Arguments Against Abortion

Abortion has been a complex social issue in the United States ever since restrictive abortion laws began to appear in the 1820s. By 1965, abortions had been outlawed in the U.S., although they continued illegally; about one million abortions per year were estimated to have occurred in the 1960s. (Krannich 366) Ultimately, in the 1973 Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade, it was ruled that women had the right to privacy and could make an individual choice on whether or not to have an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. (Yishai 213)

The issue of abortion is one of the most controversial topics of our time, but recently the amount of public interest has grown exponentially. A number of bills regarding this policy issue such as Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 and Child Interstate Notification Act have both greatly influenced the public’s opinion of abortion. Although, the issue of abortion hasn’t always been like this; according to Timeline of Abortion Laws and Events, an article from the Chicago Tribune, “The earliest anti-abortion laws were intended to protect women from untrained abortionists.” (Timeline) Since the 1973 passing of the Supreme Court Case, Roe V Wade, women have been able to obtain the abortion procedure in all 50 states, 46 of which were

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.

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.

Abortion is a very controversial topic. When politics come into play it becomes an even bigger issue. As said in the article “Texas and the Fed on abortion”, in “1973” abortion became an accepted procedure. This was because humans believed no one should be able to tell a women how to treat her body. Pro life supporters then came into play arguing against the right to an abortion. Pro life supporters are commonly religious and believe all life is sacred. In this article it is argued whether the state governments or national government should be able to decide if abortions are accepted or not. Many believe that states should adopt policies that show their cultural preferences such as Texas who is known as a republican state. As of now Texas

The argument of abortion has been raging since the Supreme Court case, Roe vs. Wade, in 1973. This court case has divided the country into two factions: pro-choice and pro-life. Pro-life advocates argue that abortions are murder and extreme levels of child abuse. While pro-choice advocates believe abortions are a justifiable means to end pregnancies. The pro-choice argument is that the fetus is not yet a human being and its rights should not override that of the mother's.

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

In present-day America there are no existing laws which prohibit women from getting abortions prior to the embryo being viable. However, the decision of whether to permit or inhibit abortions after viability lies in the hands of the state government which handles the situation. This come with the exception of when the mother’s life or health is at risk; an abortion is always granted if this were to be the case. State governments are nevertheless allowed to interfere in such a way as to complicate matters while the woman has yet to get an abortion. This can be obstacles such as establishing long waiting periods and tests for viability. The law furthermore allows states to enact conditional laws that come into force solely after

Abortion is a legal killing spree encouraged and supported by our government and millions of US citizens. The babies aborted will not ever have a chance to take a breath of air, take their first steps, and get tucked in by their mom right before bed. These children are having their life stripped from them forcefully and inconsiderately, and there is nothing they can do to protect themselves. Their right to life has been pulled away from them without any sort of consent, and there is no greater injustice than not having the right to live. It is so emphasized in our constitution that our life should never be threatened or taken, and now abortion is supported by government officials. Just over fifty years ago abortion was considered morbid and

P2: Abortion is wrong unless the mother’s life is in danger due to the pregnancy.

The issue of abortion has been around for awhile. There is differing opinions between the democrats and and the republicans. Though they both have valid views as to why they think abortion should or shouldn't be allowed, there will never be one simple answer to the complex situation. Democrats will argue it violates our freedom of speech and republicans claim it will violate our ethics of humanity.

An area in philosophy that draws large controversy is the argument of abortions. The classic argument against abortions states that it was morally impermissible to kill a human. At the same time, an unborn fetus would be characterized as a human. Therefore, killing an unborn fetus would be considered morally impermissible due to the idea that they fall in the same category as humans. However, the main objection in the morality behind allowing an abortion come from the central idea that an unborn fetus does not fall under the category of a human; an idea that Mary Anne Warren suggested.

The argument for abortion has been going on for a long time, just under different circumstances or under a different name, but still with the same base concept. Nowadays there are politicians arguing over pro/anti-abortion, still the same concept. But till now it is hard for everybody to determine when can be a fetus considered to be legally killed. Reading the case of Roe v Wade, we read that there was a single lady with a pregnancy, who claimed that she was raped (which she denied later), wanted a legal and medically safe abortion in Texas. So she claimed that she did not have the money to travel to another state to get a legal abortion. During that time it was illegal to have an abortion in most of the states. The case went on for longer than pregnancy cycle to reach at Supreme Court and during that time Roe had given birth to a baby girl. So that arose the discussion that by what stage of birth is it still legal to kill the fetus? After this case there were many discussions as always people have different views. So some say that it is not on a person to decide whether to bring a human to life or not and another says that it is on women to decide as the baby is in their body.