To their understanding an abortion is a killing of an innocent human being and this individual has a fundamental right to life, which needs to be protected (Abortion ProCon.org.). Pro-Life supporters believe that fetuses can feel pain during the abortion procedure, which is inhuman. They also believe that with abortion being legal women would use it as a form of contraception. These supporters believe that the legalization of abortion sends a message that human life has little value (Abortion ProCon.org.). These were just some reasons that Pro-Life supporters fight for abortion to be
He claims that abortion advocates find a slim margin to dictate when a fetus becomes a human. This criteria for pro-choice believers is “…only persons have the right to life seems evident enough. Furthermore, because fetuses are neither rational nor possess the capacity to communicate in complex ways nor posses a concept of self that continues through time, no fetus is a person.”(206,II,B) He challenges this concept by comparing its requirements to that of an infant, or a mentally challenged individual. Marquis then presents the reoccurring argument of his “FLO”
Pro-life supporters, on the other hand, believe that the unborn child has the right to life, and that abortion unlawfully takes away that right. If we take away the woman’s right to chose, will we begin limiting her other rights also? Or, if we keep abortion legal, are we devaluing human life? There is no easy answer to these questions. Both sides present strong, logical arguments.
In the simplest terms, abortion can be boiled down to two opposing sides. But before one can explore the sides to the argument, it must first be established exactly what abortion is defined as. Marquis states that abortion is any “action intended to bring about the death of a fetus for the sake of the woman who carries it,” (LaFollette 137). Those who argue for Pro-life state that abortion is immoral on the basis that the fetus is considered a human being from the moment conception. Notable philosophers like Marquis identify as pro-life because of their views of the personhood of the fetus while Warren identifies as pro-choice.
Partial-birth abortions, abortions in the third trimester, and the recent “day-after” or RU-486 pill now add a new aspect to the issue. Partial-birth abortions and abortions in the third trimester are exceedingly controversial. In these procedures it doesn’t involve the expulsion of an embryo, but it involves the actual termination of a fetus from a womb. It has been outlawed in the United States a result of numerous outraged pro-life advocates and some pro-choice who found it to be utterly inhumane. The RU-486 is said to be no more controversial than any other aspect of an abortion.
One of the most ethical controversial issues being debated now in United States is whether late- term abortion should be banned or not. Most people argued that it is proper to ban late-term abortion. They believe that it is un-ethical and a murder of an unborn child not a right of freedom of choice. It is an immoral act and violates the social and religious norms. On the other hand some people argued that late-term abortion should not be banned because it is necessary to terminate a fetus when the life of the woman is in danger as a result of complicated pregnancy; or when pregnancy result from incest or rape and the woman may be late in finding out that she is pregnant.
This analogy however, is only applicable in the case of a pregnancy due to rape and is otherwise a disanalogy. Secondly, I will present Don Marquis’ “future likes ours” argument. Marquis argues that abortion deprives a foetus of future experiences is akin to a pre-mature human being’s death. For Marquis, abortion is just as wrong as murdering a human being. Marquis states that “The future of a standard foetus includes a set of experiences, projects, activities, and such which are identical with the futures of adult human beings and are identical with the futures of young children.” Marquis further adds that “it is wrong to kill human beings after the time of birth is a reason that also applies to foetuses, it follows that abortion is prima facie morally wrong.” Marquis remarks that killing deprives humans and foetuses the value of their future.
Saying this though, I would never ask someone who I have impregnated to get an abortion. But I can see with some people it would be the only way out. If the mother was raped or could not support the baby with any kind of a decent life then the more humane thing to do would be to get an abortion. There is the argument of if it would be better to carry out the birth and give the baby up to orphanages and adoption but the toll that would take on the mother to give up her baby after actually seeing it would be immense. We cannot judge about people who have either undergone abortions or thinking about because we do not know what kind of life they actually have and what they could be going through.
I believe that abortion is wrong because you are killing a being that would have a future like ours; additionally you are causing pains and sufferings for yourself that you have to go through for a few days. Absolutists who look at each situation relatively, such as Roman Catholics apply their knowledge to the sanctity of life, and strongly believe that life begins when an egg is fertilised by a sperm and all babies have a soul from the moment of conception. Nevertheless if you abort a foetus then you are contradicting the Ten Commandments ‘’ do not murder’’ as you are murdering a human, as abortion is artificially ending the life of a foetus of the womb. In spite of that you are allowed to abort only if the mother is in risk of dying. Relativist like Church of England teaches that abortion is only acceptable in exceptional circumstances such as a mother’s life is at risk.
Its appalling 98% of abortions are murder because they are unplanned they do have condoms and other contraceptives out here. So for me I am against abortion I am Pro-Life thought I would choose Pro-Choice, but at these rates I say No to abortion.