“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?
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.
They provide evidence for the idea that life starts at conception with biblical quotes like "the days ordained to me were written in your book before one even came to be" and "your eyes saw my unformed body" suggesting that our personhood in God's view starts at as soon as the egg is fertilised. With that in mind, one of the ten commandments: "thou shalt not kill" would apply strongly to foetuses, and this is why many Catholics believe abortion is wrong under all circumstances. As for the societal implication, Christians could argue that allowing abortion could lead to a lesser respect for human life in general, which is disrespectful to God who gave us the divine gift of life. From the perspective of Joseph Fletcher's situation ethics, abortion can be seen as unacceptable in many cases where the amount of agape love is not maximised. This could mean in cases where the mother could look after the child comfortably with love and care but chooses not to out of selfishness instead (one of the four functioning principles: pragmatism, would need to be applied to decide).
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.
Abortion ends a pregnancy by destroying and disposing of the developing child. It stops the beating of an innocent child's heart, which has already begun to beat after a mere 18-25 days after conception. Most abortions occur between 6-10 weeks. At this time in the baby's life all parts of the brain and spinal cord are formed, the heart pumps blood to every part of the body, the whole body is sensitive to touch, and facial expressions are made. A common argument for those who are known as being “pro-choice,” is that it cannot be considered murder due to the fact that the fetus is not “living” and cannot be labeled as an actual human being until it reaches the point of viability (when a baby can survive outside of the womb) which is typically at around twenty four weeks, and therefore have no rights to protect; pro-life advocates believe the opposite.
A Defense of Abortion Pregnancy is how human being carries out offspring. As the time goes on, people invent abortion for women who don’t want the fetuses in their uteruses. Abortion is killing the fetus by the pregnant woman’s will. A lot people think that abortion is immoral. In many people minds, fetus is a human being who has the right to survive.
R.S REVISION- ABORTION Roman Catholic Church "Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception; abortion and infanticide are the most abominable of crimes." Second Vatican Council, Encyclical Gaudium et Spes Abortion is always wrong. Life begins at conception (or at the very least we cannot be certain that it doesn't), therefore abortion is murder. The unborn child is a sacred human life; it deserves the same respect as any other human being. Even in the case of rape, the RC Church does not support abortion - the foetus would be paying for someone else’s crime.
Higher the Bar for Abortion Rights Jessica Hawkins Composition Class Instructor Jodie Brown Due September 29th, 2012 The United States of America should higher the bar for Abortion. A woman should not be allowed to kill her unborn baby under just any circumstance. An estimated 115,000 babies are killed every day due to Abortion Rights. (Loxafamosity Ministries, 2012) Though abortion is illegal in most states it’s still being done. As a country we all need to agree that under certain cases abortion should be considered, but other than that it’s homicide.
This characteristic of non-commitment that is symbolic of so many aspects of modern day life has led certain individuals to reject a fetus under the credence that it in itself is not a person, and therefore is not entitled to the rights any other individual can receive. On the other side victims of rape, incest, and molestation rightfully assert that to carry the fetus to term would prove impossible. Certain women due to medical conditions or threats to health state that delivering the baby would be equivalent to forfeiting their own lives. There are yet other factions who practice sex selective abortions and abort children based on their gender; this is commonly practices in countries such as India & China and where in the value of a male child that of a female child exceeds. This is not only a repulsive form of discrimination but it skews the gender ratios that present enormous problems for future generations.
The simple fact that these young rape victims can potentially get impregnated by the aggressor, is quite disgusting on its own. Surely the mother