Pro Life Vs. Pro Choice
“One in three women will have an abortion by the age of 45.” Meaning around 43% of women in the U.S. population will have an abortion some time in their life. The definition of abortion is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.” Therefore, abortion is immoral and unethical because it is the intentional killing of a human being. When people decide to have sex they are taking that risk of pregnancy. Whether protection or birth control was used or not pregnancy is still a chance. Abortion is such a controversial issue in society because although some people are completely against it some people can not choose because they believe women should have …show more content…
Meanwhile the definition of abortion remains the same and is an intentional killing of a human being. How is it that if it it murder to kill a human being at any stage of life abortion is not considered murder. Murder is morally and ethically wrong, so playing by the same rules, to kill a fetus would fall under the same immoral and unethical values. When performing an abortion, the life of an innocent child is taken away. Abortion denies a child its most basic and important right to live and experience the world around them. No one has the right to take away someone else 's life, whether it be in the womb or out it is still wrong and unjust. A fetus gets no say in the decision to get the procedure or not which makes it extremely unfair to them. Who knows that baby could have had the cure for cancer some day when they grew up, but that opportunity was taken from them. Many moms do not realize that later on in life they will have regrets that they did not get to keep someone they created. Something that was literally inside of …show more content…
In extreme cases, one may have to be sensitive and consider if a woman was raped. She may not want to go through with her pregnancy because the baby will remind her of the occurrence. Also because the biological father can still fight for custody of the child meaning that the women would have to deal with her rapist for 18 years until the child is of age. However, going back over to why abortion is unjust, if a woman is raped, and is aware of being raped she has the opportunity to seek medical attention. As a result of seeking medical attention, proper medical care can ensure that the women will not get pregnant. Abortion punishes a child who did nothing wrong, when in these circumstances the criminal should be the one
“One in three women will have an abortion by the age of 45.” Meaning around 43% of women in the U.S. population will have an abortion some time in their life. The definition of abortion is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.” Therefore, abortion is immoral and unethical because it is the intentional killing of a human being. When people decide to have sex they are taking that risk of pregnancy. Whether protection or birth control was used or not pregnancy is still a chance. Abortion is such a controversial issue in society because although some people are completely against it some people can not choose because they believe women should have …show more content…
Meanwhile the definition of abortion remains the same and is an intentional killing of a human being. How is it that if it it murder to kill a human being at any stage of life abortion is not considered murder. Murder is morally and ethically wrong, so playing by the same rules, to kill a fetus would fall under the same immoral and unethical values. When performing an abortion, the life of an innocent child is taken away. Abortion denies a child its most basic and important right to live and experience the world around them. No one has the right to take away someone else 's life, whether it be in the womb or out it is still wrong and unjust. A fetus gets no say in the decision to get the procedure or not which makes it extremely unfair to them. Who knows that baby could have had the cure for cancer some day when they grew up, but that opportunity was taken from them. Many moms do not realize that later on in life they will have regrets that they did not get to keep someone they created. Something that was literally inside of …show more content…
In extreme cases, one may have to be sensitive and consider if a woman was raped. She may not want to go through with her pregnancy because the baby will remind her of the occurrence. Also because the biological father can still fight for custody of the child meaning that the women would have to deal with her rapist for 18 years until the child is of age. However, going back over to why abortion is unjust, if a woman is raped, and is aware of being raped she has the opportunity to seek medical attention. As a result of seeking medical attention, proper medical care can ensure that the women will not get pregnant. Abortion punishes a child who did nothing wrong, when in these circumstances the criminal should be the one