Abortion: A Pro-Choice Perspective
Few issues can incite heated debate like abortion, and the topic is a part of many social and political arguments, over the last 40 years. In 1973, in a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court that established the decision of Roe v. Wade. By enacting this law, it gave thousands of women a broader range of choices when faced with a pregnancy, based on individual circumstances, protecting their reproductive rights. Today, there has been a change in the dynamics, leaving those who stand on both sides of the issue, unsatisfied with the current laws of abortion. Based on the theory established by W.D. Ross, there are several “prima facie duties,” or binding obligations that we can look to for that tell …show more content…
The biggest weaknesses of pluralism are mainly, allow the opportunity to create and manage social decisions, due to so many different views, and focuses on institutional powers rather than service. Another issue is that our society has become fragmented because we struggle with so many viewpoints making legal and social decisions hard to manage. Due to there being so many competing groups, there can be a tendency to focus too much on conflict, and not enough focus on solutions. Too many times the issue of what defines a person (personhood) has clouded the understanding of …show more content…
Special interest groups will always want to take their side as the just side, but what justice is there for the women who must literally carry the burden of motherhood, even when it is not her choice to. The most important thing for women’s rights is to first preserve their rights, their right to pursue life at their choosing, make their own medical choices, and educate one another to help create better choices and options. Without giving women their basic, fundamental rights, we set women’s rights back by 50 years. A few pages are not enough to discuss the complex argument because there are just too many factors, but from a pluralist point of view, it can really work either way, with no side ever
Few issues can incite heated debate like abortion, and the topic is a part of many social and political arguments, over the last 40 years. In 1973, in a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court that established the decision of Roe v. Wade. By enacting this law, it gave thousands of women a broader range of choices when faced with a pregnancy, based on individual circumstances, protecting their reproductive rights. Today, there has been a change in the dynamics, leaving those who stand on both sides of the issue, unsatisfied with the current laws of abortion. Based on the theory established by W.D. Ross, there are several “prima facie duties,” or binding obligations that we can look to for that tell …show more content…
The biggest weaknesses of pluralism are mainly, allow the opportunity to create and manage social decisions, due to so many different views, and focuses on institutional powers rather than service. Another issue is that our society has become fragmented because we struggle with so many viewpoints making legal and social decisions hard to manage. Due to there being so many competing groups, there can be a tendency to focus too much on conflict, and not enough focus on solutions. Too many times the issue of what defines a person (personhood) has clouded the understanding of …show more content…
Special interest groups will always want to take their side as the just side, but what justice is there for the women who must literally carry the burden of motherhood, even when it is not her choice to. The most important thing for women’s rights is to first preserve their rights, their right to pursue life at their choosing, make their own medical choices, and educate one another to help create better choices and options. Without giving women their basic, fundamental rights, we set women’s rights back by 50 years. A few pages are not enough to discuss the complex argument because there are just too many factors, but from a pluralist point of view, it can really work either way, with no side ever