The term Abortion is known to be one of the most controversial subjects throughout history. There is no middle ground on this subject, causing a multitude of disputes between people throughout the United States. This subject has taken hold of Facebook, Twitter, the news, and many more public figures. There are two main sides to the subject, Pro Life and Pro Choice. While both sides are standing up for freedom, they are standing up for different viewpoints of freedom. Pro Life believes that abortion should not be legal, and that unborn babies have rights, where Pro Choice believes that the impregnated person should have the choice of whether or not they want to keep the child. There are a multitude of reasons to agree with each side, and it
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They pledge their allegiance to the flag, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. So if this were true, would there not be justice for all? Pro Life believes that “The fetus is a human being from the moment of conception; this means abortion is murder, which is immoral and should be illegal” (SexInfo). They believe that while it is true that the fetus is unborn, it should still have rights to life. Abortion is the equivalent to killing any person, and no matter what the age, murder is murder. Unborn babies are considered human beings by the US government, so they should be treated as such. There are multiple other reasons that people side with Pro Life, such as the exhausted list of people who can not have children, and are waiting on a list for someone to be willing to give them theirs, but it happens too often that instead of someone giving their unwanted baby to someone who desperately wants it, they choose to abort it. Another reason that many people side with Pro Life is the fact that pregnancy is controllable except in certain cases such as rape. There is a multitude of options available to control pregnancy, and many people simply are simply careless and later use abortion as their own form of birth control such as the fact that “9.3% of abortions reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011 were undergone by women who had three or more previous abortions” …show more content…
Pro Choice advocates the legalization of abortion, and believes that women should have the freedom to do whatever they choose with their body. There are multiple reasons that an abundance of people side with Pro Choice, these being the fact that it decreases crime rates, keeps the child for growing up “poor and neglected, where not only will the child suffer but society when that child develops a higher attraction to crime, welfare, etc.”, and the fact that giving a child up for adoption can be just as psychologically damaging as having an abortion (Messerly). There are also reasons such as the fact that “A woman's risk of dying from having an abortion is 0.6 in 100,000, while the risk of dying from giving birth is around 14 times higher (8.8 in 100,000);” therefore, contradicting the Pro Life argument that an abortion is medically dangerous, because keeping the baby has much greater risks (ProCon.org). Also, teenagers who become pregnant “are much more likely to leave of school; receive inadequate prenatal care; rely on public assistance to raise a child; develop health problems; or end up divorced”(Lowen). Pro Choice gives the mother a chance to live her life the ways that she chooses to, without the restrictions of the law forcing her to have an unwanted
They pledge their allegiance to the flag, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. So if this were true, would there not be justice for all? Pro Life believes that “The fetus is a human being from the moment of conception; this means abortion is murder, which is immoral and should be illegal” (SexInfo). They believe that while it is true that the fetus is unborn, it should still have rights to life. Abortion is the equivalent to killing any person, and no matter what the age, murder is murder. Unborn babies are considered human beings by the US government, so they should be treated as such. There are multiple other reasons that people side with Pro Life, such as the exhausted list of people who can not have children, and are waiting on a list for someone to be willing to give them theirs, but it happens too often that instead of someone giving their unwanted baby to someone who desperately wants it, they choose to abort it. Another reason that many people side with Pro Life is the fact that pregnancy is controllable except in certain cases such as rape. There is a multitude of options available to control pregnancy, and many people simply are simply careless and later use abortion as their own form of birth control such as the fact that “9.3% of abortions reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011 were undergone by women who had three or more previous abortions” …show more content…
Pro Choice advocates the legalization of abortion, and believes that women should have the freedom to do whatever they choose with their body. There are multiple reasons that an abundance of people side with Pro Choice, these being the fact that it decreases crime rates, keeps the child for growing up “poor and neglected, where not only will the child suffer but society when that child develops a higher attraction to crime, welfare, etc.”, and the fact that giving a child up for adoption can be just as psychologically damaging as having an abortion (Messerly). There are also reasons such as the fact that “A woman's risk of dying from having an abortion is 0.6 in 100,000, while the risk of dying from giving birth is around 14 times higher (8.8 in 100,000);” therefore, contradicting the Pro Life argument that an abortion is medically dangerous, because keeping the baby has much greater risks (ProCon.org). Also, teenagers who become pregnant “are much more likely to leave of school; receive inadequate prenatal care; rely on public assistance to raise a child; develop health problems; or end up divorced”(Lowen). Pro Choice gives the mother a chance to live her life the ways that she chooses to, without the restrictions of the law forcing her to have an unwanted