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She also claims that the antiabortionists are fighting against the rights of women and the ability of free choice. McElroy’s argument for abortion wasn’t convincing and most of the claims presented needed more support. I believe that abortion should be illegal unless in some special cases such as rape and situations where the mother’s health can be affect by the pregnancy. The main issue of abortion is the fetus’ life. It all comes down to when it become a human.
Warren beings her argument by acknowledging that abortion “…usually entails the death of a fetus. ( Social and Personal Ethics: The Moral Status Of Abortion, Marry Anne Warren, Page 109)” Shockingly enough, at least to many individuals, Warren still holds firm that safe abortion is both morally permissible and under no circumstance should be illegal. Warren recognizes that it is almost futile to argue with those who believe that abortion is equivalent to murder unless it is argued that fetuses to not have the same right to life as other human beings. She does this by
Now the big question is what percentage of all pregnancies end in abortion and that is Twenty-two percent. Two facts that may surprise you are Fifty-four percent of women using a form of contraceptive had an abortion and that 0.4% of annual abortions were from girls younger than fifteen. This cite seems very credible because they cover any stat you can think of. They have a very reliable looking website and received this information from a reputable institute. The reason this is important to my research is because it gives me number to go off of when looking at what race has more abortions or how many happen in a year and at what age women receive an abortion most the
Many of the arguments made by the pro-life team take a moral, ethical, or religious standpoint in their persuasion of others. In order for us to gain a more objective look at the debate with real-world pros and cons, the moral, ethical, and/or religious arguments will not be covered. Abortion has been a topic of controversy in America for almost two hundred years. The earliest known instance of conflict occurred in 1821 when Connecticut outlawed the selling of poisons used to induce abortion in women (Abortion ProCon.org). In 1845, New York began the trend of slapping legal consequences for women who have abortions.
General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to think twice before making the decision to take the life of an unborn child. Central Idea: Although convenient, abortions are cruel and inhumane alternatives to pregnancy. Introduction Abortion is one of the most controversial and important topics of our generation. The number of people that choose to have an abortion is a growing problem but it could be improved through awareness. I know that no one wants to have an unplanned pregnancy but what if one day you found yourself in that very situation.
Discarded “Abortion is the question of choice” (Robert Casey), abortion is a difficult subject, that questions our morality and our ethics, concerning mainly our individual religious and political standpoints. These standpoints can be considered invalid and carry little to no weight on their own, such as verses from the Bible “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb” (The Bible, Jeremiah 1:5). Although many believe in biblical verses and preachings as solid facts, and remain ignorant to the bigger picture. Nonetheless, abortion isn't all black and white, many scientists and researchers also believe abortion is unethical. In the documentary Lake of Fire, one can see the battle between pro life and pro choice views on abortion.
Pro-life is the opposing argument to pro-choice, and that abortions should be made illegal like in Northern Ireland unless the mother’s life is at serious risk. Many Religions have the traditional view that abortion is a sin. It is argued that if a teenager becomes pregnant and has an abortion they may come to regret this in later life, because at the time they were only a minor. The argument for Pro-life is a choice by people who feel that it is wrong to take a man life, weather that human has been born or not is irrelevant. Abortion is seen as no different to murder.
“The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me?” (Teresa) Being Pro-life or Pro-choice is an option everyone has, there are many factors that help once decide between the two and there are some who just can’t decide. Although, abortion is legal why should anyone be allowed to determine when to end another human beings life is unethical, a crime and overall just cruel. After on January 22, 1973 at the court of Roe vs Wade it was decided that the termination of pregnancy became a legal decision any woman could take. Although, there is not a single law stating that abortion is a crime, if a pregnant woman was to be killed the court of law would consider it a double homicide. How does one person determine if another dies?
In cases where the woman is unable to care for the child either; financially, emotionally, or mentally, she may feel that the abortion is morally acceptable. Other instances such as the child may have been conceived as the result of rape or by an abusive partner may also be morally right to get an abortion from the mothers view. Therefore, if a woman feels that having the child would be wrong the philosophy of