The Issues Associated With Abortion

Abortion has been a heated debate in the United States for decades. Since before the ruling on Roe v. Wade, it is clear that this is an issue that is far from ever being decided upon. Between those who are pro-life and those who are pro-choice, scholars from both sides work on disproving the morality of the other side. With the evolution of abortion laws and regulation through the decades, it is difficult to imagine the United States without conflict pertaining to abortion. Despite pro-life and pro-choice agendas, the country is in ever-changing opinion when it comes to abortion.

Abortion has been a debate that has always been a sensitive subject that continues to divide Americans in the United States. In our society there is a division of beliefs between pro-choice and pro-life. Pro- choice advocates for women’s rights ultimately to decide, for pro-life fundamentally is totally against abortion, the fight for preserving all human life regardless of the saturations and concerns. Substantially, abortion is a topic that has risen more controversial throughout the years, even in politics it has been a debate for the nation, in the Republican and Democratic party. In my point of view, abortion should always remain legal in the United States for women, neither the government nor any law should decide and deny the right

The abortion question raises a number of issues that form the core of the abortion debate. Opponents and supporters of abortions have been battling over this particular problem for decades and still cannot come to an agreement. Being one of the most common and most controversial medical procedures, abortion tends to affect people on psychological and sociological levels. But while the discussion of the morality of abortion is an ongoing debate, the social issues surrounding abortion in most cases stay unnoticed. The social aspect of the issue is centered on the abortion policy. The main question of the abortion policy is whether the law should permit abortions and, if so under what circumstances. The other is whether the law should put the life of an unborn child first and legally protect it. The peculiarity of the abortion policy is that its measures are highly dependent on different public opinions.

Abortion has been around for thousands of years and was legal in the United States since the very beginning. First it became illegal throughout the 1880’s up until 1973. Although abortion was

Abortion is the process of intentionally ending a pregnancy. Abortion touches the hearts of many because its consequences result in the loss of a human life. Its controversy stems from the fact that people’s opinions on this matter are rooted in their value systems, religious beliefs, and political socialization. Its prominence in political discussions today is likely to continue given the relationship between unwanted pregnancies and overpopulation. There is often debate about the constitutionality of abortion, as it is not specifically addressed by any doctrine. As a result, there has never been an explicit national law enacted.

Abortion has been legal and commonly practiced from the time of the earliest settlers. By federal law, abortion is legal, although many states have their own individual regulations and restrictions. Various states began passing laws to make abortion illegal in the mid-to-late- 1800s for fear that they would become overpopulated with children of newly arriving immigrants (national abortion federation ).Even though abortions can hold many risks today, they were especially dangerous in the 1800s where hospitals and antiseptics were not common (national abortion federation). Hospitals were not as common back then and doctors had basic training. Doctors wanted to criminalize abortion so that untrained physicians etc. could not steal their patients.

Since technology has developed rapidly over the last several years, many endless controversies have broken out in America. One particular controversy that has become a continuous issue in America is abortion. Over the last decade the controversy over abortion has become a dividing conversation in America. The introduction to this paper is to discuss the controversy of abortion and its connection between individual rights and government control. Several people believe abortion is a version of murder while others view it as a right. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pro-life and pro-choice sides of abortion and the blurred line between individual rights and government control. The paper consists of background information on abortion, both sides of the controversy, and how it politically affects America. Several Americans argue that abortion is a right and should not be a religious or government choice but a personal choice. Without this choice, women will find harmful, illegal ways to have an abortion that could cause more issues. People also argue that illegalizing abortions would violate women right to privacy. Others although believe abortion is murder and that life starts even before they come out of the womb and abortions are killing of an innocent child. They also believe it is unfair for couples who are waiting to adopt a child. Abortion as a whole has become a debate over individual rights and government control. In J.S Mills book On

Abortions have been around as long as people can remember. Abortions have been done safely and unsafely through out the years. In the women's history article author Jane Johnson Lewis stated in the late 1800s women healers in Western Europe and the United States done abortions and trained other women to do so without legal prohibitions. After came a turning point in 1973. In January 22nd of 1973 the Supreme Court

Abortion was declared a fundamental right in 1973, which divided American society into two groups (in simplest form), pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-life groups, pertaining of mostly religious persons, believe that life is precious, beginning at the time of conception. Pro-life groups declared that abortion is to be considered murder and is unethical. However, those who oppose that belief, pro-choice, say that it is a decision for the woman to take. After various cases and argumentation, the Supreme Court declared that it is more beneficial for abortion to become a legal act, rather than having women unsafely abort their fetus, causing great health risks. The goal of this paper is to discuss, with all rationality and reason, the logistics of

Abortion is a very controversial topic nowadays. America debates on rather state abortion laws protect women or violate women’s rights. There are two sides to the topic : pro-choice and pro-life. The pro-life movement argues that even an undeveloped human life is consecrated and that the government should be required to protect it. Individuals who are pro-choice believe that individuals have unlimited freedom to their own reproductive systems, as long as they do not involve themselves in the decisions of others.

The history of 'abortion ' in the United States is more complex than most people imagine. Abortion and issues surrounding abortion are involved in intense political and public debate in the United States, law varies from state to state with regards to state legislature of abortion. 'Until 1973, the control of abortion, was almost entirely in the hands of the government of the state. ' (Vile. M. J. C, 1999, P203) The focal legal debate surrounding the issue of abortion is whether a foetus has a basic legal right to live, which turns on to the question on when a foetus is potentially a person (when it becomes 'viable ') and therefore should be ultimately protected from this point. 'Pollitt identifies that to have the legal right to have an abortion, was a transformative event for women’s liberation: it saved women from death and injury; and enabled them to commit to education and work. It also changed how women saw themselves; as mothers by choice not by fate.’ (Kennedy. S, 2014, P56) This essay will critically discuss the role and variety of actors involved in the discussion of abortion in the United States, and the impact they have politically, socially and economically, by critically exploring relevant theory.

Dating all the way back to the 1800’s, abortions have been taking place all over the world. In the US abortion laws were created around 1820 stating that women would not have abortions after already being pregnant for four months. Then by 1900 most abortions were outlawed. It wasn’t until 1956 that all fifty states had

Abortion has always been a controversial topic in the United States for decades. Abortion is like taking the life of someone without their permission so it is technically “murder”. There is no such thing as an unwanted child, millions of families in the United States are always willing to adopt. On the other hand, there are circumstances where a woman can barely care and sustain herself so chances are that she will not be able to take care of her child. Or when a rape occurs, having an abortion is not as bad as when a woman has sex without protection and knows she has the chance to get pregnant.

There are many reasons why abortions are performed. The main way of looking at abortion can be summarized in five points: birth control issues, human rights, legal precedence, when life begins, and religious reasons. (Abortions allowed women to pursue their educational goals.)(Hill, 2007) Based on both moral and empirical claims, a wide variety of views supporting either less or more legal restriction on abortions has enlarged in America. While advocacy groups define the issue through its moral and constitutional represented by their citizens, representatives define the issue by party lines, normally with liberals as “pro-choice” and traditionalists as “pro-life.” The media defines the issue ethically, presenting to the land the views of

The legislation addressing the social issue of abortion is a paramount interest to me because I am a pro-life supporter. I understand that as of 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade legalized abortion in all fifty states. Therefore, I’m not completely fighting against abortion but rather the pro-life versus pro-choice aspect of it. Although I’m pro-life, certain situations are necessary to get an abortion like rape, hazard to health of the mother or child and incest. Here in Georgia, the polls show that forty-three percent of voters are pro-life and the other fifty-seven percent were pro-choice because abortion is taken lightly across the nation. While reviewing your stance on abortion I observed that you voted yes to banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life in October 2003, and rated 30% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record in December 2003 (http://www.ontheissues.org/GA/Sanford_Bishop.htm). Based on where your stand with abortion, you should be able to understand my point of view. I believe this issue directly impacts the fetus because they are painfully terminated and will never get a chance to experience life.