On the issue of abortion, there are two predominant stances: pro-choice and pro-life. The pro-choice stance holds that abortion and abortion clinics should be legal in most cases, assuming the pregnancy isn’t too far along. The pro-life stance holds that most, if not all, abortions are morally wrong. Typically, the pro-life stance brings in a religious belief, but that won’t be discussed. I believe that a person legally has a right to their own body, and I can’t dictate what they do with it however morally wrong I may see it. The pro-choice position’s main argument is that illegalizing abortions takes away rights from the mother. Referring back to the textbook, this is the argument that if a famous artist’s kidney failed, nobody is legally bound to give them their kidney. Additionally, people in the pro-choice position don’t view the fetus as a child at conception. It’s a clump of cells that can’t experience pain or live on their own, so nobody has a duty to protect or raise it. People in the pro-life position argue against this by saying that the fetus has the potential to become a child, so we have a duty to protect it and raise it to be a person. A derivative of this argument is to reserve the most human life. The issue with this is once that distinction is made, what makes rape wrong? If rape occurs, there’s potential for a child, too. Overall, pro-choice people believe that a mother’s rights and ability to make decisions outweighs the rights of a fetus.
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One of the most controversial topics in politics is abortion. In class, we talked about the different type of abortions there are and the many different opinions that people may have about them. We also discussed the many reasons why a woman may choose to have an abortion. And surprisingly, what I thought I knew about them was completely wrong. Thus since learning about the reasons why one may get an abortion, I have changed my opinion on the topic and I was curious to find out what my mom’s opinion may be because abortions were not something that we had discussed before. Also, I thought it would be interesting to see if our opinions differed dramatically since most of our values come from our parents. Overall, my mother was in support of
Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. The subject of weather or not abortion should be permissible has came into question. A liberal's belief would be that a women has the right to decide what happens with her body. The decision to have an abortion is a personal choice of a women regarding her own body and the government should protect that right. A conservative's belief would be that abortion is the murder of a human being. That women should not be able to abort their unborn child. The liberal veiwpoint is correct in this topic of interest. A woman should have the right to have an abortion. If a child is not wanted then that child should be aborted. Why bring a child into the world that is not wanted and loved? If the
Pro-choice has been a major topic ever since the women’s movements started in the early 1970’s, a question sometimes asked is that, if part of the population are so pro-life and worry about protecting a fetus, how come when the child is conceived they suddenly bash at you for having that unwanted child anyways, and that is hypocritical. In this essay, details include would be why people choose to be pro-choice, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the battle for reproductive justice for women and their right to make decisions for their body, advocates that are pro-choice, proposals for a pro-choice government, and Tomi Lahren being fired for stating she was pro-choice.
The controversy surrounding abortion has been long debated since the Roe v Wade case (1973) as pro-life advocates and pro-choice advocates go neck to neck on whether the process should be banned or remain legal. According to APA (American Psychological Association), abortion is the “medical or surgical termination of a pregnancy and is one of the oldest, most common and most controversial medical procedures”. To be Pro-Life means to be against the termination of a fetus; one who is not in favor of the practice. Pro-life advocates believe a woman should continue the pregnancy and deliver the baby no matter the circumstance. Pro-choice represents those who believe the woman deserves a choice to carry the baby or have an abortion. Although the 1973 Roe vs Wade case legalized abortion, abortion is still currently a much heated debate in America as the surgical procedure is possibly on the verge of becoming illegalized. However, abortion should definitely remain legal for various reasons such as individual freedom, victim protection, life opportunities, failed contraception, and it is not fair for the government to make such crucial decisions for a woman’s life.
Abortion is one of the most talked about topics. It has caused two sides to come up and create very controversial arguments. These arguments have caused the government to try to make a decision either to get rid of abortion or have it be left alone. The two sides that had come up for this argument are the pro-life and pro-choice supporters. The fight against each other has been very long and brutal. Abortion is something that should be gotten rid of.
Imagine a world where you are forced to give birth to a child you cannot support financially or emotionally, a child that was produced from rape or incest, a child that would suffer from prenatal diseases, or a child that threatened the life of the mother. That is the world that a pro life advocate sees for our nation’s future. We are all entitled to our own opinions, but the moment we start to impose our beliefs onto others is where the line is crossed. The main difference between the pro life and pro choice stance is that the pro life movement infringes on women’s right to bodily autonomy. Along with the pro life sentiment is a sense of ignorance and blatant misogyny. For example, Republican Rep. Todd Akins stated, on the issue of pregnancy as a result of rape, “It seems to be, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, it’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down.” Akins clearly represents the misinformation of men in particular about female anatomy. Case in point would be during the debate over an anti-abortion bill when Rep. Lisa Brown was indefinitely silenced from speaking on the House floor after uttering the medically correct term “vagina”. Republicans in the room were shocked and offended by their fellow humans anatomical structure, demonstrating the fact that if one cannot discuss a woman’s reproductive system, one should not be able to regulate or dictate it. As another tactic to shame women for
Pro-Choice is an opposing position against the pro-life that completely and clearly advocates that every women in the world has equal rights of having abortion and there will no legal or religious restriction against electing an abortion in routine life. Many of social religious, civil and national federations raised a slogan against abortion and in the support of this opposition all of these communities and people also run Pro-life movement, United States. This movement opposes Pro-choice and many people considered in early days that abortion is an illegal phenomenon, while the religious communities strongly believed this would be an evil and would also cause of God 's anger. When USA Supreme Court in 1973 announced its final decision in case of Roe v. Wade about the right of having an abortion, then most of country laws and legislations were stuck down in many of American States. After this, it was declared that would be no legal penalty to a woman for having an elective abortion after having a sex (Kerns,.......& Steinauer, 2012).
As people become aware of the seriousness of becoming pregnant they begin to question the side of pro-life vs pro-choice, however pro-choice allows the mother decide what to do with her body and does not mean agreeing with abortions. Women who decide to not keep the baby are often judged because of their decision without knowing their situation and background. Some may argue that the innocent has no fault, although that is true some are always blinded by their beliefs that they are not allowed to see the bigger picture based on the decision that is made, whatever the decision may be. Because of the Roe vs. Wade, it was legally written that women have the right and are advised to terminate the fetus within
choice argue about. The pro-life movement fight to illegalize abortions, they call it the murder of innocent human beings. They try illegalize only the few trained physicians who can operate abortions correctly and try to prove that everyone who is connected or agrees with abortions who is connected or agrees with abortions to be wiped out, while the pro-choice movement fight to keep abortions legal because women will decide to either keep the developing fetus or carry it to term. People argue that because someone is pro-choice it means they support abortions not necessarily, being pro-choice is that the person, who ever they may be had control over their own body that their only option is not just keeping the baby or terminating it, being pro-choice is that someone has many options to choose from and that someone has many options to choose from and that which every they pick will not be judged because of it being against the
The battle for the legality of abortion is one that is highly debated and argued by pro-life and pro-choice believers. Pro-life are those who stand for the abolition of abortions; pro-choice, on the contrary, stand for its legality. Though many in both groups believe in a more blurred line of when exceptions should be made, in its entirety, they are on opposite ends of the abortion spectrum. With ever-changing moral and ethical standards, pro-choice challenges the pro-life debate with medical, sexist, and illogical arguments.
All I'm going to say is there is a difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion. Pro choice is understanding that you have no control over what another woman does with her body. Pro choice is understanding that people make their own decisions based on their life. Pro choice is not necessarily approving of abortion, it's allowing people to make decisions, which is why it's called pro CHOICE. If you are pro-life, you are saying an unborn fetus is equivalent in value as a born child. If a fire was destroying a building which an unborn fetus and a living baby we're trapped inside, and you could only save one, which one would you choose? A pro-life person would find it impossible to choose, because apparently they have the same value. A reasonable
How a woman uses her body is her concern only. If she chooses to have an abortion, it is her choice and that’s all that matters. Pro-choice is not the same as pro-death or pro-abortion. We are not suggesting that each and every pregnancy ends in termination -- only that the choice is there. It is going to be the person who is carrying that child who ends up with the responsibility of raising that baby, not the people who are picketing outside of the local PlannedParenthood. Perhaps if you are pro-life you can also just be considered pro-birth. Your main focus is to have a baby born, but not about a child raised, fed, or taken care of. If someone doesn’t want a child, then how are they going to take care of it? If we outlaw abortions, women
Freedom, as defined by the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, is “The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” Innocent people deserve freedom, yet people are suppressed everyday; and abortion is one right that many women do not possess. Even geographically locations that permit abortion by law do not always guarantee a women this right. Some states in America, for an example, have upwards to twelve restrictive laws against abortion put into place to keep this right suppressed (Guttmacher Institute). Pro-choice is justifiable because abortion isn’t murder, and because every conscious living person with the capability to make a choice has the right to make that choice. Both of these reasons are
Abortion divides many Americans, it is one of the many controversial issue in today’s society. There are two major viewpoints that receive the most attention. One point of view is pro-life which is the belief women should not abort a human life. On the other side, is pro-choice which is the belief women may decide whether to carry a baby to full term or abort it. Abortion is known as the act of removing a human embryo or fetus from the uterus of a pregnant woman prior to the completion of the full term of pregnancy. There are very strong opinions for and against this issue, but no one can deny the vast gray area of abortion. Not everyone falls into the specific camp of pro-life or pro-choice. Many Americans find a comfort level in the gray area where there are restrictions, but abortion is not illegal. 1 A person’s stance on the situation is often determined by how they view the fetus: a part of the mother’s body or as a human being.
Women have the right to make their own choices when it comes to their reproductive capacities. Pro-choice supporters believe that women should have the legal right to choose what they do with their own bodies, even if it means ending a pregnancy. If a woman decides to end a pregnancy, from the cause of rape, she should be able to make that choice freely. Keeping her baby could be a constantly reminder of the horrific event that took place. However, the pro-life supporters wouldn’t see her as a rape victim, but as woman who committed murder to their unborn child. Pro-choice supporters believe that women should have a good education on sexual intercourse and they should have access family planning information. Therefore, pro-choice is having