The debate over abortion rages on as one of the most controversial issues present today; individuals choose sides, labeling themselves as pro-choice or pro-life. Activists fight for what they believe on both sides, some fighting for more protection of women’s reproductive rights on the pro-choice side, others fighting for the limitation of the right to abortion on the pro-life side. Advocates and subsequently movements on both sides have fought each other since the first legislation on abortion in the 1800s. Lobbyists, angered by what they perceive as unjust killings of unborn babies as well as due to their religious beliefs, formed pro-life movements, responding to the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of abortion. The church as well as various
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Individuals object to abortion for a plethora of different reasons, mainly because they view abortion as the murder of an innocent child. A large fraction of the population holds pro-life views, as according to a 2003 survey of women nation-wide conducted by the Center for Gender Equality, a majority of women are pro-life (Ruse). Although anti-abortionists’ reasonings differ, most who are pro-life feel that way because they see abortion as murder. Writer Lynn-nore Chittom elucidates this crux of the anti-abortion position: “Abortion is a deadly and dangerous procedure. In every abortion the life of an innocent, unborn baby is knowingly ended” (Chittom). Describing abortion …show more content…
In fact, the anti-abortion movement is only getting bigger. The number of pro-life supporters grew in 2011 due to the “rise in opposition to abortion in young people. The under-30 cohort was the most pro-choice in the 1970s… Now they’re ‘markedly less pro-choice’ than any other age group” (Barnes). There has been a tectonic shift in the younger generations since the 1970s, which is invaluable for the pro-life group. Instead of having the image of old men opposing abortion, the movement now has the image of young women fighting for life, which gives the movement a new sense of vitality, causing it to not die out. Next, the pro-life movement has a new upper hand over the pro-choice movement, as the Susan B. Anthony List explains: “Thanks in part to sonogram technology, developments in the field of fetology, and the exposure of the grim reality of abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood, a growing majority of Americans now consider themselves ‘pro-life’” (“The Growing Majority”). A major cause of the influx of supporters of the pro-life groups is due to the increase in science technology because the fetuses can actually be seen in the womb. By adding a human quality to embryos and fetuses through new medical technology, the deliberative facet of the pro-life movement has an upper hand in convincing
Individuals object to abortion for a plethora of different reasons, mainly because they view abortion as the murder of an innocent child. A large fraction of the population holds pro-life views, as according to a 2003 survey of women nation-wide conducted by the Center for Gender Equality, a majority of women are pro-life (Ruse). Although anti-abortionists’ reasonings differ, most who are pro-life feel that way because they see abortion as murder. Writer Lynn-nore Chittom elucidates this crux of the anti-abortion position: “Abortion is a deadly and dangerous procedure. In every abortion the life of an innocent, unborn baby is knowingly ended” (Chittom). Describing abortion …show more content…
In fact, the anti-abortion movement is only getting bigger. The number of pro-life supporters grew in 2011 due to the “rise in opposition to abortion in young people. The under-30 cohort was the most pro-choice in the 1970s… Now they’re ‘markedly less pro-choice’ than any other age group” (Barnes). There has been a tectonic shift in the younger generations since the 1970s, which is invaluable for the pro-life group. Instead of having the image of old men opposing abortion, the movement now has the image of young women fighting for life, which gives the movement a new sense of vitality, causing it to not die out. Next, the pro-life movement has a new upper hand over the pro-choice movement, as the Susan B. Anthony List explains: “Thanks in part to sonogram technology, developments in the field of fetology, and the exposure of the grim reality of abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood, a growing majority of Americans now consider themselves ‘pro-life’” (“The Growing Majority”). A major cause of the influx of supporters of the pro-life groups is due to the increase in science technology because the fetuses can actually be seen in the womb. By adding a human quality to embryos and fetuses through new medical technology, the deliberative facet of the pro-life movement has an upper hand in convincing