According to the Centers for Disease Control and the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 89-92% of abortions occur during the first trimester, prior to the sixteenth week of gestation. Majority of these surveyed women claimed that they were aborting their child because they simply weren’t ready to raise a child, and the second most common reason was that they didn’t have the financial means to have a child; which one way or another is synonymous to not being ready. Donald Trump (Pro-Life advocate) argues that there has been an ongoing issue with abortion that needs to be dealt with. Upon the questioning of what should happen to a woman who wishes to abort her baby, but doesn’t meet the “three exceptions”, Trump stated that she should face, “…some form …show more content…
This argument encompasses the idea that abortion is murder, thereby acknowledging a fetus as a person with constitutional rights as a separate individual from his/her mother or as he puts it, “The hidden premise here is that the unborn life, from its conception, constitutes a legal person. Even among those who profess this, however, few adhere to its literal truth. The equation of abortion with murder logically entails its banning in all circumstances – including to save the mother’s life, or to end a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest.” (“Liberty, Logic & Abortion” Pg. 17). The reasoning behind this argument, or at least some individual’s reasoning, is that it is a scientific-fact that a fetus is a human being. However, there is actual scientific evidence that disproves these …show more content…
One word: bullshit. For something to deemed murder(ous), I believe there must be a malevolent motive behind it. I believe one must possess cruel intentions or just be completely disillusioned for their actions to be murder. It’s even seen in nature.
A lot of the time animals will either kill off some of their young or leave them to die as they can’t support so many additional lives on top of their own. Mother bears, canids, primates, many species of rodents and even prairie dogs have all been seen killing off some if not all their offspring for a greater chance of survival.
I believe the fallacy within the argument claiming that a fetus is a human being revolves around the fact that in layman’s terms… we are animals. I think a lot of people forget that. In our most basic sense, when you strop away society, and our level of consciousness…we are animals. That’s saying a fetus in the womb only becomes a ‘human being’ upon stepping foot into this world and ‘signing with their feet’ as some call it. In other words, one needs to consent to the constitution of the given regime they reside in prior to becoming a human being. In the words of Bill Nye, with the logicality of the fetus being a human argument, then is every egg that is fertilized a human being? If so, should the mother/father of the eggs that don’t become a born child be penalized? This argument has many problems within
In this article Jessica Valenti (2015) provides a supporting argument in a pro feminist direction, against the criminalization of women who seek out abortions within the US. As the author explains, women in desperate situations will do whatever they feel is necessary to end a pregnancy when they have decided that is what they want to do. It is necessary to provide support for these women, instead of alienating them further when they are in a vulnerable state.
The United States has been divided now over the issue of abortion for thirty-three years since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade in 1973. As of today, over 45 million legal abortions have been performed in the United States. Pro-choice advocates hold these 45 million abortions as being 45 million times women have exercised their right to choose to get pregnant and to choose to control their own bodies. To pro-life, or anti-abortion, advocates these 45 million abortions constitute 45 million murders, a genocide of human life in the United States propagated by the court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade. The debate over abortion in the United States is thus a debate of two extremes. One side argues from the personal liberty of the mother. The
After he has proven the opposing arguments to be unsound, he begins to focus more on probability as a factor. There is a four out of five chance that a fetus will develop into a baby. If the probability of development were different, there would be a considerable difference in the argument against abortion. He uses the example of shooting at a movement from a bush. If there was only a 200,000,000 to 1 chance of the movement being a human, then shooting would not seem so bad. However, if there was a four out of five chance of it being a human, shooting seems absurd. The same theory of probability applies to abortion. Since there is an 80 percent chance of a baby developing from the fetus, it is morally wrong to harm that fetus without a sufficient reason, such as cancerous uterus or ectopic
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
We have seen a monumental amount of political and social activism coming from Pro-life and Pro-choice proponents in the 25 years following the Supreme Court 's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. Far from settling the issue of a woman 's constitutional right to an abortion, the Roe decision galvanized pro-life and prochoice groups and precipitated many small "battles" in what many on both sides view to be a "war" between fetal protection and women 's access to reproductive choice (Oliveri, 1998). Now, the choice to abort a child in what is now being deemed as “late-term” abortion is something that activists and political leaders are wanting.
In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that an unborn fetus has no constitutional rights until the third trimester. The reasoning being that the fetus is not capable of making decisions on its own (Luhrmann). Though pro-life arguers may bring up the point that an infant and an unborn fetus are equal on the social scale, the difference seen to a pro-choice arguer is that the born infant requires at least very little interaction. The only interaction between a person and the unborn fetus is the mother, who if aborting, would have the power to make the decision (Luhrmann). In 2013, an 11 year old girl became impregnated due to a rape incident. Unlike many females, she said that she wanted to carry through with the pregnancy because she wanted to love the baby and give it life. Although she would deal with the memory of what she went through for the rest of her life, she said she was willing to follow through with it and give the baby what it deserves. Being only 11, President Pinera and many others vouched for her to go through the process of abortion due to the fact that she doesn’t have the mental capacity to make these vital decisions (Gordts). This rings true to any other adolescent who is, or has gone through the same scenario. Just like Pinera, many pro-choice debaters would agree that the decision should be out of her hands due to the fact that she is so young and
Singer attacks the argument by focusing on the first premise, ‘It is wrong to kill an innocent human being.’ None of the previous arguments questioned this premise, but instead focused on the second part or the conclusion that is formed. Singer describes ‘human’ being defined in two ways, either as a member of the Homo sapiens species or as being a person. If we define ‘human’ as being a person, then for a fetus to be categorized in the same way, Singer states that it would need to be rational or self-conscious, neither of which is possible. To categorize it as a Homo sapiens (Refer to P.117, Homo sapiens and why conservative argument based on moral significance). At this point we can see that whether it is categorized as a person or Homo sapiens, both fall short in showing relevance that it is wrong
Many differences of opinion arise in regards to abortion, including the obvious “pro-life or pro-choice” question many people have defiant answers to. Abortion is a topic that most every person has a very strong, firm stance on, resulting in a worldwide debate of the matter. Differences of opinion persist within both movements. “Some pro-life activists may condone abortions in cases of rape or incest, while others take an uncompromising stance, believing that all abortion is murder” (“Abortion”). Most pro-life thinkers state that it is inhumane and immoral to abort a fetus under any circumstance, yet it is very important that the woman has the right to make her own decision based on her situation. If a woman needs to have an abortion, she
In our society, there are many ethical dilemmas that we are faced with that are virtually impossible to solve. One of the most difficult and controversial issues that we are faced with is abortion. There are many strong arguments both for and against the right to have an abortion which are so complicated that it becomes impossible to resolve. The complexity of this issue lies in the different aspects of the argument. The essence of a person, rights, and who is entitled to these rights, are a few of the many aspects which are very difficult to define. There are also issues of what circumstances would justify abortion. Because the issue of abortion is virtually impossible to solve, all one can hope
pregnancy to term because of the effects it will have on their and their child’s well-being. Controversially, most women who opt for abortion are unstable and do not have the means to raise a child. Incidentally,the vast majority of unstable mothers are teenage mothers. According to the CDC, “the U.S. teen pregnancy rate is substantially higher than in other western industrialized nations.” Since the United States has the highest percentage of teenage mothers, their well-being is questionable because they have not yet completed developing themselves. Above all, a mother who cannot take care of themselves, should not have the responsibility to care for another life. In a like manner,
Women in America were awarded the right to have an abortion on January 22, 1973, with a seven to two ruling by the Supreme Court. Forty years later the case is still one that polarizes many Americans. Although the ruling of the court regains supreme of the land, many efforts to suppress a woman’s right to abortion and even efforts to over turn the case have been relentlessly made, but with the recent results of the United States presidential election pro-lifers are closer than ever to accomplishing their goal. Donald J. Trump has said he will do everything in his power to outlaw abortion. And unlike most claims made by Trump, he actually has the power to do so. Trumps rise to power has come at a critical time in our country; the Republican Party currently controls the house of repetitive, senate, the upcoming presidency, and the power to control the supreme court with the vacate seat left by Antonin Scalia, giving them easy access to flat out overturn the verdict on a women’s right to abortion.
Those who support abortion often overuse the claim that every individual has the right to choose and it is unfair to restrict a women’s choice on abortion. Although this claim at first thought may seem to be able to uphold the abuse of abortion, we
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.
Many individuals fail to understand the sheer magnitude of bloodshed, tribulation, and despair legalized abortion has initiated into the human experience – both in the United States and worldwide. Far more human lives have been violently ended by this immoral decision than any other war or genocide in history. It is one of the most controversial issues in today’s society. Abortion is the intentional decision to murder a human fetus by chemical, medical or surgical procedures. Those who support the rights of abortion argue that women should be able to decide what can be done to their bodies, yet the unborn baby inside a woman is a living being, and terminating that pregnancy is the equivalent of murder. These innocent children should not be held responsible for your mistakes. Don’t terminate pregnancy now, because you may not have children in the future at all.
Murder is often defined as the killing of one human being by another. Most societies consider murder to be the most serious crime that is righteous of the harshest and