Abortion is an issue that is plaguing both the United States and the world. There are those who support the availability of abortion and those who are repulsed by the concept of infant murder. The issue is incredibly heated because it stretches into the boundaries of religion. America has gotten by in past controversies by accepting that everyone has a different opinion and respecting it. However, where abortion deals with living people, this one cannot simply be ignored. Sadly, no solution to the problem has yet been reached.
The problem of abortion stems from differences in opinions, the main one being at what point does an unborn infant become a living, legally-protected person. Biologically, the cells are alive even before conception occurs. Just as fingernails do not have individual rights, neither should these haploid cells that are still a normal part of the parents. Nevertheless, as members of the same species, we are obliged to “defend the fetus's right to life” (Gale, 1). At conception, the cells are combined from haploid cells, which are part of the potential parents, into a complete diploid cell, which is then a separate life. To cause this new life to die should be viewed as equal to the death of a born human in the eyes of the law. All religious beliefs or predispositions aside, a human life has legal entitlement
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Where does a failed contraceptive fall in all of this? What should be done in instances of incest or rape? There will always be a problem to every solution, and I am not qualified nor informed well enough to troubleshoot these situations. In a best case scenario, legal systems should be set up for a judge and jury to decide if an abortion is acceptable or not. To outline every algorithmically possible scenario in which a parent would pursue an abortion is not feasible. These situations should be handled by a court supplied with legitimate guidelines from those who are qualified and