Abortion is one of today’s most contested moral issues, with many anti-abortionists taking an absolutist stand on the basis of the sanctity of innocent human life and the personhood of the unborn child, and many feminists taking an opposing stand on the basis of a woman’s right to choose and her right to personal bodily autonomy. “Abortion is a unique moral dilemma. There is widespread concern …show more content…
Government officials made a bill that supports the act of abortion. “The terms is called Pro‐choice and Pro‐life were coined in the United States in the context of a heated national debate about the legalization of abortion(Credo). The term Pro‐choice is a campaign to support women's rights politically and socially. The term Pro-life is on the opposing side where the government has a say to all human life. “Abolishing abortion is not the end goal. The end goal is that every human being has equal protection under the law(Authorstumblr).” Many government officials want to please both sides to the party by protecting women's right as well as the rights to all …show more content…
“We know that at least 1-5% of sexual assaults results in pregnancy. In 2008, the Supreme Court of California upheld that pregnancy resulting from rape constitutes great bodily injury(ESV). Women feel that do not wanna carry a child that shares the DNA of the raper. There also women that can not take of a child at the age they are raped. “If after exploring all of her options, a victim of any form of sexual violence decides that she cannot go through with a pregnancy resulting from the crime, we should not add any hurdles or barriers to the process(ESV).” How is that a crime some might