The Presidential Election : Abortion And Same Sex Marriage

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

Attention Getter : “We are not going back. We are not returning back to the days of back-room abortions, when countless women died or were maimed. The decision about abortion must remain a decision for the woman, her family and a physician to make, not the government,” expressed Senator Bernie Sanders.

One of the most contentious issues in America, abortion, is still discussed on a daily basis. Women should be able to make their own decision with their bodies because it involves their bodies, health, and futures. Conversely, one of America’s presidential candidates wants to repeal Roe v. Wade, which allows women to make their own intimate decision. In one of his recent speeches, Donald Trump states that women who seek abortion should be subject to “some form of punishment” (Flegenheimer, et al.). Trump was highly criticized for making this statement, but he continued to mention that ripping a baby out of the womb on the last day of pregnancy is immoral. Trump seems to misunderstand that most abortions happen during the first trimester of

Hillary Clinton’s view of abortion differs immensely from that of Donald Trump. She has said that as president, she’ll stand up for Planned Parenthood and women’s access to critical health services, including safe, legal abortion. She believes that “government has no business in the decisions that women make with their families in accordance with their faith and medical advice” (Lafrance). Clinton advocates for partial birth abortion as well as late term abortion in an instance where the pregnancy is threatening the life of the mother. She would like to

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.

In the United States we are divided by the left and right side on the political spectrum; even further divided into political parties such as Republicans, on the right, and Democrats, on the left side. These two political parties show philosophical differences through their viewpoints on major topics such as the economy, separation of church and state, abortion, and gun control.

Trump and Clinton are both running for the presidency of the United States. One of the candidates is totally inexperienced and the other is experienced. Trump and Clinton stand for complete opposites of policy and political beliefs on taxes, immigrants and abortions.

I will oppose efforts to roll back women's access to reproductive health care, including Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. As president, I'll stand up for Planned Parenthood and women’s access to critical health services, including safe, legal abortion.” The fact is that she says that abortion is safe, how is it safe? Its killing a helpless being, if you were to fall down some stairs, and ruptured your spine, doing so caused damage to some nerves including the ones that give you the ability to talk and respond, your family decides that taking care of you is more of a hassle than to have you murdered, you can’t do anything to stop it and have no choice in the matter, how is that different? If you don’t want to have a child, don’t have sex, and if you do then use protection, it’s not the baby’s fault that the father didn’t pay $7.50 for a pack of condoms. Trump believes that abortion is not right, he said at one point he was prochoice but more recently has said he was no longer

George Lakoff has a very unique was of looking at moral politics. He attempts to dissect the views of the liberal party and the views of the conservative parties in today’s society. Liberals believe that the government should take action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all. The liberal party claims the duty of the government is to alleviate social problems and to protect civil liberties and human rights. Also, they believe the role of the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need. The need for the government to solve problems is what the liberal party emphasizes on. On the other hand, Conservatives believe in a system made of personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. A conservative generally believes the role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals but to not get in the way of personal freedom. Conservative policies generally emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems on their own. Both sides being so completely opposite raises the question of which of the two views is correct for handling different aspects in society such as taxes, abortion, capital punishment etc? Lakoff’s two models known as the strict father model and the nurturant family model strive to relate the conservative and liberal views to explain how a conservative and liberal would

In addition, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio reacted to Trump’s comment, “of course women should not be punished.” But Pollitt indicates Kasich disapproves legal abortion unless it is under certain circumstances like rape, interbreeding and spare a woman's life. It has been known that Kasich signed seventeen anti-abortion into law where it enforces clinics to shut down or stop conducting abortions. Moreover, Pollitt uses another statement from Senator Ted Cruz, he states “being pro-life is not simply about the unborn child, it is also about the mother.” Where he would allow legal abortion only to an extent to help the women, Ted Cruz also tried to convince the government to withdraw funds from Planned Parenthood. Following that, Donald Trump revoked his comment on abortion, indicating his opinion that the physician or whoever performs the abortion should be held accountable for

Abortion is an extremely controversial topic throughout the nation. There are many reasons about why it should be legal, or why it should not be, and it is fairly equal when it comes to what side people are on. Two political officials talk on behalf of the topic and express their viewpoint and opinions on the touchy issue. They discuss whether abortion should be restricted. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio gives a speech at the Susan B. Anthony List Campaign for Life Gala addressing that abortion is moral, economically, and politically wrong and unjustifiable. Then there is always another side to the argument, which Texas Representative Wendy Davis supports and believes that the new abortion bill should not be signed because of the amounts of unnecessary restrictions being put on people and organizations.

There is a huge controversy in America, and that is abortion. Abortion has been the hot topic in America for several hundred years. No matter the ruling of the government, there will always be firm believers on each side. Therefore, it has been talked about in countless ways like articles, reports, and even political rallies. In “Ted Cruz Connects with Pro-Lifers at West Des Moines Rally”, Page Jones and Andrew Clark discuss the negativity point of view about abortions at a Ted Cruz rally. In this article Page Jones and Andrew Clark express their negativity abortions reporting out taxes, morals etc.

Paul Wozniak states, “With the ongoing controversy over the release of heavily edited videos that falsely portrays the illegal sale of fetal tissue by Planned Parenthood, abortion and women’s rights are sure to be important issues in the 2016 presidential election”. Clinton believes abortion should remain legal, but needs to remain safe and rare. Hillary also believes that the number of abortions can be reduced through education and access to contraceptives. Shockingly, Republicans are clashing over their views over rape and incest exception for abortion. Front runner Trump, has had different views of abortion over the years. In recent news, Trump told CNN’s Chris Cuomo, “Maybe some of the things Planned Parenthood does are good and I know a lot of things are bad.” He added, “The biggest problem I have with Planned Parenthood is the abortion situation. I mean, it’s like an abortion factory, frankly.” Abortion Views is still an on-going controversial topic, in hopes to come to an ideal

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