The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

There are two main political parties you can choose from in the United States, The Democrats and the Republicans. There are also third parties you can choose from. People can choose to be part of any party. We are divided by the left and right side on the political spectrum. The right are more conservative and the left are more liberal. These two political parties show philosophical differences through their viewpoints on major topics. With so many differences between the parties, finding topics or issues upon which constituents agree on can be difficult.

“How can the “Dream” survive if we murder children? Every aborted baby is like a slave in the womb of his or her mother. The mother decides his or her fate” (Martin Luther King, Jr). This quote, by Martin Luther King Jr, represents how Martin Luther King Jr really feels about abortions, and how abortions relate back to the idea of slavery. As abortions are spreading all across the world many people have wondered if there are any positives to abortions? If there are not any positives to abortion then people may wonder, what are the negatives to abortions, and how do other people feel about abortions.

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics and many argue that it's wrong, but I disagree, I am a strong supporter of abortions. An abortion is when a woman deliberately terminates a pregnancy, there are many medical methods used to perform an abortion. The techniques used for abortion have changed drastically over time and many cultures developed their own forms of abortions. Originally abortions were unregulated and many women performed abortions on themselves at home, which were very unsafe and many at home abortions resulted in injury or death. The two main methods of abortion as of right now are surgical and medical abortion, these are much safer than previous methods and rarely inflict any harm onto the woman. The surgical method is performed using a vacuum like device to empty the uterus of its content. The medical abortion can only be used early in a pregnancy and requires a woman to take a prescribed pill for the first seven weeks of her pregnancy.

Mothers who murder their unborn child in the justification that it is only a potential lifeform that isn’t a life are ignorant or disregarding the life all together. A child’s life starts at the moment of conception and although you can’t hear him or see him, he is doing things a human also does so, he is alive. In the fifth week of gestation,

When it comes to deciding to terminate an abortion, there are many factors that come into play. The motive behind the decision has to do with the mother’s judgment of what is the best fate for their embryo. We all make judgments based on our filters instead of seeing if from a different perspective our biases do not allow for this. That is why many pro-lifers make it seem that the mother is a monster for committing the atrocity of killing this potential child. Pro-life advocates lack to acknowledge that abortions for the most part take place in the first trimester when the baby is not fully developed and has not reached the age of viability. The American Pregnancy Association reports, that the first trimester is called the gestational age and that during this stage a lot of basic growth is occurring. However, most body parts are not yet distinguishable and it is not until the10th week when the embryo ends the embryonic period to begin the fetal period. Thus, when an abortion is being performed the embryo is no bigger than the size of a bean or about 3 inches, and weights about an ounce. However, when advocates for pro-life argue that the fetus or embryo at the end of the day is or will be a human being is

Abortions^are^one of the^many controversial topics within the United States today. As defined by the 2016 Merriam-Webster dictionary, an abortion is, “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28^weeks of pregnancy.” Abortions have and will always be and will probably always be an opinionated topic.^Within^all^of^the controversy, two groups have emerged. These two groups are referred to as pro life and pro choice. According to Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context, those individuals who support pro life believe your life begins at conception, that being the case, abortion in any stage of the pregnancy is murder. They believe that any stage of life is valuable^and the^life of the^unborn baby has the same^rights as the mother. However,^Pro-choice supporters^believe that it is the woman’s right to^choose what she may do^with her own^body.

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.

Abortion is the practice of ending a pregnancy by the causing the death of the human fetus. In 1973, abortion was legalized in the United States because of the famous court case of Roe vs Wade. Roe was a single and pregnant woman who was battling the state of Texas where the law verbalized she was not sanctioned to have an abortion. Roe had won the case and abortion was legalized. Even though millions of abortions have been performed since 1973, the debate over whether it ever should have been legalized is vigorously argued by many Americans, as well as people of many other countries and cultures. The beliefs and opinions of these people are generally divided into two groups, those who call themselves pro-choice and those referring to themselves as pro-life. Pro-life argues that abortion should be legalized without the influence of regime or religion. Pro-life believes that unborn babies are human from the moment of conception and, ergo, abortion is immoral and efficaciously killing inculpable human beings. Albeit each side has valid points to argue, there is the long-term impact for the rights of the mother, the welfare of the child and the impact on society to consider. These factors pellucidly argue that abortion should remain licit and be resolute by the decision of the woman and the woman’s guardian.

As mentioned in the previous paragraph, the procedures used to perform late term abortions are both safe and humane. It should be noted that there are mainly two procedures used, D&E(dilation and evacuation) and D&X (dilation and extraction). To understand why there is much debate about the humaneness of these two procedures, especially the D&X procedure, one has to comprehend what these procedures entail. “D&E is a procedure that may require, if the pregnancy is sufficiently advanced, the use of a forceps to dismember the fetus and extract it in pieces,”(Ballaro). Interestingly enough, this procedure which would seem like the one to cause an uproar is more accepted by the prolife movement than that of the D&X procedure. ”The D&X procedure is when the fetus is removed intact from the womb. It takes two to three days while

Although many people believe that life does not begin at conception, It does. Life begins at conception because although it’s in the mother’s womb, it is still a human; just unborn. Many people would also argue that the unborn have no rights because under the constitution, it’s not yet a legal person. However, around 24-28 weeks the fetus is able to survive outside of the mother’s body. Therefore, It should have the right to be born prematurely rather than aborted (Friedman). In the 2007 court case, it was claimed that the death of a fetus is equal to the death of a women. Making it a double murder in that case. The life of an unborn human should not be decided by someone else and therefore has the right to life. Taking a life away from something that never had the chance to live is basically killing a human because somebody doesn’t want them around. Aborting the baby may sound easy and simple, however just like any other human does, the unborn baby feels pain during the procedure. Bernard N. Nathanson stated that when an abortion is

Abortion has become a huge social issue in America,. But abortion has been a common practice dating back as far as 1821. During this time the laws that were passed made it hard for women to get abortions unless there life was in danger. by 1870 every state had antiabortion laws. Abortion at the time was not a capital crime and majority of the time the women where not prosecuted. As for aborsionest they only received a few years in prison. After the rise of death and injury from clandestine abortions Margret Sanger opened the first u.s. birth control clinic. Her reasons for doing so are from seeing women in a group going into questionable buildings know around the area for back alley abortions. Margret asked one of these women what went on in the buildings and she replied “ A quick examination, a probe inserted into the uterus and turned a few times to disturb the fertilized ovum and then the women was sent home. Usually the flow began next day and often continued for four to five weeks. Sometimes and ambulance carried the victim to the hospital for curettage and if she returned home at all she was look upon as a lucky women”. after opening her birth control clinic Margret was arrested for

Now abortion has become a safe and quick procedure and does not affect neither the mother or the baby life’s that’s what proponents believe “Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures performed in the United States” (‘Should Abortion Be Legal?”). Easy access to abortion could prevent dangerous situations and safeguard the health of a woman. Abortions are less likely to lead to mental health problems. Some women “felt more regret and anger” (“Should Abortion Be Legal?”). The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AMRC) meant that women who denied abortions felt so many emotions. Having access to legal abortions reduces the amounts of injuries and death caused by the unsafe causes of illegal abortions, “back-alley” (“Should Abortion Be Legal?”). Daniel R. Mishell meant that before the abortion was legalized a woman would frequently try to include the abortions by using coat hangers, knitting needles, or radiator flush. Additionally, abortion gives the right to the mother to have a choice on not bringing fetal abnormalities to the full

Abortion is immoral on many standpoints. For anyone that may be without belief in God,

As said on Grolier, “right-to-life movements believe that abortion is morally wrong and should be restricted or prohibited because it ends the life of a human being”. Since 1973 there have been 52 million abortions. Grolier also stated that, “opponents for legalization of abortions believe that human life begins at conception and that abortion is the intentional killing of a human being”. When receiving an abortion they tear the baby to pieces. In the abortion technique dilation and curettage, the cervix is stretched so that the insertion of a loop shaped steel knife can fit, then the baby’s body is cut into bits and taken from the mother’s belly. There was a bad court case in Nebraska in 2000. The baby is delivered alive, feet first until everything is out except for the head and then the abortionist punctures the skull of the baby and removed her brain. The case was denied and said that that method was okay to use. That is just crude and unnecessary, that baby was alive and almost fully developed. The house speaker Steven Tilley said, “When you’ve got a fetus that’s viable to live, I don’t see how anyone can argue that baby should be aborted”. Abortion is punishment to someone who has done nothing wrong and that is why it should be

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.