is it wrong to kill
During the past quarter century Abortion, Capital Punishment, and Euthanasia have been very controversial subjects in the United States. These methods are ineffective as well as cruel and immoral. They are power over life and death, and they touch some the deepest feelings in human beings. Thomas Jefferson states in The Declaration of Independence states "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." This country was founded on these principles and it is every American's duty to preserve human life. In 1973, the Supreme Court passed Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States. Today roughly, a quarter of all pregnancies end in abortion. In 1998, there were nearly 1.2 million abortions reported to the Center Disease Control. According to Pro-Life advocates the unborn child, is no less a human being than his/her mother is and has an inalienable right to life, and abortion must be prohibited or at least sharply restricted. When a women choices to abort an unborn child, not only is she ending the life of an unborn child, she is putting herself at risk as wel
The purpose for punishment is of the protection of society, and to reform the wrongdoer. Capital Punishment is no way an effective method of protecting society. The death penalty opponents dispute the deterrent effect of capital punishment, arguing that few murders rationally weigh the possibility that they might face the death penalty before committing a murder. Many murders are committed in sudden fits of passion or temporary insanity, in which Capital Punishment fails a deterrent. According to statistics, states that enforce the death penalty do not show a decrease in the number of murders committed on the per capita basis, than states that do not enforce the death penalty. Capital punishment is also irreversible, and errors of justice can never be rectified, like in the case of David Marshall and Donald Millgard where innocent men were executed. Capital punishment also removes all possibilities of reformation of the wrongdoer, and taking away both his chances to reform, and our opportunity and duty to reform him. A number of studies indicate that ethnic origin, sex, and economic status of the defendants and/or victims has an impact of whether the death penalty is sought. On average, more African Americans are executed than whites that are convicted of the same or similar crimes. In addition, very few women or wealthy people are executed by the death penalty. Therefore, a rich white female that murders a poor black male is less likely to be
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