Arguments Concerning The Legalization Of Abortion

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.

Abortion has been a controversial topic and fluctuated in-and-out of political discussions for decades, but has started to become a more popular debate topic as of late. People have debated between “Pro-Choice”, a woman’s right to choose, as well as “Pro-Life”, strictly anti-abortion, as well as the lawmakers part in recognizing the issue. A Harvard College newspaper printed an opinion-based article by Tanya Luhrmann for Abortion Rights Action Week called, The Pro-Choice Argument. The author claims that a powerful part of American life is the experience of being a mother, and that each side, “Pro-Choice” and “Pro-Life”, feels attacked from one another affecting the mother and child relationship.

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

Philosophers, lawyers, theologians and others have devoted and continue to devote their lives to study of the ethics of abortion. Since abortion was legalized, the abortion debate has intensified, and does not show any signs of being resolved anytime soon. The idea’s that advocate the women’s right to abort or the proactive logic that supports the pro-life view and the fundamental identity of the baby all come in hand when looking at the ethics of abortion .American philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thompson and american philosopher Don Marquis both came up with very good arguments to support what they believe.

This is not a fictional story, but instead an illustration of Hill v. Colorado, one of the many anti-abortion protest cases that would make it’s way to the Supreme Court’s attention from 1990s to the early 2000. The legalization of abortions has long been a controversial subject since it was found to be constitutional in Roe v. Wade legalizing abortions on Jan 22, 1973. Several court cases including: McCullen v. Coakley and Hill v. Colorado to name a couple, have challenged the laws concerning protesting that came with the legalization of abortions, as it stands. This case note will scrutinize the Supreme Court’s decision to abolish buffer zones outside of abortion clinics, contending women’s constitutional rights to abort an unwanted pregnancies without harassment.

“The technician had grown quiet. She just kept printing picture after picture and pressing the wand deeper into the gel on my stomach,” (Cohen). Rebecca Cohen would soon find out her baby’s brain had been destroyed. At 21 weeks she chose to have an abortion and said it was the best of only horrible options (Cohen). Cohen and every other woman should have the option to terminate their pregnancies. Women should be able to abort their fetuses without restriction.

Jeremiah 1:5 says, ”Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nation's.” Abortion is a very sensitive topic to talk about. Most people are uncomfortable talking about abortion. Some people are against abortion and some are with abortion. In my opinion, I do not agree with abortion. There are many questions asked from both opposing sides when you talk about abortion. Some people ask when human life begins and when life becomes valuable. In these next paragraphs there will be arguments from both the pro abortion and against abortion.

Once a former abortionist stated,“ And as I brought out the rib cage, I looked and saw a tiny, beating heart.”(Bennett) In Jeremiah 1:5 the Bible states “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”i do (The Holy Bible) If God considers us human before we are even conceived then we should, also. Should we listen to God or should we follow the world? Science has proven that babies in the womb are alive and can feel pain. The Pro-Choice Argument has some good points, I agree. They say that it is the Mother’s choice to have the baby or not, but wasn’t it most likely the Mother’s Choice to do what it takes to get pregnant in the first place? Even if it wasn’t her choice, it is still a part of the Mother, it is growing inside her womb. Unborn babies have the right to life because they are alive beginning at the moment of conception, the unborn baby also is human just like us and it has rights, the unborn baby or “fetus” also feels all

The day is hot, as the fiery Mississippi sun blazes down on the Earth unforgivingly. The heat is so intense you cannot feel a breeze as you walk. Women sit in folding chairs, fanning themselves with paper fans folded from their anti-abortion pamphlets. Despite the steamy weather the sidewalk is lined with many folding chairs while protesters take time to regain their strength on such a warm day. The protesters spot a woman coming from her older model Chevy caressing her stomach and suddenly the exhausted protesters become as lively as a dog whose owner has come home after several hours at work. They lift their poster with haunting images of dead children, bible quotes, and guilt provoking phrases. Before the woman can come in contact with the protesters ready to pounce,

The pro-life and pro-choice argument is ongoing, but perhaps one of the most common mistakes when looking at the abortion question is to assume that all abortions are the same. Not only that, the argument that abortions should not be allowed under any circumstances asserts claims on the immorality of abortion as it emphasizes that abortion is wrong. On the other hand, to allow abortion does not imply that it is right, it merely says that it is, so if a person who is pregnant feels it is wrong, then they should also have the choice to give the child up for adoption or keep it. In this essay, I will argue for the position that abortion should be allowed under some circumstances, and that is to say that there are numerous legitimate reasons

Abortions were illegal until the year 1973 and have been a topic of conversation ever since. The Supreme Court Case Roe v. Wade made abortion legal. Many people believe that women should not be able to decide whether they are ready to have a child or not. I feel as if that is not anyone else’s decision to make. They believe that women should be held accountable for all their actions. Even if a woman is raped, some feel as if they should not abort the child. I believe that abortions should be legal. The reasons behind that are no one should tell a woman what to do with her body, parenthood is tough, and it has nothing to do with people who are not the parents. The Orlando Women’s Center says that whether abortions are legal or illegal, they are still going to happen.

In the contemporary times, the debate over the legalization of abortion has been a hot concern in the American society. Even though the United States Supreme Court declared abortion as a fundamental right in 1973 on Roe v. Wade 7-2 decision (Rose 91), this procedure is still gravely disapproved by many. According to the advocates of abortion, abortion is an exclusive human right that must not be restricted by ant religious authority or governmental body. Their argument is based on the assumption that illegalization of abortion would ultimately make pregnant women choose insecure illegal abortions as an alternative. In fact, such pro-choice groups encourage abortion by stressing that a fetus or embryo has no basic right to choose. On the other hand, opponents of abortion, also called pro-life, believe that it is from the conception stage that personhood begins. According to their perspective, abortion is not a fundamental right but a ‘morally wrong’ murder of a naive human being. Pro-life contend that abortion is a direct means to cause suffering to an unborn human being. As far as my opinion is concerned, I am strongly against the use of abortive methods as it is extremely unfair to permit abortion when there are thousands and thousands of couples who are unable to conceive through biological means and seek adoption.

In our society today, abortion is a daily occurrence that is considered essential to society even though it is unconstitutional and immoral. The question is, how did America declare the murder of unborn babies legal when the cons clearly outweigh the pros?

In the United States on average, the Center of Disease Control or the CDC, state that an average of 652 hundred thousand abortions are done with legal medical methods in the United States every year, but that's not including the abortions that are not reported and are not done by legal medical methods within the United States. For most people, most would agree that this statistic is an outstanding number, especially to the regards of abortion. And it is statistics like these that would fuel and stir conversations on the subject on whether or not abortions within the United States should be legal and if it is really necessary for women and create very serious arguments and validations from both sides of the spectrum. The reason why this conversation

A resounding tune states that people make the world go around. It is understandable that old age, illnesses, accidents, wars, and many other disasters bring on reductions within the population. Yet, abortion as an act of population reduction is often a topic that many people would rather not discuss. Abortions account for 1.3 million deaths among unborn children yearly (“Abortion: Late-Term/Partial Birth 2). The purpose of this research is to argue that, with the exception of cases where the mother’s life is in grave danger, abortions should be illegal.