Stop Calling Abortion A Difficult Decision Analysis

Abortion can be seen as one of the most debatable issues being discussed throughout the world today. Abortions used to be seen only as a social issue; however, in present days it is seen as way more complex than that. Abortions can be now seen as a social, moral, and ethical issue causing people to believe that abortion should not be legal. In this paper I will argue that, although society has progressed from misogynist ways of the past, if we were to take away a woman’s rights to abortion we would be taking away her right to her own body. In other words, saying that a woman’s potential and worth is in what she can produce not who she is. I will argue my beliefs and why I think that abortion should be legal and an option available for all women who choose that path. Throughout the essay I will be stating an argument why I believe abortion should be legal and counter-arguing my beliefs to make sure that both sides of the debate get looked at.

Abortion has been and still is one of the most controversial topics in American culture. The reason for the controversy is the different viewpoints of this very personal matter. Some believe that abortion is the same as murder. Others believe it’s a personal choice which only they have the right to make. Due to the nature of the procedure and the concerns associated with ending a pregnancy, abortion will continue to top the list of “touchy” subjects in American politics and culture. As a pro-choice advocate, it is important for the right to have an abortion to be established and protected.

In a time fraught with hot button issues, one that polarizes perhaps more than any other is that of abortion. Unfortunately, it is also an issue that is difficult to write about while remaining unbiased. Paul Stark’s “How Abortion Hurts Women” and Sarah Barnes’ “The Long Term Effects of Abortion on Women” both set out to prove that abortion has serious side effects on the affected party. Both Stark and Barnes cite several studies done in both America and abroad to support their claims, as well as, in Barnes case, offering their own insights on the matter. It seems that both authors purpose is to enlighten their audiences on the under-reported effects of abortion on women in order to spark a new conversation that doesn’t center around the unborn

     Anna Quindlen describes in the essay “Abortion is too Complex to Feel one Way About” the different situation that we as a human race are put in everyday. She talks about the topic of abortion in a way that one feels they have had to make the decision of whether or not a person is pro-choice or pro-life. She uses references that are of different personal experiences in the essay that are vital to the audience. Quindlen is writing to state her point that one should never put their self in this situation because one should take the proper responsibility. In this paper you will read about the conflict with abortion and what Quindlen thinks about this issue.

The United States has been divided now over the issue of abortion for thirty-three years since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade in 1973. As of today, over 45 million legal abortions have been performed in the United States. Pro-choice advocates hold these 45 million abortions as being 45 million times women have exercised their right to choose to get pregnant and to choose to control their own bodies. To pro-life, or anti-abortion, advocates these 45 million abortions constitute 45 million murders, a genocide of human life in the United States propagated by the court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade. The debate over abortion in the United States is thus a debate of two extremes. One side argues from the personal liberty of the mother. The

In this article Jessica Valenti (2015) provides a supporting argument in a pro feminist direction, against the criminalization of women who seek out abortions within the US. As the author explains, women in desperate situations will do whatever they feel is necessary to end a pregnancy when they have decided that is what they want to do. It is necessary to provide support for these women, instead of alienating them further when they are in a vulnerable state.

In today’s society, abortions are seen as a sensitive topic; which has resulted in critical debates as to whether it is human or not. Throughout history, abortions have been seen as shameful which caused many women to conceal their stories. Society has put external pressure on women, which leaves the impression that they must regret their decisions. This is seen in the March 2016 Mashable article “I am sick of being silenced': 14 women share their abortion stories” as fourteen women acknowledge this external pressure when sharing their stories. Society has progressed to the point where we must silence our thoughts and beliefs in order to please others ( Quote MASHABLE). To understand how this happened, we must reintroduce the works on influential sociologists who focused on societal growth, such as

Within the spheres of Politics and religion one of the most controversial issues is abortion. The ongoing debate as to whether women should have access to abortion clinics, or if aborting a pregnancy is immoral has turned a private matter into a social and political dispute. Even though most individuals have their own strong stances regarding the topic of abortion, this black and white thinking fades to gray in Sallie Tisdale’s personal account as a nurse performing hundreds of abortions weekly in “We Do Abortions Here”. Throughout the essay, Tisdale describes the internal conflict she faces everyday: feeling sympathy toward the struggling women, and also the guilt and brutality of performing an abortion. At the end of her essay, she states

An incredibly prevalent subject in the media today, abortion and a women’s right to choose has graced newsstands, social media platforms, and even the presidential debates. As such a controversial topic, abortion has a certain stigma attached to it. Viewed often as this “black and white” topic, many philosophy articles have been written about the grey area that seems to surround this argument, writing either for or against the topic. A particularly well known piece that does just that, argues that a fetus’s right to life does not trump a woman’s right to have control over her own body. “A Defense of Abortion” by Judith Jarvis Thomson Pro life versus

When discussing women and health, one can’t talk about the subject without eventually approaching the inevitable topic of women’s right to have an abortion. The right for a woman to have a safe abortion is a controversial topic for many who view abortion as a killing of a child. Meanwhile others, citing the science, argue that it is a woman’s choice to choose

Abortion is a controversial topic that has snaked its way through our nation. Some people claim that a “woman's decision about her own body is paramount”, while others believe that a “baby's life trumps all.” Pro-abortion and anti-abortion individuals have never achieved solidarity. People who support anti-abortion disregard a woman’s reason for having one and how having a child may affect their life. Society is focused on a life that has not seen the world. They don’t realize that a woman may not be financially stable, mentally stable, or healthy enough to bear a child. All three articles capture the idea that women should have the right to an abortion.

“Deciding to have an abortion was easy for some and wrenchingly difficult for others. For some women, choosing abortion was the decision they wanted, both at a gut level and intellectually. For others, however, abortion was not their preferred decision; while logically they understood the reasons for this decision, part of them wished they could have chosen to carry the pregnancy to term”(Kimport et al

Abortion is an extremely controversial matter today because every year, in the United States, 6.4 million women get pregnant, and half of these pregnancies are unintended, half of these unintended pregnancies end in abortion. (Indiana University Press) In the United States there are two real perspectives on abortion, there is the pro-life, and the pro-choice. This essay will focus on the ethical perspectives of both sides and the reasoning behind them. Abortion should be kept pro-choice because of the multitude of reasons women want them. In a recent study, 89% of women gave at least two reasons for wanting an abortion, 72% gave at least three, and the median number was

An Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. According to Linda Lowen’s research, The World’s Health Organizations estimated that around fifty million abortions happen each year. Since they happen as frequently as 125,000 per day, they have become one of the most talked about topics in the United States (Lowen). Many people have different opinions on this topic. In an overview of the results of a survey conducted, it was found that even though there are that many abortions, twenty-five percent of the students that were surveyed disagreeed with them, forty-four percent are debatable, leaving only thirty-one percent of agreeing with them (Daley). More than half of the United States population thinks that most mothers who have abortions are

A small number of issues have promoted such debate as has the topic of abortion. The contributors in the abortion debate not merely have definitely-fixed beliefs, but every group has a self-designated designation that plainly reflects what they consider to be the necessary issues. On one side, the pro-choice supporters see personal choice as fundamental to the debate: If a woman cannot decide to end an unnecessary pregnancy, a state which affects her body and perhaps her whole life, then she has lost one of her most fundamental human rights (Templeton 2011).