Essay On Abortion

When touching the subject of abortion, one must consider that there are two sides battling for control. That is right, abortion has literally turned into a war zone where even the unlikely of individuals do the unthinkable. Each side has their motives and methods for contradicting the other. For instance, there are cases and events that support both sides of this issue.

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 topic of abortion has been a highly debated and highly controversial issue before America was even founded. There are many aspects of the debate and many angles that can be taken. In order to understand, and to form an opinion on the topic of abortion a person must be informed about the History of abortion, the methods of abortion performed today, the potential side affects of abortion, and the two different and equally debatable sides that are taken today. These are all very important issues to be informed about

Women may have an abortion for a variety of reasons, but in general they choose abortion because a pregnancy at that time is in some way wrong for them. “Abortion is the removal of a fetus from the uterus before it is mature enough to live on its own” (Kuechler 1996). When this happens spontaneously we call it a miscarriage. Induced abortion is brought about deliberately by a medical procedure that ends pregnancy. Legal abortion, carried out by trained medical practitioners, is one of the most common and safest surgical procedures. “About 1.5 million American women choose to have induced abortions each year. Less than 1% of all abortion patients experience a major complication associated with the procedure” (Kuechler 1996).

The abortion controversy has been debated for years. The presidential election this year has become very involved with this topic. On one side, John F. Kerry, along with third party candidate Ralph Nader, the pro-choice supporters, sees individual choice as central to the debate: If a woman cannot choose to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, a condition which affects her body and possibly her entire life, then she has lost one of her most basic human rights. However, George Bush feels the complete opposite. He thinks having an abortion is unethical and unjust. I agree with Kerry. The government has no right to interfere with a mother’s decision and trying to deny abortion to any woman is denying that mother’s civil

To her, most of those who challenge abortion presume that it is unethical to act since it is portrayed as the killing of an innocent human. They do not recognize the transformation in the pregnancy stages and the newborn distinct features. In this regard, if killing a baby is wrong then killing a fetus is also morally uncalled. However, Steinbock emphasizes that killing fetus not same as compared to the baby since the fetus is not a sentient individuals and cannot experience any form of pain. She states that being responsive is vital since non-sentient individuals do not possess a sense of interests.

What are the ethics of Abortion? I believe ethics of abortion is a controversial topic, in which it involves the act of removing a fetus from the womb of a woman’s body. This bioethical issue has been an ongoing debate for over forty years now. For many people, abortion is a moral issue, concerning the rights of a fetus and a woman’s right over her own body. What are your moral beliefs about abortion and a woman’s right to having one? I am a Pro-Choice supporter. I believe a woman has the right to make the ultimate decision on what she wants to do with her own body-safe and legally. However, I don’t believe that abortion should be used as a form of birth control or contraception. Society today, approaches discussions about abortion with caution; for many in society today, believe that it’s an act of murder and against all Godly ways. On the contrary, others like myself believe that under certain livelihood circumstances, the right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy should be a

It sounds like the baby is an intruder in the woman’s body. The baby never chose to be conceived nor will it choose to die. It is impossible to choose to begin life or inhabit our mothers body when conceived. Inhabiting the mother's body is a consequence of the parents ‘decisions. What the child does, is inhabit the mothers body by necessity.

The right to life accompanies a woman’s rights and therefore a woman’s rights overrule a fetuses right to life. Even if a fetus is granted the right to life, it does not grant the right to use another person. Noble as it might be, people are not obligated to donate a donate a kidney to save somebody’s life. It’s not a matter of obligation, it’s a matter of choice. Basically, the right to life does not include the right to loan oneself. Therefore, a pregnant woman does not have to loan her body for nine months if she chooses. Furthermore, the right to exercise one’s morals is a fundamental right of society. Pregnancy strains a woman’s physique and mental constitution, not to mention the long-lasting consequences it could bring. As a result, her freedoms are restricted if she chooses to carry to term. In conclusion, the right to life and to be a person requires that a being is capable of living independently on their own without assistance. Simply, before one has a right to life they must first get a life. Unlike a person, a fetus is not a distinct individual- it is confound to the woman’s womb and relies on her for survival. In a way, the manner at which a fetus relies on its survival resembles that of a parasite, particularly how it agitates a woman’s body, which is a characteristic among parasites and their host. Is a fetus a parasite? No, most parasites and host, like pregnancies, enjoy their supportive relationships. This means that the parasitic relationship between a fetus and a woman hinges on her consent. Ultimately, it is the woman who chooses whether the fetus is a person and whether it has a right to life. And if she reluctantly continues to carry the pregnancy, then her fundamental rights of morality are

Based on the view that the fetus is already a small baby, some extreme anti-abortionists would maintain that abortion is impermissible even to save the mothers life. The rationale behind this view would be that the child is innocent, and killing the child would be active, on the other hand, letting the mother die would be passive. This introduces two new concepts, the first being the mother’s rights in competition to those of the fetus and the second being the question of innocence and how we would define this (Langley).

this time, the baby's heart is beating, major organs are formed and maturing, facial features are

Abortion may be one of the most ongoing disagreements throughout time, some may consider this act as wrong such as specified in this quote by Mother Teresa: “The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.” Abortion not only murders an unborn child, causes guilt for the mother’s decision to end her pregnancy and may cause problems to the mother’s health; abortion is irreversible that child will not have life. Some women having an abortion can suffer from damage to the uterus, internal bleeding including having pieces of the baby left inside her body causing difficulties. By means of ending the pregnancy, the mother may

As a Christian I view abortion to be of a murderous act, but I am definitely on the fence of this controversial issue. I am in no way telling you to never have sex again, but to simply take the proper steps to preventing an unwanted pregnancy.

The Ethics Of Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many more years to come. The main controversy is should abortion remain legalized? Before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mother’s womb. This can be done by almost anyone from the mother herself to back alley abortions and even to abortions by clinics set up especially for this purpose. There are two sides to this abortion topic, the PRO-LIFE, which is those who are against abortion altogether and the PRO- CHOICE or those who believe it is the woman’s right to

     Abortion is the surgical termination of a pregnancy. How odd that people are able to define something, that is such a controversial issue, so easily. There are hundreds, thousands, and even millions of things to say about abortion. When it comes to abortion, I find myself thinking like a symbolic interactionist. Abortion is a personal social issue and it needs to be seen on a micro level first. Although abortion can also be seen on a macro level, seeing abortion on a micro level lets people see the different symbols of abortion. No social condition creates the same symbol. If abortion is seen on a macro level, all the myths and stereotypes of abortion seem more realistic. For example, some of those myths