Essay on a Woman's Right to Choose Abortion
Essay on a Woman's Right to Choose Abortion
The topic of abortion is a hot subject among the people of America today. Some say yes, women should be able to have abortions no matter if the fetus is in the first trimester or well in to the second trimester of gestation. On the other hand the other people say that it is murder of a child no matter the stage of development.
Many of the people that believe that the fertilized ovum is a human and has a soul at the conception are the pro-life people. They believe this because of their religious beliefs. The pro-lifers have been taught through their religion that as soon as the sperm connects with the egg, the soul enters the body and the egg is then a human, even though is has no ability to move, think, speak, listen, or smell. The concept of the soul entering the body at conception is a religious belief. It has no way of being detected through scientific means. Pro-life individuals are generally conservative people who are against the idea of abortion. Morals teach us that an individual conceived is alive and to endanger an individual in a mother’s womb is against the moral teachings that they have been taught. They usually believe in Christian principles. They believe that the government does not have the right to allow a person to abort a fetus. Famous conservatives and activists for pro life include Jesse Helms, George W. Bush, and Pat Buchanan. There have been many debates and even some television shows that refute this topic. One specific person that always goes against it is Pat Robertson. He has donated a whole television program to anti-abortion and anti-liberalism. As in all debates there has to be a pro side, unfortunately these close-minded people have made a wrong decision.
Pro choice is anyone who feels women have the individual right to choose abortion as an option. We live in a democracy, where we have the right to choose how we live. It is a woman’s right to choose to have a child or to abort it. It is not as if women get pregnant for the specific reason to have an abortion. Some people feel there is always a legitimate reason behind her actions. Who is to say that if all children ever conceived were born they would...