Argumentative Essay Against Abortion

Thomson only argues cases of rape as cases in which there was coercion. To her, coercion means that a woman can unplug from the violinist because his right to life does not mean he can use her body. But why is rape the only coercive action against a pregnant woman that allows her to assert her autonomy by aborting? Perhaps because rape coerced the woman into being pregnant in the first place, but it seems like being coerced into being pregnant and being coerced into staying pregnant are not so…

Misinformation on Abortion “Ripping a baby out at 9 months is horrible, and Hillary wants that to be legal!” is a comment made by the Presidential elect Donald Trump during the last presidential debate that has the taken the internet by storm. Trump made this comment on live television with millions of viewers, giving him the platform to misinform a massive audience on late-term abortions. Using rhetoric about this medical procedure is what perpetuates stereotypes. Unraveling these hyperboles…

Introduction In Canada, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is considered to be one of the fundamentals of this nation. In the text below, I will argue that the Charter has indeed strengthened democracy in this nation by illustrating five points. I fully agree with Larry Diamond, a political scientist, on his point of view of democratic system. He believes that it should include active participation of all citizens by making a law that protects and applies to the population equally. What is…

There is often a large dispute over abortion and when personhood begins. Some believe it is at fertilization, some think that it is a vague concept, and some believe that it is when the child is born. The common argument against abortion is the claim that the fetus is a person and therefore has a right to life. A philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thomson, believes that even if personhood begins at the stage of being a fetus, there are still times when it is moral to abort the fetus. She believes that…

that she can turn to. Abortion. Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy and often it happens within the first trimester of the pregnancy. In the famous Roe v Wade court case the Supreme Court made abortion legal in all 50 states once they realized that a woman has a right to privacy. Even though abortion is legal in all 50 states there are other states that have certain restrictions on women having abortions. With such restrictions on women getting abortions it can only hinder…

The level of childlessness has doubled in thirty years and the world could be in danger of under population. Some women are childfree by choice, meaning they choose not to have children for a number of different reasons. Many celebrities are childfree, even Dr. Seuss did not have children, which is ironic due to the great deal of children’s books he has written. While reading the selection Childfree by Choice by Kelly J. Welch, I developed the belief that all women should have the option of…

Mistakes in life (A Discussion on three messages from The Great Gatsby, by Francis Scott Key) So many times in life we have regrets. Things that we wish we could undo, or something that we could go back and do. "Some women will regret having had an abortion, just as some will regret having a baby, getting married, dropping out of school, or a thousand other life choices that people make.” (Talbot). Each human being makes thousands upon thousands of decisions a day, whether it’s which way to…

The reason behind it is on the grounds of racial prejudice against Cambodian of Thai people, in addition, stereotype, for example when the mother says “The refugees were a bad sign” (97). This shows that she has a preconception that the Cambodian are wickedness, an outsider, which illustrate human nature that difference…

White Elephants can be seen as a blessing and a curse considering that since the color is rare, it is a burden since it can’t work and always has to get fed just like a newborn. Unplanned pregnancy is the theme that sets up the drive for the author Ernest Hemingway in his short story “Hills like white elephants”. The type of writing that Hemingway uses in order to accomplish his work is the iceberg theory, where the information that is given is used to seek the hidden meaning. Hemingway uses…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated that 10.2% of women ages 15-44 in 2009 were reported pregnant in the U.S. Approximately 15.5% of adults in the U.S. smoke cigarettes. Of the 10.2% of women that were pregnant, 12-20% were smoking while pregnant and putting their lives and their babies lives in danger. This is concerning because smoking while pregnant comes with a lot of complications. Smoking while pregnant has many effects on the women’s body and the child’s. In 1964 they…