Arguments For The Legalization Of Abortion

Being a female in today’s society, I personally do not counsel abortion but it should available for women who want it. Abortions can be very unfortunate, but women should have the right to receive one despite others views about it. Actually, studies show that only 52 percent say they know someone who has had an abortion (Traister). There are far bigger issues to worry about than whether if a woman wants to keep her child or not. Essentially, nobody should be telling anybody how to live their life. I do not agree with extremists against abortions because they harshly judge women who get abortions, calling them “killers”, or telling them they will go to hell. Everyone makes mistakes and we are all not perfect. Additionally, there can be many reasons behind why a woman wants an abortion such as the fear of transmitting STD’s, living in an abusive house or dangerous area, birth defects, being raped, or not being

Many women are not able to make their own decision of whether an abortion is the right

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When it comes to living ~~, people tend to think of “good” as whatever brings enjoyment and happiness and “bad” as whatever is burdening or distressing. 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 remove 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 more important than ~. My primary claim will be that any aborting any child that does not interfere with survival of itself, its mother, or both of their lives is immoral because it is the same as murder. For my claim, I will not refer to any religious arguments, 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.

Most women do not go into the process of having an abortion lightly. There are many reasons why the decision is on the table for women when it comes to abortions, and we need to listen to what they are. “It is assumed that the woman seeking an abortion is unaware that her voluntary submission to an abortion will take the innocent life of an unborn human child” (Jacoby 48). One can pass their view point onto another person and have the options of walking away while the women is still left holding the bag. This seems so unfair to judge without walking in another person’s shoes.

Abortion should be a choice that every woman is allowed to have. We, as the United States, have fought many years for women’s rights. Women’s rights should include the right for a choice. We cannot just pick and choose what rights a woman has, but instead it should include all rights. Today’s argument of abortion contradicts all of the hard work and struggle that women have gone through for their rights. It is also unfair for a man to say that a woman cannot have an abortion, as he is not the one who would have to carry the child for nine months. Men are not enduring what women do throughout pregnancy, therefore should not be able to decide if a woman can have an abortion or not. The Declaration of Independence states, “…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property…”

Abortion rights are one of the most heatedly debates in society. There are many arguments for and against abortion. Each woman has the right to an abortion and the right to have a child. Women have the resources, rights, and respect to make reproductive health decisions that are best for themselves. (“Women’s”) We live in a free country and women should continue to have the choice to do whatever with their body, concerning women’s rights, health issues, and religious reasons.

Within the news article 72-Hour Wait for Abortion Is Enacted in Missouri, the new abortion bill that has been set into motion is discussed. John Eligon of The New York Times mentions the government’s decision to extend the amount of time that a mother can have an abortion from the time she goes to counseling. Before this new bill went into place, in the state of Michigan, women could decide to undergo an abortion operation 24 hours after she first received counseling from the state. Since the House vote a few weeks ago, the bill has prolonged the amount of time for women to 72 hours after counseling has been given. This new bill also does not make exceptions for mothers who became pregnant through the act of rape and/or incest. John

Abortion in the United States has been and still remains one of the biggest and most controversial problems in American politics and culture. Many anti-abortion laws have been on the statue books of every state since around 1990. In 1937, abortion was forbidden, or banned, in thirty states and legal under very narrow circumstances in twenty other states. Their idea of “narrow circumstances” are pregnancies derived from rape or incest. In that same exact year, the Supreme Court abolished all these laws in Roe v. Wade. It also set some guidance for the availability of abortion. Roe entrenched that the right for a woman to obtain an abortion, in privacy, “must be considered against important state interest in regulation.” A set a “trimester”,

As we get older it isn’t uncommon for woman to get pregnant, but with that you also hear about abortions more frequently. To me woman shouldn’t have an abortion unless it is for a medical reason. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2014 there were 652,639 cases of legal abortions in the United States. if you really put it into perspective out of 1,000 women 21.1 of them have had an abortion. To many people that may seem like not a high number but to me I think about lives that could be here on earth if the baby wasn’t taken for a reason such as the mother’s life is endangered, or the mother had been rapped. What I don’t exactly stand for is when they have abortions because they can’t afford the baby, the parents are just teenagers, or simply just because they don’t want to have a baby. As all three of those difficulties could be solved with getting help from the government, help from a school and counselor on how to budget money, family members could help, or even as a last option putting your baby up for adoption. Taking the life of a baby for a non-medical reason is not okay because there are plenty of other options.

Pro-life people are all the way for life with no exceptions. Unless the woman was raped, victim of incest and if the woman’s life was at risk. However, some pro-life also feel that just because the woman was rape and victim of incest it still does not morally justify abortion. They’re the ones who thinks about the constitutional rights for the viable fetus. It is not right to kill an innocent human being, who should have a birthday instead of a death day. Many people likes to think about the mother and only her rights but what about the child his or her rights, if we don’t fight for them who will? “We can accept that the embryo is a living thing in the fact that it has a beating heart, that it has its own genetic system within it” (Furedi).

If someone is not prepared to be a mother, she should not have to be. The father is able to walk out of the child’s life from the day he’s told he is going to be a father. Females should not be shamed for not wanting to be a parent. If abortion was illegal, women would seek out help to perform unhealthy abortions, possibly killing themselves in the process. For the women who are smart enough not to perform unsafe abortions, they would have to either raise an unwanted child or put their child up for adoption. Women should not have carry their mistakes with them their entire

While abortion is currently legal in the United States, ideologically, it should not be legal as it is considered to many a cruel and unjust malpractice. Not only is it morally wrong to abort a child due to it being a sin for those with religious beliefs, but it also involves other issues like the safety of a woman’s body. However, those who are pro-choice on abortion indicate that since it is the woman’s body, one deserves to have the right on deciding whether to have the child or not as they are aware of the consequences before making a decision. In many cases, a woman who aborts has a legitimate reason as to why she made that decision: it may range from rape to not earning enough income in order to raise a child. Ultimately, those are just pitiful excuses that don’t give enough reasoning. There are many alternatives on aborting a child such as giving the baby up for adoption to a family who will love and nurture the baby or giving the parental right to a trustworthy family member knowing it will remain in good hands.

The U.S abortion rate is among the highest of developed countries with it being one point one million each year. The topic of abortion has been argued for centuries over whether or not it should be legal and if it is right or wrong. There are many arguments presented by anti-abortionists as to why it is wrong, but someone pro-abortion will always come back with an argument for why it is okay. The fact of the matter is that no one will ever be right, this topic is simply a matter of opinion. There are too many factors that can affect the decision to have an abortion; rape, age, religion, money, health, home-life, etc… People who are pro-choice will tell you it should be up to the woman to decide if she wants to go through with the birth of

For years, women have been treated as second-class citizens in society. They did not have voting rights, received little education, and lived a perpetual routine of housework for thousands of years. As a result of time and the civil rights movement, men and women see more eye-to-eye than ever before. However, there are some people who believe the outlandish notion that women should not have control of their own body. Out of all the progress women in society have made, there are people who still think that women should not have the right to choose what happens to their own body, their God-given body. Currently, there is much debate on whether pregnant women should be able to have an abortion if they do not want to have a baby. Also, there is significant controversy over when the actual life of the baby begins, and if aborting a baby is considered murder. What if a woman is raped and impregnated? Does that mean she has to have the child of a rapist and constantly remember the terrible event every time she looks at her child? Plus, pregnancy is very emotionally and physically draining on a female, therefore if she is not looking forward to having a child, why put herself through the process? This brings me to conclude that pregnant women have the right to abort their baby. In the following debate, I will explain my reasoning and examine why women should have the right to choose an abortion.