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