Pro Abortion Debate

Pro-Life believe that women should not have the right to have abortions while Pro-Choice believe that women who become pregnant should have the choice to have an abortion. When a survey is done asking Americans if abortions should be legal, illegal, or legal under certain circumstances most people said legal under certain circumstance. “There are variations within each group depending on how liberal or conservative one’s opinions are; some individuals who are pro-life believe that in cases of rape or incest abortion should be allowed, and some pro-choice groups favor waiting periods and other restrictions on abortion” (Arguments for and Against Abortions). Pro-Choice believe that the “fetus is a human being from the moment of conception; this means abortion is murder, which is immoral and should be illegal. While Pro-Life believe that“The fetus is not yet a human being because it cannot survive outside the uterus on its own” (Arguments for and Against

According to a mid 2015 poll, in America alone, fifty percent of Americans believe Pro-Choice concerning abortion and only 44 percent are for Pro-Life. Since then the numbers have varied a little and according to poll in mid January of 2016

Pro-life is when you believe that the baby is still innocent of the crime. The government has an obligation to preserve all human life but many pro-choice people would argue that the government has no business interfering in the citizens lives and telling them what they can and can’t do. It is an invasion of their rights that they were born with. “In 1960, Planned Parenthood reported that 84% to 87% had illegal abortions it was performed by a licensed physicians. In 1972, the year before Roe vs Wade, 39 women died from illegal abortions. Each of those deaths was a tragedy, but every abortion is a tragedy, because it kills a living human being.” (Pro Life vs Pro-Choice Facts and Arguments) Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent published in the

The terms "pro-life" and "pro-choice" basically comes down to the question of whether a person wants to see abortion banned or not. But as black and white we may want it to be, there’s more to the debate (Head). The Roman Catholic Church and a wide-range of other religions disallows abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty and war (Head).When a person is “pro-life”, you can say that individual believes the government has an obligation to preserve all human life, despite intent, viability, or quality-of-life concerns (Head). So basically if a girl or woman was raped and got pregnant, it would be illegal to get an abortion. Another situation would be a pregnant woman’s life is at risk if she goes through with the pregnancy. That person would technically be fines or go to jail for wanting to save her own life as opposed to keeping the baby and possibly dying.

Pro-life and Pro-choice debates have become very controversial over the years. The Pro-Life stance fights for equal rights for the fetus, while the Pro-Choice stance fights for equal rights for the women. Currently abortions are legal in the United States up to the second trimester. The purpose of this power point will be to explore the ethical and legal viewpoints of the Pro-Life and Pro-Choice stances.

Abortion has been a highly debated topic in the world for many years. It causes such an intense argument because of the certain circumstances that may cause one to want an abortion. Some circumstances such as rape are what make picking a side so complicated. Some people also think teenagers who get pregnant should have the option to chose, and others think that it is still not an excuse. There are many valid arguments for both views, pro life and pro choice. Pro life is a group who thinks women should not have the right to an abortion, and abortion is murder. Pro choice is a group that believes women should have the right to their own bodies and should be able to make the choice of whether or not to go through with their pregnancy and should

The World Health Organization estimated in 2004 that unsafe abortions caused 68,000 maternal deaths worldwide each year. (AbortionsProcon.org) Women tend to have unsafe abortions when they are denied abortions or do not have access to a legal and safe abortion. Women face many complications when it comes to abortion. The death of a woman aborting increases up to four times more than having a full term pregnancy. Every time a woman has an abortion her chances of dying are increased by forty-five percent.

It is no surprise that the abortion debate has once again have brought into the mainstream focus this year. Yet, this time around the age old debate is now attacking organizations that offer such procedures, vilifying the entire organization for only one service it offers. This vilification has continuously gained momentum for ages, but it was the attack upon Planned Parenthood earlier this year that has brought the debate to head once again. Recently Pro-Life groups took up arms to destroy the organization that they believed that had fetal “corpses [being] desecrated for profit” (Moore 3), a phrase they use to ignite emotional response. These people believe that the videos are the greatest indicator of what the organizations partakes in, immoral and unjust activities and thus should be defunded. Thus, comes about the argument between the morality and the legality of continual federal support of an organization that offers such treatments even if such procedures are a small portion of its services. But Planned Parenthood is more than a few morally ambiguous services. The organization is a healthcare center, a symbolic step in the women’s rights movement and an informational hub for those who need it, all which dictate the very reasons why the organization should remain funded. The lackluster arguments of religious moral obligations attempts to strip people of their right to have such an organization around.

There are more than 1.1 million abortions per year in just the United States (Guttmacher, N/D p. 1). Within those 1.1 million, 51% of those abortion are performed on women who are younger than age 25 (Guttmacher N/D, p.1). If those are the numbers in the United States alone, just think of all the abortions around the world.

It is a common belief that every women should have the right to a safe abortion, this is included in that everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to all medical services. Access to safe abortion and legalization of abortion can prevent unnecessary suffering and death of women. To deny them this would to be completely ignoring one of the most important human rights. The actions aforementioned in the previous paragraph also pose a breach in this human right as well as a breach in Article 12 of the UDHR which grants a right to freedom from any interference with both privacy and family. Many protesters of abortion, such as those who deliberately seek out who they know that have had abortions in order to harass them, are in a strong breach of this right and are also breaking the law.

The legalization of abortion has been a long debate since 1865 and is still being debated today. An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. Many people believe that abortions should not be legalized because it is essentially killing a human being. Others believe that it is the right of the woman to choose whether or not to have an abortion and say abortions should be legal. Since an abortion involves the termination of a potential human life, it has been illegal through most of the U.S history. However, abortion continues to be legal today although it still generates raging debates over its legal and ethical viability.

Abortion is a relevant topic even in today's debate some will claim that is not moral to kill a fetus even in the early stage of pregnancy. Therefore, when the man pushing the girl to go through an abortion, when he trying to convince her that the surgery is “perfectly simple” (362). It is showing the easiness he has and his morality when it comes to abortion. Nevertheless, most people even in the medical industry refer to someone as a human if it can feel and sense, and a fetus developing sensation and feeling in the second trimester. For that reason, some people don’t mind to abort a fetus in an early pregnancy (Aaron, 195-196). However, for others, a fetus is a human in any trimester, religious people and not always orthodox believe that

Every single day over 3,000 babies are kill by abortion in the United States, 63% of them are teenage moms that is about 155 babies per hour and about 1 every 24 seconds. Approximately 47% o of the women that get an abortion each year in the United States, have also had previous abortions (Hurstel, 2011). The question of when a fertilized human egg becomes a life is at the heart of the abortion debate. The time from one second after the sperm meets the egg to birth has many stages of developments. The unborn baby's heart starts beating at 20 days and the brain gives off brainwaves at 40 days, babies can survive outside the womb at 21 weeks. By 14 weeks, the entire body surface, except the back part and top of the head, are sensitive to pain.

According to a study published in July by US Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Federally funded pregnancy resource centers often mislead pregnant teens about the medical risks of abortion. Twenty of the 23 centers included in the study provided false or misleading information about the effects of abortion on health, telling investigators who identified themselves as 17-year-old pregnant women that abortion is linked to breast cancer. breast, infertility and mental illness.

It has been stated “Abortion” is “the intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies, but involves killing the undeveloped embryo or fetus (Civil Liberties).” The intentional termination of a pregnancy would imply that a person is using their right of choice to terminate a life in the mother’s womb. The question then becomes, do we as people have the right to terminate life; irrespective of age, development, or culture, within a mother’s womb? From a western cultural perspective, the right to terminate life in the womb has been argued for decades; especially when it relates to the topic of abortion. This paper will argue that the right to terminate life in the womb should be disallowed,