Abortion is a not an easy or simple topic. It’s divisive and people feel so strongly about it that it’s nearly impossible to find a middle ground. As a matter of fact, many people are so up in arms at the mere mention of the word abortion that you can imagine how difficult it is to have a constructive conversation without it ending in arguing. Most people tend to fall into one of two categories--pro-life or pro-choice. While this may be the case now, it wasn’t always this way. To understand how abortion came to be the argument-starter that it is today, we must first look back at our history.
The earliest known documented description of abortion was found in an ancient Egyptian text called the Ebers Papyrus. This text has records that date …show more content…
Wade. Norma McCorvey, also known by her court alias Jane Roe, was pregnant for the third time and sued the state of Texas when she was denied an abortion. The Supreme Court ruled, by a 7-2 vote, in favor of McCorvey (Roe) stating that abortion and the right of a woman to make her own medical decisions is protected under the ninth amendment. It was the monumental case that ended a nearly 100 year prohibition on abortion but it wouldn’t be the last time that a woman’s right to a safe abortion was …show more content…
Religion is often used as the backbone of the Pro-Life argument. Pro-Lifers tend to believe that life begins at conception and abortion is murder. They also believe in adoption as a choice, abstinence as a practice, and birth control education. The Pro-Choice arguments tend to focus more on the civil rights side of the topic. It is often confused that Pro-Choice means “Pro-Abortion,” but this is not usually the case. Pro-Choicers have a strong belief that an abortion is a woman’s choice. Their arguments usually include that life doesn’t begin at conception, abstinence is unrealistic, birth control fails, sometimes rape can result in pregnancy, and all in all it’s no one else’s business but the woman who chooses it. With arguments like these, it’s easy to see that finding common ground can be
The earliest known documented description of abortion was found in an ancient Egyptian text called the Ebers Papyrus. This text has records that date …show more content…
Wade. Norma McCorvey, also known by her court alias Jane Roe, was pregnant for the third time and sued the state of Texas when she was denied an abortion. The Supreme Court ruled, by a 7-2 vote, in favor of McCorvey (Roe) stating that abortion and the right of a woman to make her own medical decisions is protected under the ninth amendment. It was the monumental case that ended a nearly 100 year prohibition on abortion but it wouldn’t be the last time that a woman’s right to a safe abortion was …show more content…
Religion is often used as the backbone of the Pro-Life argument. Pro-Lifers tend to believe that life begins at conception and abortion is murder. They also believe in adoption as a choice, abstinence as a practice, and birth control education. The Pro-Choice arguments tend to focus more on the civil rights side of the topic. It is often confused that Pro-Choice means “Pro-Abortion,” but this is not usually the case. Pro-Choicers have a strong belief that an abortion is a woman’s choice. Their arguments usually include that life doesn’t begin at conception, abstinence is unrealistic, birth control fails, sometimes rape can result in pregnancy, and all in all it’s no one else’s business but the woman who chooses it. With arguments like these, it’s easy to see that finding common ground can be