Abortion; “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.”
When I hear the word abortion, like many others, my mind goes to an unattached place of “It’s not my body, do what you think is right. Do what’s best for you and the baby.” While others will choke you with their own opinions, and experiences. “KEEP IT, raise it, be a mom, you made the decision to have sex.” Or “Give it up for adoption, my cousins adopted.” Although many of us have not, and will not go through this, an opinion still forms in line to OUR morals, OUR values, depending on our incomparable life. We have to take into consideration the rights of both the mom and fetus, if it will harm them, and things like when personhood begins. Every situation is different. Therefore-Abortion should be legal, available, and affordable to all women.
Personhood- when is that bunch of cells a person?-While these fetus’ are human because they have human DNA- are they people? Where is the line? What are the criteria to be part of our moral community, and to be deserving of our moral consideration? While scholar John Newnan, goes by what is called Genetic Criterion stating, You are a person if you have human DNA, and you are not a person if you don’t. In this case, corpses are persons, our mouths cells are persons, however Superman under this criteria, is not a person. Mary Anne Warren, a philosopher proposes that Cognitive Criteria, these following things, equal
Many individuals fail to understand the sheer magnitude of bloodshed, tribulation, and despair legalized abortion has initiated into the human experience – both in the United States and worldwide. Far more human lives have been violently ended by this immoral decision than any other war or genocide in history. It is one of the most controversial issues in today’s society. Abortion is the intentional decision to murder a human fetus by chemical, medical or surgical procedures. Those who support the rights of abortion argue that women should be able to decide what can be done to their bodies, yet the unborn baby inside a woman is a living being, and terminating that pregnancy is the equivalent of murder. These innocent children should not be held responsible for your mistakes. Don’t terminate pregnancy now, because you may not have children in the future at all.
Abortion has been one of the biggest controversies of all time. Many people believe it is 100% wrong and even consider it to be murder. The definition of abortion is; “The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to being capable of normal growth.” These pro-life believers do not support the idea of abortion and believe it should be illegal. Many of these supporters do not know that if abortion were illegal they would still be performed, unfortunately by an uneducated staff. Over 70 thousand maternal deaths occur every year because of unsafe abortions. These women die, so the idea of supporting pro-life is contradictory, this is why the nation should be pro-choice.
For many years this issue of abortion has came out, giving a huge debate about it. Right now, in the United States abortion is legal but may be restricted by the states. The states have limited degree of power. Some of the laws passed by some states are the requirement of parental notification for minors, the term of pregnancy, the abortion risk information given to the patients for the procedure, etc. Abortion is becoming more pro choice. I wanted to research abortion because I didn’t really know anything about it when we had debates in class.
Abortion is a debatable question that has been argued over a long period of time. The controversy of abortion has caused or may cause deaths and several violent conflicts between, should abortion be legal or illegal. Abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed worldwide also known as elective termination of pregnancy (History,2016). Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mother’s womb. This procedure can be done almost anyone from the mother herself to back alley, most common, abortion clinics. More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion and remains common in the US. But the questions is should abortion be legal or illegal?
Abortion is when a mom decides to end pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can live outside the uterus in the real world. In some ways, there are accurate reasons why mothers decide to have an abortion. The most common reason why mothers decide to have an abortion is because they are not financially stable or not emotionally ready to have a child.
Imagine this: a woman learns she is about to become a new mother. Words cannot describe the amount of love and joy she already feels for her soon to be child. She now knows her fetus will depend on her body until it is born. It will need her in order to grow and become healthy enough to survive in the harsh world outside of the womb. But, let us imagine this new mother is a smoker; she now has a decision to make for herself that affects her baby directly. She could continue to smoke and potentially give birth to a baby with complications like birth defects, or she could quit smoking for the sake of her baby’s health and personally manage the side effects accompanying quitting. To most people, her decision should be obvious, especially when
Abortion is a “fundamental right” according too, and guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. There is a choice to be giving by those who intend to have an abortion there are no laws against doing so. Most people will argue that abortion is murder but in this case there is no harm being done to anyone this including the fetus who in most cases will not feel pain or suffering during the procedure. The most harm that will be done is to the one having the abortion, because they have to live with knowing there whole life that they could have had a child, but for good reasons could not have one at the time. A woman should have the right to choose if they are ready to have a child, mistakes are made and horrible things happen to some women and
1 out of every 6 women in America has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Reports conclude that 5% of these victims become pregnant, and that’s in America alone. To make matters worse, most of these women cannot afford an abortion and have to live with a constant reminder of the horrible things they’ve been through. That’s why victims of sexual assault should have free access to an abortion if needed.
Abortion is a battle in America. Abortion is a very controversial matter in society. An abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth which results in the death of an embryo or fetus (lee). In the United States, it is legal to abort a baby up until the day of birth. Many people consider abortion to be as cruel as murder while others believe it is just a medical procedure. Although some might say abortion is justifiable, others believe that no one but God has the right to take a life. With an issue like abortion, there is extreme difficulty in determining if it is right or wrong.
I’d like to discuss something that should be a totally uncontroversial topic. Unfortunately, it has become a bit controversial over time. Let’s be honest for a minute, if you think about it, over a billion couples will have sex with one another and rightfully so. My philosophy is that all these men and women should be free to decide for themselves whether they want to or not conceive a child. Whether or not they want to start a family. They have the right to make that decision for themselves. In making that decision, they should be able to use one of many forms of birth control methods that exist. One form of contraception I want to discuss is sterilization.
In all of the spirit, hype, and joy of the Christmas season, lets always remember just how precious our lives are. There is always so much talk and chatter about the lights, trees, and presents. But let us all the remember the real reason for the season: the birth of Jesus. Jesus was born from the Virgin Mary. In her time period, Mary had no other choice but to carry baby Jesus to term. Now, we are not ignoring the fact that Mary was devoted to and loved God with all of her heart, so she was going to do whatever was asked of her. However, if Mary was living in today’s society, do you think she could have explored other options such as abortion? Truly, I do not believe she would have considered it because of her ultimate devotion to God. That being said, within today’s society abortion has come to be a very frequent option taken by many young women, but like Mary, strong in her faith, the act of terminating a pregnancy purely because the woman does not want it, is wrong.
When a woman gives birth, they are choosing to take the many unbelievable and unpredictable paths in their future, but if they choose to end the life inside, they only reveal a brief and quicker path to a broken life. The controversial topic about abortion has been talked about for generations and it’s time to set a limit-20 weeks. Scientific evidence shows After 20 weeks, the fetus begins to take shape of a life form and can at this point feel pain. An unborn baby should have the opportunity to take their first breath. Abortions are not only stopping a human’s chance to make a new influence on the world, but it’s also increasing the chance that the mother could develop mental and emotional effects.
In addition to fetus’s not being a life, another stance is that there should be no regulations on when a woman can get an abortion because as a society we should assume the best of women. It should be assumed that women who choose to have an abortion do it for the right reasons, and are not deciding to have an abortion just because they can. However not all women choose to have an abortion for the right reason, but ultimately it is their decision. Everyone should be allowed to choose what they want to do with their bodies. The women who have abortions for the wrong reasons such as spite, should not influence the overall decision of if women should be allowed to have an abortion. In a similar context, after the terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001, many people decided to categorize all muslims as terrorists based on the fact that the attacker was of the same religion. But just because one woman has an abortion for the wrong reason does not mean all women will, which is why there should be no regulations since every circumstance varies.
I believe that a woman should have the choice to do what she wants with her body but at the same time act responsibly. There are many different reasons that lead some women to have an abortion. From the outside looking in we can always give our opinion, but you never really know what that person is going through or thinking.
Abortion is not only a woman's right, it is a woman's choice. Allowing abortion to e legal is immoral. A pre-born child is given the status of a product of pregnancy and never seen as the miracle only a woman can create. Compassion for the small one is drowned out under a demand for rights, but what about the rights for the unborn.