Is Abortion A Social Issue

Abortion: Social Issue or Personal Problem?

I believe abortion is one of the most controversial topics that we face as a society. There are so many beliefs and opinions held by each individual, religion, culture, and political ideology. The right to take a life should not be one that is taken lightly, other options should be weighed heavily, as this is a hard decision for a person and they should be aware of the other options available. A women’s right to abort a pregnancy is not always her choice to make; there are laws within different countries and provinces. There is also different “religious” law in other cultures. The legalization of abortion affects more than just the mother, it effects the entire population. It affects all levels of

There are many different ways to have a medical abortion and many others to have an unsafe one. It is a procedure that cannot be avoided, if made illegal women will use unsafe methods to terminate pregnancy. Abortion is a medical procedure that terminates pregnancy, which can be medically done until up to 20 weeks in pregnancy unless “the fetus is gravely or fatally impaired, or the woman's life or physical health is at risk, or both.” ((Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, 2017) Living in a country where the laws allow women to make a choice for her own self provides a sense of freedom, comfort, and control of her own body. It is a social issue as more than half of the world’s population is women, their body is their choice, and therefore they should have the access and the right to have a safe and legal abortion for whatever reason. I am sure you have all heard the terms “pro-choice” and “pro-life” but if you have not “pro-choice” means supporting women to make their own choice with their pregnancy, whether that be to terminate a pregnancy legally and

Conservatives have a very tradition view on life, their basic values include moralism, family, church, tradition, class, privilege, and competition; this alone can show you how their thoughts on abortion would be. Conservatives are not “pro-choice”, they believe “Adoption is always an option. To save the life of the mother, I believe abortion is acceptable.” (ISIDEWITH) Therefore the conservative party is not exactly “pro-life” or “pro-choice”. Andrew Scheer is the leader of the conservative party. His personal view on abortion is that he is personally “pro-life” but he will not re-open debate and neither will the conservative party in a CBC interview. In the past Conservatives have known to be anti-abortion, “In 1989, the Progressive Conservatives introduced Bill C-43 to recriminalize abortion, authorizing criminal charges against physicians who performed abortions that were not deemed medically necessary.” Bill C-43 was not around long, on January 31, 1991 it was defeated, but the struggle to keep abortion legal and unrestricted did not end there. In following years when Steven Harper was Prime Mister there was private bills and motions brought forward that were intended to restrict abortions that did not pass. Steven Harper never personally opened the abortion debate back up, but he did vote in favour of the bills in restricting abortion. “As of 2018, 92 MPs are anti-choice from both