Forty percent of the American people believe that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the woman who is pregnant and the state has no right to interfere. These people are known as "Pro-Choicers." Another Forty percent of the American people believe that it should be banned except when the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother or is the result of rape or incest. These people are considered "Pro-Lifers."1 There are also many who believe abortion should be banned completely, and there are those who are undecided.

Today, abortion is deliberated as a women's own right and choice. In 1973, the Roe vs. Wade decision proved this by recognizing abortion as a fundamental, constitutional right and made it legal in all states. The law now permits abortion at the request of the woman without any restrictions in the first trimester and some restrictions in the second trimester

Even with this Supreme Court decision, abortion is still considered murder by more than half of all Americans. Pro-lifers believe that human life begins at the moment of conception. A woman has the right to have sex with whoever she chooses, but she should not be able to choose death for her child. This is considered a direct violation of human rights: murder. Pro-lifers argue that abortion is the unnatural end of a pregnancy. That child has a right to life that is equal to the mother's right. Before a child is born, it is given all the necessities to survive. One cannot kill another human being just because it is an inconvenience.

to protect the woman's health.2 Because of this decision, almost every third baby conceived in the United States is killed by abortion; this results to over one and a half million unborn deaths per year. The National Abortion Right Act League argues that without legal abortion women would be denied their constitutional right of privacy and liberty.3 The woman's right to her own body subordinates those of the fetus. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that the woman's "right to privacy" overruled the fetus's right to life. If abortion was illegal it would force destitute women to bear and raise children they cannot afford to bring up, many of

Some common words found in the essay are:
Syndrome PAS, Pro-Choicers Forty, Pro-Life Pro-Choice, Americans Pro-lifers, Roe Wade, , Act League, Supreme Court, human life, forty percent american, american people believe, believe abortion, percent american people, supreme court, restrictions trimester, percent american, american people, rape incest, abortion women, people believe, forty percent,
Approximate Word count = 868
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)