-Don Marquis "Why Abortion is Immoral"

Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? This question is a difficult one to answer because both sides of the issue have pros and cons to them, but in the end of it all I consider myself a pro-life advocate because I can't feasibly imagine killing a child who could have so much potential. In this paper I seek to discuss both sides of the issue, while bringing to light the more positive aspects of keeping a child.

First, before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the termination of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mother's womb. This can be done by almost anyone from the mother herself to back alley abortions and even to abortions by clinics set up especially for this purpose.

There are two sides to this abortion topic, the Pro-life, which is those w

Women could give as many reasons as they wanted, and most of the women responded with one or more of these top six reasons: 1. Concerned about how having a baby could change her life, 92 percent. 2. Not mature enough or too young to have a child, 81 percent. 3. Can't afford baby now, 73 percent. 4. Doesn't want others to know she had sex or is pregnant, 42 percent. 5. Has relationship problems and doesn't want to be a single parent, 37 percent. 6. Unready for responsibility, 33 percent. There have been many studies done on smaller groups that expressed the exact same reasons for having an abortion. Older women were more likely to say that their families were complete while younger women said that a baby would interfere with education, career, and personal freedom. At any age women say they have too many responsibilities and not enough money to take care of a baby. The reason for which the public is approving of abortions is not always the reason of the person who wants to have an abortion. Do Women fall into the trap of conforming to social norms about abortions? Women do not have abortions because of rape, incest, deformed fetuses, or because their physical life is in danger. But these are the best reasons accepted by the public. Being poor, too young, unmarried, and not wanting a baby are the most unpopular reasons for having an abortion and are looked down upon by the public. Pro-choice feels the main reason for an abortion is because contraception failed and they didn't want to have a baby at the time. What are some of the benefits to having an abortion? Well the most obvious one is the abortion itself. First of all pro-choice wants to make it clear where they stand. They believe in first time abortions. This is usually because of contraceptive reasons or maturity, but where they draw the line is at third or fourth time abortions. This is because although they think abortion should be legal they believe that is a little extreme and may be a solution to a bad habit. But the big benefit of having an abortion can be seen right away.

First lets talk about who has abortions and why they have abortions. There are 1.6 million abortions in the United States every year; there is no real special class of people who have abortions. Why does pro-choice feel that abortion is all right? Well pro-choice believes that the answer is what the woman believes. The most common reason for abortions is when contraception fails. What is a person suppose to do when the birth control method fails? The fact is that contraceptive failure led to 2.2 to 3 million of the 4.3 million unwanted pregnancies in the United States in 1997. Besides these reasons for abortion, women also give researchers other reasons for getting an abortion. In 1992 a survey of 1,900 women at 30 abortion facilities were asked, why do women have abortions?

The first is the pro-life group. This group does not believe in the abortion factor. To understand where the pro-life stands we must first understand its beliefs and reasons for its beliefs. Then we can discuss what their solution to the abortion topic is. Pro-life believes that rape and incest are very emotional topics. They often elicit throughout the population feelings of revulsion; people draw back from the issue of rape and incest. People don't know how to handle a person who is in that much pain. There is no quick fix. That is why it is difficult for even pro-life people to come to grips with the argument over abortion in cases of rape and incest. Some of those who are pro-life will allow abortion in these cases because they don't know what else they can do for the victim and accept it as a rare case. But it is known that allowing abortion in these cases usually does not help the victim, instead it only worsens the problem because the victims needs are not being met. But what the facts suggest is that only a minority of rape and incest victims actually choose abortion.

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