Abortion
Thiroux and Krasemann point out that “for over four decades abortion has been the most divisive moral and social issue in the United States. In the 1973 landmark case of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that abortion constituted a “fundamental right” of women. Essentially the ruling allowed a woman the right to decide what to do with her own body up to the time the fetus attained viability. Restrictions to abortion rights could then come into play because at that point of fetal development, there is a competing right to life. This issue continues to strike deep emotional responses, and ongoing debate centers on moral issues and philosophical arguments of important human concern.” [1]
An argument for abortion is that a woman …show more content…
Maureen Condic, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, explains that the “most primitive response to pain, the spinal reflex,” is developed by eight weeks gestation, and adds that “There is universal agreement that pain is detected by the fetus in the first trimester.” [8] Bernard N. Nathanson, MD, the late abortion doctor who renounced his earlier work and became a pro-life activist, stated that when an abortion is performed on a 12-week-old fetus, “We see [in an ultrasound image] the child’s mouth open in a silent scream…This is the silent scream of a child threatened imminently with extinction.” …show more content…
The legalization of abortion sends a message that human life has little value. Pope Francis condemned “the throwaway culture” in January 2014, stating that “what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as ‘unnecessary’. For example, it is frightful even to think there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day…” [17] House Representative Randy Hultgren (R-IL) wrote in January 2014 that “When we tell one another that abortion is okay, we reinforce the idea that human lives are disposable, that we can throw away anything or anyone that inconveniences us.”
Thiroux and Krasemann point out that “for over four decades abortion has been the most divisive moral and social issue in the United States. In the 1973 landmark case of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that abortion constituted a “fundamental right” of women. Essentially the ruling allowed a woman the right to decide what to do with her own body up to the time the fetus attained viability. Restrictions to abortion rights could then come into play because at that point of fetal development, there is a competing right to life. This issue continues to strike deep emotional responses, and ongoing debate centers on moral issues and philosophical arguments of important human concern.” [1]
An argument for abortion is that a woman …show more content…
Maureen Condic, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, explains that the “most primitive response to pain, the spinal reflex,” is developed by eight weeks gestation, and adds that “There is universal agreement that pain is detected by the fetus in the first trimester.” [8] Bernard N. Nathanson, MD, the late abortion doctor who renounced his earlier work and became a pro-life activist, stated that when an abortion is performed on a 12-week-old fetus, “We see [in an ultrasound image] the child’s mouth open in a silent scream…This is the silent scream of a child threatened imminently with extinction.” …show more content…
The legalization of abortion sends a message that human life has little value. Pope Francis condemned “the throwaway culture” in January 2014, stating that “what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as ‘unnecessary’. For example, it is frightful even to think there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day…” [17] House Representative Randy Hultgren (R-IL) wrote in January 2014 that “When we tell one another that abortion is okay, we reinforce the idea that human lives are disposable, that we can throw away anything or anyone that inconveniences us.”