Pros And Cons Of Abortion

Abortion is defined by Webster’s dictionary as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. The US Supreme Court has declared abortion to be a "fundamental right" guaranteed by the US Constitution ("Abortion: pros and cons," 2014). Pro-choice abortionists believe that choosing abortion is a right that should not be limited by governmental or religious authority, and which outweighs any right claimed for an embryo or fetus. They believe that pregnant women will resort to unsafe illegal abortions if there is no legal option ("Abortion: pros and cons," 2014). On the other hand Pro-live abortionists believe that personhood begins at conception, and therefore abortion is the immoral

Pro-Choice abortionists say that we don’t know when life begins because Even though biological life begins at conception, we don’t know when personhood begins ("Pro-life vs pro-choice," 2014). To keep it less personable people who are pro-choice say that a fetus and or an unborn baby is nothing more than a blob. Women who stand behind the pro-choice stance says that it is their body so they should be allowed to do whatever they want and even if the preborn has an inherent right to life, this right is superseded by the mother’s right to autonomy ("Pro-life vs pro-choice,"

The Pro-Life abortionists believe that abortion is murder ("Abortion: pros and cons," 2014). The killing of an innocent human being is wrong, even if that human being has yet to be born. Unborn babies are considered human beings by the US government ("Abortion: pros and cons," 2014). Embryology textbooks and even pro-choice advocates concede that human life begins when the egg and sperm unite ("Pro-life vs pro-choice," 2014). The preborn child has a heartbeat by the end of the third week. When surgical abortions are performed in the mid to late first trimester, the baby has arms, legs, feet, hands, etc. ("Pro-life vs pro-choice,"