A Women's Right to Choose
During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most popular subjects of controversy in the United States. Abortion poses a moral, social and medical dilemma that challenges the way many of us think and feel. There are many points of view toward abortion but the only two fine distinctions are "pro-choice" and "pro-life". A pro-choicer would feel that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the mothers and the state has no right to interfere. A pro-lifer would hold that from the moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is person. This life imposes on us a moral obligation to preserve it and that abortion is tantamount to murder. As with all arguments, there are strengths and weaknesses to both sides. I personally feel that since I have never been in the position to make the decision of whether or not to have an abortion, I cannot take one side or the other. I do however feel that abortion should remain legal because the consequence!s of it becoming illegal far outweigh the benefits. The traditional argument against abortion basically says that killing an innocent person is wrong. And I agree with that. But it also says that abortion is the same as murd
In 1973 the Roe v. Wade decision recognized abortion as a fundamental constitution right and made it legal in all states. The law now permits abortion at the request of the women without any restrictions in the first trimester and some restrictions in the second trimester to protect the women's health. Many countries have followed our decision on the abortion issue. These include Canada, England, and France. Other countries still believe abortion should be illegal, they include Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand. The National Abortion Right Act League argues that without legalized abortion, women would be denied their constitutional right of privacy and liberty. The women's right to her own body subordinates those of the fetus and the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade argued that the women's "right to privacy" overruled the fetus's right to life. If abortion were illegal it would force poor women to bear and raise children they can't afford to bring up. There would be a num! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ber of unsafe abortions in back allies. I compare it to prohibition. Just because something is illegal, that doesn't mean it won't be done. It would also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up babies.
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