Abortion is a subject everyone has an opinion on, no matter if you have done it, will do it, will never do it, or have the reproductive system to have the option to do it. There are two possible stances you can have on the procedure; pro-life which means you are against the operation or pro-choice which means you are not always for abortion but you do not want that option taken away from someone who wants or needs it. This paper is a look on the two polar opposite side of the argument. Although the idea is rather old-fashioned, pro-choice and pro-life supporters offer opinions that are not often based on research, but rather based on emotions. Pro-life and pro-choice supporters agree, for obvious reasons, women in certain situations should not give birth to children; however, they still do. It is easy to understand how certain kinds of situations would lead to a huge chance of hardship in the lives of children and, as a consequence, their mothers. Pregnancy has a different …show more content…
The social practice of restricting abortion is closely associated with traditional approach of women’s roles and efforts to control their sexuality. (Hendricks, 2009, p.335) Although concern for fetal life is the primary argument conveyed against abortion that concern commonly works in stride with regulations for women’s roles. Many abortion bans provide exceptions for cases of rape. The law defines rape from the perpetrator’s perspective, it is more clear-cut to say that the right to abortion depends on the responsibility of the man, rather than the woman. The rape exception operates as a judgment about how men are entitled to have women forced to have their children. (Hendricks, 2009, p.336) With that abortions are unfairly higher among low-income women and women of color. This is a sign that at some women are electing abortion because they feel they cannot substantially provide for the child they would give birth