Choose Life Mother Teresa once asked, “And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another” (Faithful Catholics)?Allowing abortion to be acceptable because someone made a mistake is like murdering ones neighbor because he made someone mad. Abortion is a huge controversial issue in America, becoming more prevalent as the years have passed. There are two sides of the abortion controversy: Pro-life, which means one is against abortion and pro-choice, which advocates keeping abortion legal. States now are passing many laws regulating abortion. In addition, there are several other things such as religion that may have a huge influence on what one believes about abortion. The after effects
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Wade “made it possible for women to get safe, legal abortions from well-trained practitioners.” The legalization of abortion was supported by the Constitution’s “right of privacy . . . founded in the Fourteenth Amendment’s concept of personal liberty” (OBOS). Although people for abortion were happy, the ones against it were not. People who were against abortion did several things to try and stop others from getting abortions, such as harassing others as they entered the clinics and vandalizing the clinics property. The anti-abortionist crimes only grew worse. Some abortion providers were murdered and abortion clinics were bombed. Opposition continued to grow, and after many years, abortion gained more restrictions. In the Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992, states were able to put any restrictions on abortion as long as it wasn’t an “undue burden.” Now many states require counseling and a mandatory waiting period before a woman can receive an …show more content…
Often times a pro-choice individual believes abortion is the mother’s choice because it’s “her life” or “her body.” There are several other reasoning’s a Pro-Choice individual might believe in abortion. Ms. Tarico gives ten reasons as to why she is for abortion, some of which could be very understandable, but not necessarily enough to change to opinion of a Pro-life individual. Ms. Tarico believes that when a woman has a baby at an unplanned time she gives up on her dreams and life’s ambitions, woman will often times say “until or unless I get pregnant in which case all bets are off.” Another claim Ms. Tarico makes is babies who are planned and wanted are more likely to have a healthy start in life. She also states “I’m pro-abortion because I believe in mercy, grace, compassion, and the power of fresh starts.” She later on says “sometimes people make mistakes or have accidents that they pay for the rest of their lives.” On further “in this regard, an unsought pregnancy is like any other accident.” This sticks out a lot, because she is stating that babies can be accidents and just like any other accidents abortion can help you take away your mistake.
According to BalancedPolitics.org, there are a few reasons abortion should stay legal, “Its arguably better for society to have babies aborted than have them be brought up poor and neglected, where not only will the child suffer but society when that child develops a higher attraction to crime,
Wade “made it possible for women to get safe, legal abortions from well-trained practitioners.” The legalization of abortion was supported by the Constitution’s “right of privacy . . . founded in the Fourteenth Amendment’s concept of personal liberty” (OBOS). Although people for abortion were happy, the ones against it were not. People who were against abortion did several things to try and stop others from getting abortions, such as harassing others as they entered the clinics and vandalizing the clinics property. The anti-abortionist crimes only grew worse. Some abortion providers were murdered and abortion clinics were bombed. Opposition continued to grow, and after many years, abortion gained more restrictions. In the Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992, states were able to put any restrictions on abortion as long as it wasn’t an “undue burden.” Now many states require counseling and a mandatory waiting period before a woman can receive an …show more content…
Often times a pro-choice individual believes abortion is the mother’s choice because it’s “her life” or “her body.” There are several other reasoning’s a Pro-Choice individual might believe in abortion. Ms. Tarico gives ten reasons as to why she is for abortion, some of which could be very understandable, but not necessarily enough to change to opinion of a Pro-life individual. Ms. Tarico believes that when a woman has a baby at an unplanned time she gives up on her dreams and life’s ambitions, woman will often times say “until or unless I get pregnant in which case all bets are off.” Another claim Ms. Tarico makes is babies who are planned and wanted are more likely to have a healthy start in life. She also states “I’m pro-abortion because I believe in mercy, grace, compassion, and the power of fresh starts.” She later on says “sometimes people make mistakes or have accidents that they pay for the rest of their lives.” On further “in this regard, an unsought pregnancy is like any other accident.” This sticks out a lot, because she is stating that babies can be accidents and just like any other accidents abortion can help you take away your mistake.
According to BalancedPolitics.org, there are a few reasons abortion should stay legal, “Its arguably better for society to have babies aborted than have them be brought up poor and neglected, where not only will the child suffer but society when that child develops a higher attraction to crime,