Argument Against Abortion

Thomson brings up the standard anti-abortion argument. Every person has a right to life. A fetus is a person. Which means a fetus has a right to life. Therefore abortion is wrong. Thomson does not understand the jump from a fetus having a right to life to abortion being wrong. She believes that the fetus being a person or not is irrelevant to the argument. And abortion is based more on the rights of the woman, fetus, and who has more of the right of ownership of the woman’s body (Thomson 47-48).

Abortion is one the most controversial topics in the United States. The issue at hand is should abortion be legal or not. It is highly debated with in both media and politics. According to History Channel, “Supreme Court legalizes abortion”, in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court Case Roe V. Wade ruled that women have the constitutional right to privacy, thus legalizing abortion. This law gave women the right to terminate a pregnancy during the first two trimesters. This sparked huge controversy between pro-life and pro-choice believers. Both pro-life and pro-choice have numerous arguments to justify their opinions. In a report done by WebMD, “Abortion-Reasons Women Choose Abortion,” nine out of ten abortions are performed within the first twelve weeks. Abortion should be legal because it is a women’s constitutional right, mental and physical health, and other.

My second argument against abortion is due to the physical health issues having an abortion can cause for women. There are minor complications such as: minor infections, bleeding, fevers, abdominal pain, gastro disturbances, and vomiting that can occur as a result of having an abortion. Approximately 10% of women undergoing induced abortion suffer from immediate complications, of which one-fifth (2%) were considered major. Major complications that occur include: major infections, excessive bleeding, embolism, perforation of the uterus, anesthesia complications, convulsions, hemorrhage, cervical injury and endotoxic shock. Aside from the potential dangers of the abortion methods in general, abortion increases a woman’s chances of having miscarriages in later pregnancies; this is especially true for younger girls who have had an abortion. Also, repeated abortions increase the level of danger (Thiroux and Krasemann). I personally know several women who have had an abortion at some point. I conducted a very short interview with three individuals asking them the following questions:

The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument that abortion is wrong. Some claim that only in “rare” instances, such as rape or within a few days of contraception, abortion is acceptable. I will agree that there are certain circumstances that abortion is more “acceptable” than other times, albeit however few and far between these instances arise. Instances that make abortion more “okay” are rape, and once it is discovered that the mother's life is in danger if she were to carry the baby the full term of the pregnancy. The basis for my argument comes from reading two opposing essays on abortion , in regards to whether it is “right” or wrong, “A defense of Abortion” by Judith

When it comes to living ~~, many people think that “good” includes things that bring enjoyment and “bad” means things that are burdening. We should seek out the good in life and avoid or remove the bad. In cases of abortion, though, where a life is unwanted and burdensome, is it justified to get rid of it? Pro-life arguments that oppose abortion say that ~~. Pro-choice arguments which support abortion argue that a child’s life begins at birth, a woman has the right over her body, and promotes autonomy. After all, a life is ~~ than ~. For my claim, I will not refer to any religious arguments concerning abortion, as doing so would just introduce a wide range of other arguments to debate. Furthermore, I believe it is possible to sufficiently prove abortion is wrong without regarding religion. I will cover the most common arguments for pro-choice and try to refute these arguments along with a moral theory of my own. My primary claim will be that abortion ~~ primary gain is wrong because it is the same as murder.

Societies frequently regard the term “good” as whatever is pleasurable or moral and “bad” as whatever causes unpleasant outcomes. Therefore it makes sense that we should seek out the good in life and avoid the bad. In cases of abortion, though, where a potential life is considered “bad”, is it justified to remove it? Life is viewed as the highest intrinsic good, thus any act of deliberately taking it away becomes a serious moral issue. Pro-life arguments, or arguments opposing abortion, claim that each human has a right to life, a person is a human at the moment of conception, and each human possesses the obligation to protect human lives. Pro-choice arguments, or arguments supporting abortion, argue that a child’s life begins at birth, a woman has the leading right over her body, and abortion promotes autonomy. I will attempt to refute the leading pro-choice arguments while holding my claim that abortion to end a life is always immoral because it is an act of murder.

After reading the article, “Why It’s Become So Hard to Get an Abortion”, by Margaret Talbot, I am caught in the middle of pro-choice and pro-life. Talbot provides the reader with an even amount of examples explaining the beliefs of each stance. Being raised as a Catholic, my church has always preached to bring an end to abortion. Although, being a young female, I also feel we should have the choice. I think there is a way to respect personal beliefs and religion, while still being in charge of your body. This being said, I don’t agree with the act of taking the life of an innocent human without it being a medical necessity. This brings up another contrasting point, I believe that if the woman seeking the abortion doesn’t have the means to raise

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

In our society, everyone has their own opinion about everything. This topic just so happens to be one of those. Abortion is a very touchy subject to some people. Some people are pro-choice, others are pro-life. Some are caught in the middle. Some people think depending on the situation, it should be okay. People base their opinions on their religion, race, culture, political views, and how they were raised. I was raised pro-life depending on the situation. Pro-choice means it is the mother’s choice to get an abortion. Pro-life means they are completely against abortion. Is it a living person? Should it be illegal? Is it okay depending on the situation? Everyone has a different opinion. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. Abortions

Why abortion is immoral by Don Marquis is the start of two discussions pertaining to whether abortion should be acceptable in our modern society. The argument, Marquis makes, is that abortion actually deprives the fetus’s “future-like-ours.” Many philosophers support Marquis’ belief by arguing that fetuses have their own possibilities; thus, killing fetuses is absolutely wrong (Marquis, 105). Nevertheless, there are also other philosophers who criticize Marquis’ view in order to prove that abortion is not immoral since the fetus has no right to live. One of them is Peter K. McInerney, who wrote Does a Fetus Already Have a Future-Like-Ours? McInerney demonstrates the fact that fetuses have little

Abortion is a tough topic in which you can only decide to be either for or against it. There is a huge amount of people who believe that abortion should be legal and that everyone should respect that decision; however, there is also people who are against this ideology and believe that abortion is something immoral and should be illegal. People, who is pro-abortion, prefer to say that they are pro-choice. They like better this term because they say that they aren’t fighting for abortions, instead, they are supporting woman’s right. This means that they are pro-choice to fight for equality in woman’s rights and not because they like to abort. The same happens with people that are against abortions, many people prefer to be pro-life. A pro-life person is someone who favors life and is against abortion an any other methods of killing people.

When it comes to the topic of the abortion, most of us will readily agree that it’s a prolonging subject in our society. Governor Rick Perry and state senator Wendy Davis has opposing views of abortion in Texas. Governor Rick Perry on one point of view speaks of the unhealthy conditions of abortion clinics in Texas. In his argument, Rick Perry opposes the procedure used by these clinics, claiming the standards and conditions are not met to that of those of how an abortion clinic should be. Senator Wendy Davis, on the other hand, stresses on the trials and tribulations Texas women would have to face under this law. With the use of voices from women in Texas, she argues against this law. Voicing her opinion on, whether the passing of this law would restrict basic women rights.

The article reviews that some Jews are pro-choice, it is fully permitted under a number of circumstances to have an abortion. The Torah explains that “the human being is created in God’s image”, meaning even before conception occurs. Jews protect a women’s right to have an abortion only in certain situations, abortion is allowed if the fetus would mean harming the mother or in case of rape. In some cases abortions are just done without a cause. Judaism considers it is a personal choice, each women must be able to decide whether or not to continue a pregnancy based on what is best for the mother. Like any other debate there are two sides to this issue, there is a legal and moral concern. Anyways, in the Jews law you can harm the unborn but

A difficult topic for many to discuss is abortion. While many argue over its legal standing, one aspect of it that is often left out of the conversation is of the psychological and emotional bearing a woman may feel leading up to and following an abortion. Both the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, by Ernest Hemingway and the poem “The Mother”, by Gwendolyn Brooks showcases this process in two varying scenarios to explain the struggles someone may face when dealing with getting an abortion. When looking at each story they are both arguing the same concept while going about it in differing ways, while simultaneously strengthening each other’s argument. I believe that the authors are arguing that abortion is significantly more complex than simply being a legal issue, and that the argument should be about the social pressures a woman may feel in society over getting an abortion along with the psychological repercussions one may face following it.

Does a women’s right to choose to have an abortion outweigh a baby’s right to be born? The controversy at hand is whether the rights of a women outweigh the rights of a baby, and whether a mother should be given the rights to pursue a procedure like an abortion. To clarify an abortion is a medical procedure that ends a pregnancy in which a doctor uses a vacuum and suction to suck out a fetus from the uterus. The issue is whether the fetus who has the potential to be a rational, productive human being has the unequivocal rights of any other human being and whether he or she should be protected from, in every sense of the word, murder. The argument made by abortionfacts.com a nonprofit Christian pro-life education organization, is that