Argumentative Essay: The Views Of Abortion

A woman should have every right to have an abortion while she is pregnant. As the mother of the child, a woman has the right, as a parent, to raise it any way she wants to. Abortion has been a controversial topic since it has been legalized; causing arguments between people that choose to either be pro-life or pro-choice. Some woman feels as if their rights have been threatened by the people that want abortion to be illegal. Abortion has been happening for thousands of years; even back in the days of the romans. Each ancient culture and religion had varying views on abortion. According the Kaplan, “In the fifth century, Saint Augustine argued that the fetus did not have a soul before “quickening,” that point during a pregnancy, usually between the fourth and sixth months, at which the woman first senses movement in her womb”. Aborting a fetus, at that time, wasn’t …show more content…
During these two trimesters, the fetus begins to grow organs like the brain, lungs, and heart, develops into either a male or female, and begins to move inside the uterus. A mother can surely become attached to the fetus while it is still developing inside her. However, the mother does have a choice during the zero to twenty-six week period to terminate her child, and have it aborted from inside of her. She also has the right to abort the fetus during the third trimester; when the child is almost finished developing. A woman that is raped, and impregnated with the rapist’s child may not want to raise the child. She is more than obliged to have an abortion instead of raising her rapist’s child. If a woman can’t afford to support herself, she has even more of a right to abort the child. A popular reason for abortion now-a-days is because the pregnancy is unwanted. Even a woman that has an unwanted pregnancy from her husband, boyfriend, or lover. She has the right to go to an abortion clinic, and pay for the extermination of her