-choice or pro-life is an argument that continues to separate people due to one’s beliefs or values. With this debate I was able conjure an argument that states why I’m pro-choice. A boy in my class said there was two options, pro-life and pro-death, forgetting the real name of the other view (pro-choice). I quickly corrected saying it was pro-choice, because that is exactly what it stands for; one has the choice to make that decision. My audience are people who are not very educated when it comes to this matter, and Susan B. Anthony. I believe everyone has the right to their own beliefs and values. However, how could someone possibly impose their beliefs on everyone and condemn them to one option. My …show more content…

The landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, decided in favor of abortion rights, remains the law of the land. The decision stated that the Constitution gives "a guarantee of certain areas or zones of privacy," and that "This right of privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy." Although many of your arguments and opinions are based on religion, and how religious groups oppose abortion, the Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, and the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations are all officially pro-choice. The Bible, despite interpretations to the contrary, contains no explicit condemnation of abortion, and does not portray the killing of a fetus as equivalent to the killing of a human being. In Exodus 21:22-25, the crime of causing a woman to miscarry is treated as a property crime, whereas killing the woman is considered murder and is punished with the death penalty. While the Catholic and Lutheran churches oppose abortion, more of their members believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases versus illegal in all or most …show more content…

Realistically speaking, someone is only a full person, if they have authority over their own selves. Selves are housed in bodies. Abortion is a right, for exactly the same reason as I have a right to think what I want, say what I want, tattoo my own body, amputate my own foot, shoot myself in the head, drink gasoline, inject heroin, light myself on fire, chain myself to a tree, go on a hunger strike, drink powerade, have myself cloned, or eat my own flesh. I am the only authority in here. This is mine. You have yours. Between us we meet by mutual agreement. Collectively we meet by a mutual agreement called government. Governments regulate what happens between us when we can't agree on what happens between us. When a doctor agrees to help me abort my fetus, there is no disagreement between people. The government has no role there, until our actions probably harm third parties. If a government can dictate what happens inside your body, you do not have authority over your own self, you are not a legal person, and your government cannot draw rightful authority from you. If a government does not respect the bodily boundaries of any human beings, it does not have any rightful

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