The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

An issue that bothers me is abortions. While abortions are not frequently discussed in today’s news, due to the fact that they were made legal in 1973, by the Roe vs Wade case, abortions are still considered a ‘hot topic’ in today’s politics. This is a topic that gets me ‘fired up’, because my mother got pregnant with my oldest brother at a young age. When she was pregnant with him, many people encouraged her to get an abortion, so that she could pursue a future. Due to her pregnancy, my mother had to put a pause on her education, in order to raise my brother. Despite everything people told her, my mother still managed to pursue her education and career goals. Today, she is the mother of six children and is a registered nurse.

Have you ever wondered why abortion is such a debated topic. How some politicians use it as a political ploy and others are completely against abortion? Also, if the supreme court says abortion is legal, why have many states added so many restrictions and rules to it. If abortion is legal, why does the government try so hard to make women feel like it isn’t. When did it become ok for the government tell women what and what not to do with our bodies and made our decisions for us? These new abortion restrictions makes it even harder for women to have an abortions, then it already is.

Mother Teresa once said, “And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?” Based on this quote if abortion is legal, we should make murder legal as well because it is the same exact thing. Today the issue of abortion sparks many controversies, and the two major sides are pro-choice or pro-life. Even though some would say that an embryo is not a seperate being from the mother, women should not have the right to an abortion. Abortion should not be legal because it is murder, the fetuses feel pain during the procedure, and abortion causes psychological damage.

The United States has been making great strides in the closing of abortion clinics; alas, there

Abortion is a very controversial issue. It is something that people have always had their own opinions about, and many times that opinion will never change. Many people are shamed for their opinion about abortion and often times, people break into protests about abortion and other issues that may go along with abortion. There are two major sides o abortion, one side is that abortion is a terrible thing, it is immoral and should never be done, while the other side states that many abortions are done for a reason and that there is nothing wrong with them. Both sides of the argument have many reasons to back up their opinion.

Abortion is the termination of a human pregnancy and is most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion became legalized in 1973 and can be used in any reason for the killing of the baby. However, in some states teenagers are required to have the consent of their parents or guardians in order to have an abortion. In California, you are allowed to have an abortion without parental consent, even if you are a minor, and the government will pay all cost of the procedure if you can not afford it. This is legal due to the Privacy Act that was passed in 1974 that stops the spread of information of individuals that are maintained in systems of records by federal agencies. It is up to the women to pick the “choice” to kill a human being. Though no matter what procedure is used the results are the same, a dead baby. Each year 1,500,000 babies are killed due to abortion. This means that 4,000 babies are killed daily. Even though women chose to have an abortion many usually do not know how the killings are done.

Weather abortion is okay or not, every woman deserves a chance to decide what’s best for themselves. Some people like Don Marquis, author of “An Argument that Abortion is Wrong” believe that abortion, except in rare circumstances is wrong no matter what (Marquis pg 141). Feminist believe that women should be treated equal, have equal pay, be respected and empowered (Bryan Par 3). Feminist ethics isn’t a single theory (Landau pg 275). It is a family of ethics that build on the belief that women’s interest and reasoning has been undervalued and that women deserve equal consideration (Landau pg 275).

Many states are restricting abortions based on survivability of the fetus; however, this is left to interpretation. Survivability is not scientific and concrete. For instance, in 2012 a couple of medical ethicists argued a baby outside the womb is no different than in the womb. The newborn baby is dependent on a caregiver for survival (Weikart). The pro-life community has used this argument to defend the anti-abortion stance. The fact it can be argued also, means there is room for agreement. So, how can the agreement be resolved and allow the standard to be set and stop much of the argument? Obviously the radicals on either side will still argue, but the vast majority of the population would be able to agree if the law could be justified by an accepted definition based on scientific proof.

Most people like to say that they are the product of their environment. I observe different individuals that are facing life in prison or who have dropped out of school to pursue a life a crime. The part about this situation that baffles me is how 80% of these people will bring up how rough their childhood was. The plethora of children who grow up without guidance is something that is more common than children growing up with guidance. The environment in which the child is in can have a colossal impact on his or her well-being. The parents could be living with their parents who are not supportive of the pregnancy. If the parents are dependents and they are forced to choose between their child and having a place to stay, many people would choose a place to stay. The stress of not knowing where to go while expecting a child is too much for parents to bear. The option of abortion is a calculated decision that takes 10 minutes and is the safest procedure that a person can get. According to the Planned Parenthood organization, "Overall, three 3 in 10 women in the U.S. will have an abortion by the time they're 45 years old." With the procedure being safe, parents might opt for an abortion so that they can get their lives together to be able to have what the child might need. Many women don’t even know that they are pregnant. “Cryptic Pregnancy” is the term that is associated with cases where a woman doesn’t know that she is pregnant until she is around five months along. According

Doctors take an oath called the Hippocratic Oath in which it states “I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion”. In the oath, it also states that the doctor will do no harm, but that's exactly what they are doing. Considering the whole worldwide ethics and values, murder is a crime. If murder is a crime, why is abortion not considered murder by many? A pessary is a medical device inserted into the vagina, it is used either to provide support or as a method for delivering. However, there are doctors who are maybe not using a pessary but they are doing surgical procedures to have a woman go through an abortion. They are harming a fetus that can soon be just like us. To end an innocent unborn child's life using horrific procedures is not only unethical for the doctors to perform, but is morally wrong as well.

Abortion. A topic that has split the media in half on many occasions. Pro-life or Pro-choice. Both have their pros and cons, but I am not here to talk about that. I am here to talk about something that will affect you. Stem cells. They hold the power to become any cell. Need blood cells? Stem cells produce them. Need white matter? Stem cells produce it. However, there are two types, adult and embryonic. Adult can do only the first thing. Embryonic can be both.

The controversial issue between pro-choice and pro-life did not begin until the nineteenth century when states began making abortion illegal due to doctors seeing it as morally wrong and unsafe. Unlike the twenty-first century, you were lucky if you even found one hospital in a town and very little was known about antibiotics. Therefore, medicine was hardly given, and physicians had very little advanced knowledge in their practice. According to the National Abortion Federation, some physicians wanted to keep amateurish midwives, pharmacists, etc. from challenging them by setting private rights to conduct their profession. This led to termination laws, then pregnant women illegally committing an abortion, which caused either great suffering or death.

With the development of medicine technology, abortion already became a very common surgery. It can help a lot of people. However, there are also many controversial social problems come behind. I often saw some news reported that some underage girls were pregnant or became mother. Of course, there are also many underage girls chose to have an abortion. However, these underage girls are too young to make all decisions themselves, and minors have guardians to take care of their life and make some important decisions for them. The guardians are usually their parents. Thus, a problem arises. Should underage girls have an abortion with a parental permission? I think they need.

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From the past to the present, society has passed judgment on people who are either considering the option of abortion or have had an abortion. Abortion is certainly not a conversation to discuss at the company potluck because it is a sensitive topic that most women all over the world are afraid to speak about. Women may choose to have an abortion for numerous reasons such as sexual assault, age, financial circumstances, environment, and health related reasons. When this controversial topic is being discussed, I always think about what I would do. If I happened to be under different circumstances would I make that choice? These questions are the reason why I believe that abortion should remain legal.