Arguments Against Abortion Acceptable

Is Abortion Acceptable?

Many people, especially Republicans who believe that: "The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and we endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children”, believe that free choice on abortion is wrong, and should be illegal. I on the other hand, political views aside, believe that abortion should always be available to women who are not ready for children or to be mothers. Abortion is a very necessary procedure for young women who have either, been impregnated against their wishes, or are not at all ready to take on the responsibilities of a parent. If we make abortion

Approximately 1 million women had abortions annually until the 1973 decision legalizing abortion, and abortion had become the leading cause of maternal death and mutilation (40 deaths/100,000 abortions compared to 40 deaths/100,000 live births according to National Abortion Rights Action league.) An estimated 9000 rape victims become pregnant each year (FBI 1973); 100,000 cases of incest occur yearly (National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, 1978). Two-thirds of teenage pregnancies are not planned, because many do not have adequate access to contraceptives (NARAL). And the taxpayer price of supporting a child on welfare is far greater than that of a Medicaid abortion. But the issue that provokes such anger surrounds the fetus's right to life--its status as a potential human being. Anti-abortionist proponents usually take the position that conception is life and therefore abortion is murder and violates the rights of the unborn, or that there is an inherent value in life and abortion is murder because it destroys that

However, this is not entirely true. Paying taxes will still be necessary to provide the mother and baby proper housing, clothing, food, health care. Tell me, do we think we pay more to allow women unready to have children to have an abortion, or for the welfare needed to provide the mother and child with proper life necessities for the next… Oh I don’t know… Ten to eighteen years? 2. “When people talk about "defunding" Planned Parenthood, what they mean is that they want Medicaid, an insurance program for low-income or elderly people, to stop reimbursing Planned Parenthood for patients who use their services — like PAP smears and prenatal care. Remember, in accordance with the Hyde Amendment, federal funds, such as Medicaid reimbursements, can't go to abortion services unless it is in the case of rape, incest, or to save the life of the