The Pros And Cons Of 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.

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.

The conflict over abortion has been a widely debated topic for many years and is largely at the forefront of discussions in past and current political debates. There are two main views to the discussion of abortion, the first being a pro-choice view and the second being pro-life. Some support a woman’s right to choose abortion, while others think the right to life is more important than a woman’s right to make a decision about her own body. There are many people who are in fact in the middle of the issue, and support abortion on a situation basis. There are instances where a person can tend to be unsure of their view until the situation has been explained and the individual can take their own and social morality into consideration as there can be certain circumstances that could sway the viewpoint of this individual. But for the purpose of this discussion I am going to be focusing on with you the view of being on one side of the fence as opposed to being in the middle. There is a large debate within the subject of abortion over when one believes human life begins. Pro-lifers believe that life begins at contraception, whereas those who are pro-choice tend to think of it as when the actual personhood of an individual begins as to be able to justify their reasoning for supporting abortion. It is easy to understand both sides on this view point, but another consideration to take into account is a woman’s right to choose and be able to make decisions about her own body and well

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.

In the 45th Federalist Papers, James Madison wrote, “the powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite.” In 1973, the Roe v. Wade ruling legalized abortion based on the constitutional right to privacy. This ruling declared abortion a right protected by the federal government as dictated by the Supremacy clause in Article VI of the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court's assertion of unlimited access to abortion as a federal concern violates states’ rights as it was wrongfully justified. Evidence offered by the fourteenth amendment, various court cases pertaining to abortion, and several philosophical arguments from renowned professors support the shift of the decision from federal to state power. Medical necessity is the only exception in which an individual should be granted unrestricted access to abortion.

Abortion is a very controversial topic that not everyone can speak freely about without getting offended or offending others’ personal views and beliefs. Before 1973 abortion was illegal unless the mother’s life depended on that of the abortion. Women had to go through unsafe and unprofessional means to have an abortion preformed. It wasn’t until 1973, when The U.S Supreme Court sided with Roe, in Roe v. Wade. In the words of Planned Parenthood, “… the court recognized for the first time that the constitutional right to privacy “is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.” (Roe v. Wade, 1973) Pro-choice allows women to have a voice, the power to choose and the opportunity to for once decide for themselves. For the most part abortions take place in the first trimester, adoption is not always an alternative and in some cases of rape or incest an abortion is called for. This is why pro-choice should not be over turned despite what pro-lifers advocate.

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.

Abortion is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, informed by the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments. Supreme Court views abortion as a “privacy right” and a “liberty claim”. In the 1973 landmark case Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court applied this constitutional principle of privacy and liberty to a woman's ability to terminate pregnancy. Basically everyone should get to have certain rights such as privacy to have an abortion without anyone finding out. The pros of having a “Privacy abortion” is nobody needs to know your story unless you tell them. Reproductive choice empowers women by giving them control over their own bodies giving them right or wrong. Women who receive abortions are less likely to suffer mental health problems

Voluntary abortion is one of the most controversial topics in the real world. Abortion is that act of removing a fetus/embryo out the womb of a woman. Many philosophers have developed their arguments for and against this certain issue. Don Marquis and Judith Thompson express their views through very extensive measures. After considering several sides, it is to conclude that abortion is an act of misfortune premature death; the deprivation of a natural lifespan and future.

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.

Before 1973, individual states had been allowed to decide whether their state was pro-life or pro-choice. Eventually, abortion became legal in the United States. Although legalized, there still remain multiple valid reasons why abortion should not be legal. With the medical complications that come with abortion and the argument that is it or is it not murder, abortion is one of the most controversial topics of our era. Since life is given at the time of conception, abortion is an irresponsible decision because of carelessness which results in emotional, physical, and relational problems and violates civil rights.

Despite people's beliefs and opinions about abortion, there has been vast scientific research according whether abortion is or is not murder. People have little understanding of what actually occurs during the process when pregnant. In fact, when it comes to gathering data by non scientific researchers, most will say that abortion is all evil and should be illegal. Questions such as: When does life begin, what is a human being, and what is considered murder? Many have different opinions when it comes to these topics. We conducted several surveys based off of people’s personal feelings about abortion during the first trimester and integrated it. Importantly, this research acknowledges scientific research, people with the knowledge and understanding

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

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.

Abortions happen daily, regardless of if people agree or disagree. There are a lot of people out there that argue whether it is ethically okay to abort an unborn child; many people even bring up religion in the deciding factor. What if the person who needs one isn't religious or has a good reason for not being able to carry a child? Some women cannot financially afford to have a child, or can't physically go through the pain of having birth.