Athena McGinnis
Mrs. Needham
AP English III
23 November 2015 Twenty-one percent of all United States Pregnancies will end in an abortion. Abortions were banned up until 1973, when the Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade₁ made it illegal and not long after made them a constitutional right for all women (BBC). The US Congress then banned the use federal funds to pay for abortions, except when the mothers’ life would be endangered by a full term pregnancy or in cases of rape or incest. As a result seventeen states now use public funds to pay for abortion for some poor women (U.S. Abortion Statistics). There are many different views on this topic, some for abortion saying it should be legal and then there are some against abortion saying it is murder and should be illegal. Women have the rights to their bodies; if women are not ready for motherhood, we should not force them to have the child they have conceived. Well timed pregnancies give children the lives they deserve to live. On average three out of four women having abortions say that they could not afford the child, and every one out of two say that they did not want to be a single parent or were having issues with their significant others (U.S. Abortion Statistic). Many women cannot afford children and aborting those children give the mothers time to prepare, plan, and wait until they are ready and CAN afford the children that maybe she might have later in her life. Planned childbearing helps couples, families, and
Abortion has taken the lives of more than 50 million babies since 1973 (“About Abortion”). The issue of abortion is one of the most common controversial issues in American politics and culture. In modern society, many women that have an unintended pregnancy and they result to abortion without researching other options. Abortion is not a substitute for birth control and this issue should be taken seriously. The individual woman needs to understand that by agreeing to have an abortion she is agreeing to kill an innocent fetus. Abortion rips the unborn child from his or hers right to life. Society needs to let women see through the eyes of the fetus and find alternative ways to raise the baby. Abortion should be
It is known that one out of every three teen girls get pregnant at least once before
Almost half the pregnancies every year are unintentional, and about four in every ten pregnancies are ended by abortion. A lot of people can find pros to having abortions, while the same amount of people can find cons. Many researchers have investigated problems with having abortions. Due to all the laws that are currently being put in place everywhere, abortions are expected to decline, but some people still do not understand the dangers to them. Abortion should be considered illegal in the United States due to the understanding that technically it is murder; therefore, laws such as Roe vs Wade should be repealed indefinitely.
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 controversial issue within United States to be discussed is whether or not abortion should be legal. The issue originated from the case Roe vs Wade; henceforth abortion is now a fundamental right recognized by the US Supreme Court. Top current debates today from proponents and opponents are: pregnant women will resort to unsafe illegal abortions if there is no legal option and it is a fundamental human right for the women to choose. Many suggest there are better alternatives such as adoption, and abortion is wrong because killing a fetus demeans the value of human life. Primary advocates who support abortion are identified as pro-choice; they contend that abortion is a human right that should not be limited by governmental or religious authority. Those against abortion are identified as pro-life;they assert life begins at conception and fetuses are innocent human being entitled to human rights. Within the United States, Abortion should be a pregnant woman 's choice for their well-being and safeness, restrictions interfering with unintended pregnant woman 's freedom, and for the overall well-fare of the fetus if it were to born.
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.
Abortion is an extremely controversial topic, which brings out strong opinions on whether or not it should be illegal. “The U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973” (emedicinehealth). Abortion is a widely discussed topic throughout the American society, some people find it to be a good thing, and others find it to be a bad thing, and lastly some people find there to be pros and cons of abortion.
In the world today, a clear answer whether abortion is allowed has not been given. Texas, however, has reduced the ability to have an abortion, as well as many other states in the United States. Abortion is currently acceptable, in Texas, until pregnancy has reached 20 weeks; this is when the fetus begins to gain feeling, starts to gain physical characteristics, as well as can be identified as a boy or girl. This is well into the pregnancy and only a few states have the 20-week law in place. Abortion is a huge debate that needs to be settled, and I strongly believe every state needs to contain the 20-week law. I support the policy of ending abortion in all fifty states, past twenty weeks, because
The decision to end the life of someone without their own consent has caused great disruption among Americans. Before the civil rights movement, Americans idealized the idea that abortion was ultimately prohibited due to the fact that religion predominated the beliefs of the people. Now in a rapid changing-liberal society, people are questioning if prohibiting a woman from aborting is denying her inalienable right of freedom as listed under the First Amendment. The right to abortion should be left in the hands of a woman’s personal decision rather than being obligated to live with the results of something she never wanted.
There should be a law that would prohibit pregnant woman from smoking tabaco products, due to the harm that the drugs have on the unborn children. Currently we do have some states with statues that touch on the subject of pregnant and smoking, but while the issue is getting bigger, we should be able to enforce more strict rules that would set a punishment on those harming the unborn children. There have been many studies made about the harm of tabaco products on human body proving that smoking slowly kills. In the response to the studies, we should be able to enforce strict rules that would help to eliminate the issue of smoking while pregnant because it leads to serious health related problems to those that have no chance of protecting themselves. Such issue might be hard to eliminate, but giving the legislation a start it would be a good beginning in the enforcement of that law. Some states already have started the debate which would determine if women should be held criminally liable for abusing drugs and other stimulates. The main argument for this law to be an important legislation to pass, is the fact that we see an increase in the children being born with drug addictions across the nation. To protect the mothers from loosing the newly born children, and to protect those who are born with health related problems we should create a law that would prohibit pregnant woman from smoking tabaco and using drugs and held the offenders criminally liable.
The subject of abortion is a controversial one that has been debated for years. Some people believe that it is immoral and unsafe, yet others believe abortions give women choice. As a young adult woman who has never given birth, I understand both sides of the argument, yet I argue that the risks of abortions outweigh the benefit of them.
I grew up in a Christian family, so my opinion on abortion is very based on the Bible, which I entirely believe to be the ultimate source for knowledge and insight. I believe that abortion is murder, and that under no circumstances should it be legal, permissible or justified. Abortion is a topic that is affecting society strongly at the time, as it has been for decades. Many people believe that abortion should be legal if the mother chooses to have one, or that it should only be legal in the case of incest or rape. Other people believe that it is never acceptable and should be banned everywhere in the world. I believe it is always wrong and murder, and should never be allowed. The pain it causes the mother and the fetus and the fact that it is morally and Biblically wrong cause me to be pro-life.
According to Operation Rescue, “There are approximately 1.21 million abortions in America each year”. Abortion is wrong because you are killing a baby that has no control on the choices you are making. You don’t have to take a babies life if you aren’t ready to have your own child. I think abortion should be illegal because to many people are having abortions for no reason because they can’t handle being a parent. That’s not right, if you can’t handle it then you should use protected so it doesn’t happen to you. Abortion is when the pregnancy is ended so that it does not result in the birth of a child. There are also two ways to do abortions that are the abortion pill and the surgical abortion.
When couples think about their options when having a child there are three options. One being that you can keep the baby, second being you can put it up for adoption, and lastly you can have an abortion. The people that usually have these abortions are younger women who do not fully understand what they are doing to a precious human life, or there are a selected few adults that know in their pregnancy that they will have very many complications and it would risk the child’s life anyways. Abortion is wrong in every way possible because it is wrongfully killing a human being that has no say in anything. This human can have a life, dreams, wishes, etc. Instead of having so many abortions these women can put these children up for adoption, so that other families get the chance to be able to have a family when they are not able to have their own.