The Right To Life : Abortion : Right Or Wrong?

One of the first moral issues addressed by both sides of the abortion debate concerns a pregnant woman’s so-called natural “right” to make “reproductive choices.” (“The Rights of Pregnant Women”) Anti-abortion advocacy groups claim that “the only way to actually protect the mother’s rights will be by enforcing laws that secure her child’s right to life,” (“Argument 2”) whereas pro-abortion groups contend that these laws “create a dangerous precedent for wide-ranging government intrusion into the lives of all women.” (“The Rights”) With two fundamentally contrasting viewpoints at odds with each other, it is apparent that one of the core issues concurrent with abortion is a woman’s rights versus the rights of her unborn fetus.

While parts of both may be true, both cannot stand side by side as completely true when discussing abortion. As they stand today, fetus rights and female rights are incompatible in arena of abortion. Even the “other side” agrees that the two cannot stand shoulder to shoulder. In a chapter entitled “Abortion Does Not Violate Human Rights”, Christian Beenfeldt quotes Brian McKinely when claiming that female rights have a higher precedence than fetus rights: “It’s actually quite simple. You cannot have two entities with equal rights occupying one body. One will automatically have veto power over the other.” So one question remains, which more important, fetus rights or female rights? The winner of this question can be decided by one simple factor: is the fetus to be considered a true, living human being at the point of conception, or does true human life not begin until after birth? A clarification should be made here, however. In this paper it will be assumed that everyone involved in this debate considers a newborn child to be a human being. That is, at the moment of birth, a child either becomes a human being or continues to be a human being; regardless of the fetus’s life state before birth, it will be assumed that all agree that birth “confirms”, so to speak, the life and human existence of the newborn.

Abortion has been a highly debated topic in the United States for many years. Contrary to the belief of some people, life begins at conception when a sperm fertilizes an egg according to Princeton University’s Margerie England. If life begins at conception, abortion should be considered murder. How can society permit the taking of a precious human life without consequences? An astonishing 1.06 million babies were killed in the United States alone in 2011. This major issue must be talked about no matter how uncomfortable it may be. Nearly every American will be affected, almost always negatively, by abortion sometime in their life. Abortion should be illegal and the Roe v. Wade court case should be overturned.

For many years, abortion has been a controversial issue that has led the American government to attempt to solve, what seems to be, an everlasting debate. In 1973, the Supreme Court case “Roe v. Wade” ruled that it is a fundamental right to terminate a pregnancy before fetal viability. It was believed to protect the woman’s health and the potential life of the fetus. This case verdict also prohibited states from banning abortion and ruled that it is a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy.

Among all the issues that have been fought for or against in the United States, abortion may be one of the most popular issues that Americans are passionate about. Abortion is defined as the removal of the embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. Thousands of abortions take place every single day, and yet public opinion remains at a standstill as to whether or not abortion is ethical. Everyone holds different opinions on abortion. The proponents believe that it is the women’s private right to determine the future of the baby in her body. On the other hand, the opponents think a woman does not have the right to decide whether the person that she gives birth should live or die. They believe that life begins at conception. In fact, a person’s stance on the issue is often determined by how he views the fetus: a part of the mother’s body or as a human being. I am an opponent, and I believe abortion is murder. Also, abortion should not be legal because it harms women’s health, affects intimate relationship, and women do not have the right to decide the baby’s right to live or die.

Each year there are roughly 6 million pregnancies in the U.S., with 20% resulting in the termination of the fetus, or abortion in other terms. Mathematically, that is estimated to be 1.2 million babies that have no hope for a future outside the womb (American Pregnancy). Everyone has a right to life; this right is exercised in many parts of the American life, namely the Declaration of Independence (The Abortion Controversy 113-116). Therefore, the United States’ federal government should go to greater lengths to prohibit these so called ‘abortions’ in every case, regardless of the situation. It matters not what the women who get these abortions think, and it matters to many that this is looked upon to be immoral (Guttmacher, The Abortion

While the pro-life vs. pro-choice presents a controversial topic in America, the purpose of this essay is to demonstrate that the life of a child is vital to protect. The citizens of the United States have been divided throughout recent years because of their opinions on abortion. Many people believe that since a woman has to deal with the pregnancy and birth then they should have the right to make a decision on whether they should keep the baby or not. Others such as myself believe that although it’s a woman’s body they do not have the right to decide the fate of an unborn, innocent human being.

Each day throughout our world, medical professionals suction thousands of babies from their mothers’ wombs through a procedure called abortion. The law protects and provides consent to both the mother and the medical professionals for these procedures. However, the babies seemingly have no right to protection or life themselves because of the argument regarding when a fetus is determined be human and have life. Pro-life author, Sarah Terzo, in a LifeSiteNews.com article, relays the following testimony supporting this from a medical student upon witnessing his first abortion, “Rejected by their mothers and regarded as medical waste by their killers, society allows these babies to die silently, with no recognition or acknowledgment of their

Approximately 1.6 million murders are committed legally each year. While the mutilated bodies of the victims lay waiting in infested dumpsters to be hauled off to a landfill, the murderers are in their offices waiting for their next patient. This is the murder of an innocent child by a procedure known as abortion. Abortion stops the beating of an innocent child’s heart. People must no longer ignore the scientific evidence that life begins at the moment of conception. People can no longer ignore the medical and emotional problems an abortion causes women. People must stop denying the facts about the procedure, and start hearing the silent screams of unborn children. The argument by the pro-abortion

Firstly, abortion kills the innocent lives of babies. In America, about 1.21 million abortions occur a year (National center of health). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3,952,841 babies are born a year. The life of every unborn baby is in jeopardy, he or she either gets the opportunity to live or he or she’s life ends. “There is no ethical defense for killing someone who is innocent, no matter how great the inconvenience to another person may be”. (Wayne Wilkins) People believe that aborting a baby won’t harm or cause pain to the unborn fetus; it’s the destruction of a conception. The power to end one’s life should be in no one’s hands.

Abortion is the purposeful termination of a fetus, either naturally or medically (Abortion 2). In this instance, an unborn fetus perishes either through natural causes such as a miscarriage, or by medically induced methods (McFall 188). Medically induced methods are the most controversial of the two because a mother cannot control the natural circumstances of abortion, but medically induced methods are controllable and mothers hold full responsibility for ending their unborn child’s life. The question in examination is, why is abortion legal if a fetus is being denied a life? Supporters believe abortion is the right of a woman; however, abortion dismisses the fetus a well-deserved life that every human being occupies the right to (Pros 3). Pro-life supporters view medicinal induced abortions as a form of murder because a well-deserved life is being denied (Three Reasons 2). Abortions performed by medically induced methods should be prohibited because abortion is a form of murder, it violates religious beliefs, and children should not be permitted to receive punishment for the rape of their mother.

Abortion continues to be a controversial issue long beyond the U.S. Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade. Although the Supreme Court ruled abortion to be a basic right, there are still many who contest this decision. Those in favor of abortion, defend their view based on their belief that the government should not hold control over a woman’s right to her body. Yet those against abortion, also known as “pro-life”, claim that a life begins upon the fertilization of an embryo; thus maintaining abortion procedures are murdering innocent children. In order to decide if abortion is morally correct or incorrect, one must examine when a life truly beings, and if aborting a fetus accurately constitutes murder. This essay examines when a life is considered to

On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in the landmark case Roe v. Wade, that states could not restrict the right for a woman to have an abortion. Although more than forty years have passed, the controversy surrounding abortion rages on. Many different arguments are used in order to attack or defend abortion. It’s important to look at each of these from as objective of a lens a possible to keep bias, while unavoidable, to a minimum. Essentially each side of this argument boils their points down to be as follows, abortion should be included in a woman’s constitutional right to privacy, while the other side relentlessly argues that abortion is murder. What this says is that the side for abortion doesn’t see the unborn child as a person with equal rights to the mother, while the side against abortion feels that the unborn child in fact has the rights of any person including that of the mother. There are many areas where this argument can be taken obviously, but right now the point that really needs to be evaluated is just this. Is a human being’s fetus a person with the same rights as any other person, or does a pregnant woman have power over the life of the fetus inside of her? This question is not a straight forward one, but the answer boils down to be that based on the necessary requirements to be considered an individual person, the developing embryo inside of a woman does not meet the sufficient conditions to be classified as a person. In order to come to

A long on-going subject that has been greatly debated in our society is abortion. Many people argue that because the baby in the mother’s womb is not alive, aborting him or her is not considered a murder. However, others say that as the baby’s heart and brain are the first things to develop, the baby is technically alive and killing it would be a murder. As soon as the baby has a heartbeat, it has life. Abortion has many characteristics of a murder, including the killing of one human being by another, it’s unethical, and it is done without the consent of the person.

I agree with your position on abortion. I believe that it is not right to terminate a life. Even if the child is made up of one cell or is a mass of cells, it is a life in progress. There was a girl who attended my high school that almost lost her life because her mom thought about aborting her. Obviously her mom did not, but if she did then she would not be here. In reality, she did not have the choice to live or not. Whether a person is a child in a womb or a teen in high school, it is their life and not anyone else’s. It does not matter if the child is in a stomach. The mom and child have two separate lives. These unborn babies should have a right to live and not have to suffer at the choices of an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy. There are