Should Abortion Be Legal?

On March 2nd, 2016, the state of Texas, a state that already has some of the toughest abortion laws in the United States of America, had one of its most controversial bills Senate Bill 2, also known as House Bill 2 or HB2, challenged by the case Whole Woman’s Health

Among all the issues that have been fought for or against in the United States, abortion may be one of the most popular issues that Americans are passionate about. Abortion is defined as the removal of the embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. Thousands of abortions take place every single day, and yet public opinion remains at a standstill as to whether or not abortion is ethical. Everyone holds different opinions on abortion. The proponents believe that it is the women’s private right to determine the future of the baby in her body. On the other hand, the opponents think a woman does not have the right to decide whether the person that she gives birth should live or die. They believe that life begins at conception. In fact, a person’s stance on the issue is often determined by how he views the fetus: a part of the mother’s body or as a human being. I am an opponent, and I believe abortion is murder. Also, abortion should not be legal because it harms women’s health, affects intimate relationship, and women do not have the right to decide the baby’s right to live or die.

Abortion, to some it is the murder of an innocent fetus with a heartbeat. To others it is considered an option to be freed from the responsibilities of parenthood. We all have different views that can be controversial to the opinions of others. Yet, there are proven facts and cases where making abortion illegal is the best decision. Propaganda for Prolife is everywhere, but is there enough to show the world how wrong abortion is? I believe there is not, yet there are some very emotional advertisements that can change your whole perspective. Abortion should be considered illegal because it is considered murder and can have severe consequences for woman, and there are other options to chose instead of abortion.

The controversy of abortion has been going on for what seems like millions of years. It all began at the start of the Roe v. Wade court decision. According to many, a woman is guaranteed her right to an abortion by her constitutional right. The eighth amendment forbids cruel and unusual punishment, but the fifth amendment protects a person from self-incrimination (Herda 31 and 32). I personally think, and I think the state's position will be and is, that the right of the child to life is superior to that woman’s right to privacy (qtd in Herda 47). Many people believe that abortion is considered murder, so stating that, the doctors who perform abortion are mass murders. When Bill Clinton was the president of the United States, he encouraged pro-choice forces by lifting the “gag rule”, which prevented federal funding to abortion clinics (Herda 95). Many people have their pros and cons to their side of abortion, whether to be pro-choice or pro-life. Women would not have to suffer the trauma, fears or humiliation of pregnancy. All eyes were on Texas, one of the most restrictive states for abortion laws, as the United States Supreme court struck down some of those limits last month (Schorsch). The Roe v. Wade court case was taking place in Texas, and a few months later, the court made their final

Imagine a woman was raped and later became pregnant. Shouldn 't she have the right to abort the child or should she be forced to deliver? Put yourself in her shoes. Can you imagine the pain she might feel every time she looks at the child? Should she be forced to endure this? Women should be allowed to have abortions under circumstances such as these.

A common debate in the world today involves abortion, the deliberate end of human pregnancy, and whether or not it should be legalized. “Every year in the world there are an estimated 40-50 million abortions. This corresponds to approximately 125,000 abortions per day” (“Abortions Worldwide this Year”). On one side of the argument, people are not disturbed by this grotesque number, and on the other side there are people outraged and simply appalled. Although people attempt to deem abortion acceptable in society because of circumstances like the mother not being able to support the child or in instances of rape, it is still morally wrong.

Abortion is a deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. There are series of legal, moral and ethical issues which may arise about abortion. Most arguments about abortion are often focused on political insinuations and the legal aspect of such actions. Some frequently asked questions’ regarding the issue is if the practice should be outlawed and regarded as murder or should women have the right to practice it. For example, prior to becoming pregnant, some women feel that they would be able to choose the abortion option without trouble. However, even with reasons why having an abortion would be the best option, some women feel that this decision would not be right for them. On the other hand, some women have a strong belief that abortion is unethical prior to becoming pregnant.

The struggle between knowing what is right and wrong when speaking about abortion is one that has been controversial for quite a long time. What gives someone the right to say if abortion should legal, while telling the other person there doing the wrong thing with their lives. The personal choice is being taken away from people and is largely an argument based on factors such as a person’s social wellbeing and religious background (BOLCE, L). Along with this “Factors other than social class and background and religiosity have been identified to be important in the structuring of opinion towards abortion, including political ideology, sex role orientation, and personal morality.” (BOLCE ,L) . Abortion is an important sociological issue

Life is a journey. It starts in the womb. You start growing, getting facial features, fingers, toes, your heart is beating so fast. We all start so small, yet still are so significant, and at some point someone makes a decision for us. Abortion of adoption? How does one decide on whether to keep the baby or not? There are many pros and cons to each choice, but individuals get to weigh them out and make the decision for themselves.

This film focuses on southern states and all the difficulties that abortion clinics down there have to go through. It shows only two doctors, because there isn’t many doctors that work in these abortion clinics. TRAP laws are laws that are applied to abortion clinics, which are really only there to make it harder to get an abortion. They make the whole process longer, and try to scare these women by saying facts that really not just apply to abortions, but any pregnancy. These doctors have to see many women per week, and often travel to other states because of the lack of doctors. Many of the women don’t have enough money which could be a reason for them to want an abortion in the first place. However these clinics keep getting shut down. They showed a map of all the abortion clinics in Texas and there was a bit over ten, and now there is only around four. Four clinics is such a small number, for the population number in Texas. Many women can’t drive that far out, because of their full time jobs and other duties they might have. This seems to be intentional though, a lack of clinics means lower abortion rates. This isn’t the case though, women continue to have abortions but not in a safe environment. One of the doctors they show is a Christian, and also helps in the clinic. They often get protestors that are pro life outside the clinic and they always shame him. They bring up how he is obviously not Christian, and why he is doing what he is. These protestors are allowed

Abortion in the United States has been controversial for decades. Abortion has created a public, political, and moral divide. Some feel that abortion should be illegal, others feel it should be restricted. Still some feel it should be legal and freely accessed. Society associates the issue of abortion with determining when life truly begins, and at what point in a woman’s pregnancy does the fetus have the legal rights of a human being? Which begs the question of a fetus’s rights versus the woman’s right to choose and determine issues that deal with her body.

Is a fetus actually a “person” with full moral standing? Not that a fetus doesn’t matter, but is a fetus a person with a right to life over an existing person with full moral standing? I do not believe that it is, but I do not believe it is morally permissible or should even be legal in all cases to receive an abortion. A fetus may not be a person with full moral standing, but it is a potential person with a potential right to life. An abortion is only morally permissible and should be legal if it is justified significantly by reasons such as the child has a severe defect that would cause illness and a short painful life, rape, or to save the mother’s life. A fetus at any stage of pregnancy does not have the significant moral right over a woman making the woman to carry the fetus to term if her reasoning is justified. It should be legal for a woman to receive an abortion at any stage of pregnancy only if justified. A woman is a person with full moral standing who’s right over her body, including the right to defend one 's body, outweighs the right of a potential person’s right to life.

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics of all times. It has caused countless deaths and several violent confrontations between the two separate parties of opinion. The fight between pro-life and pro-choice supporters has been long and brutal. This is because, despite what several people may believe, abortion is neither right nor wrong. It is the matter of a personal opinion, where, each side can say with certainty that the other one is wrong.

If a persons life was taken away from them as an unborn, they would not be here today to speak on how they feel about abortions. How would he or she feel if their mother took his or her life away before it even started? Imagine being a baby with no way to speak on the choice whether to live or die. The futures these babies hold do not exist or will never exist due to being aborted by a selfish heartless person. 60 % of women in this world choose to get abortions, this is per year, and the other 40% are either birthed or miscarried. Now, what if every 9 out of 10 females had an abortion? Although abortions are common throughout the world, some people don 't have reasons behind abortions. We have some people that are against abortion then we

“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a loving mother and a happy childhood,” quoted by Agatha Christie. Every child deserves to be brought up into a loving, and stable environment with the love and compassion of their mother. This is unfortunately not always the case, due to abortion procedures not being legalized and or denied, many mothers seeking an abortion are forced to give birth to a baby that was initially not wanted. There are several causes as to why mothers seek abortion in the first place, followed by the effects the child and mother are faced with by bringing up a child that is initially unwanted. In order to bring a life into the world, the mother must be financially set to properly care for the demands that a newborn baby has, or else the consequences in not having a stable source of income may hinder a child’s upbringing.