Essay On Abortion Pro Life

Abortion is a highly controversial subject in today 's community. The main issue of the subject is whether or not a fetus constitutes as a living thing before it is born. Those who oppose are pro-choice, those who agree, are pro-life. Those who are against abortion feel that since the fetus is a life, it is entitled to the rights as every other human being and that the mother of the child has no authority to take those rights away. Those who are for abortion believe that the mother has the right to do whatever she may please with her body, including the actions she commits when the mother is pregnant. Since the mid 1800’s women have fought for their basic rights; including the rights to their own bodies. In the constitution it states that we all have the right to privacy which includes the privacy of our own bodies is when a woman is pregnant it is still her body. Is the position of pro-life just another way to control and …show more content…
She has already had a chance at living so she should sacrifice herself for her child. Since it is perceived that a fetus has a heartbeat at 18 weeks after conception, pro-life individuals consider the child to be its own representative. They feel that the mother of the child is just a carrier until the child is born; but until then the child should be unharmed while in the womb. Pro-life individuals feel that because the child can “think”, “feel”, and “learn” while it is in the womb, it has the right to its own life. This is understandable because if it can be proven that a fetus is a person, you can see the standpoint of pro-life and although it is incapable of speaking for itself it should continue to live and grow. The reason or circumstances of how the child was conceived is irrelevant because the child did not ask to be conceived, it happened, so the mother should continue to take care of