The Abortion Debate

Abortion In the United States, we are constantly discussing the topic of abortion. The opinion on legalization of abortion is very sensitive matter to some people and a constant battle in America. Most individuals only believe there are only two perspectives when it comes to abortion: pro-life, or pro-choice. In 2015 it is found to be that 52% of Americans believe abortion should be legal only under certain circumstances, 28% believe it should be legal under any circumstance, and only 19% believe it should be illegal under all circumstances (“Opinions of Abortion in the US, 1975-2015”). But who truly makes up these statistics? Are there really only three perspectives to this issue? What about the doctors who preform the procedure? Or what

Sharon Smith wrote an article while looking at the states of women’s rights to abortion. This individual believes banning abortion would be the next women’s suffrage (Smith). She states that “without the control over their (women) own reproductive lives women couldn’t be equal of men-no matter what women made in the job market or higher education” (Smith). In other words, she believes, banning abortion would be a step back into history similar to the woman’s suffrage. According to Smith thirty-seven states in America do not provide abortion funding for poor women’s abortions. Thirty-two of the thirty-seven will not provide abortions for poor women who are victims of rape and/or incest. Thirty-five states require to be older than eighteen, or have a parent’s consent to follow through with an abortion. To Smith this is ridiculous because a woman’s body is her body. She should have the right to do what she wants to, and when she wants. On the other hand, I would disagree with her statements. I believe that making abortion illegal would be nowhere near the same thing as the woman’s suffrage, because nothing negative was coming from giving women the right to vote. Meanwhile, aborting a child is killing a human life. I feel as if Smith does not provide enough evidence for her argument by not confronting the opinion of someone who does not believe in

I came from a Christian household, so I was always taught to be against abortion because “that’s not what God wants”. I never fully looked into why God does not want women to have abortions though. I ran across a website written by Matt Slick, which happens to discuss controversial topics coming from a Christian's perspective. As a Christian, he believes abortion is considered murder, which is a sin in Gods eyes. He mentions that some would argue that abortion is okay as long as the woman repents later on, but he states, “those who are truly Christians do not purposely sin so that they can be forgiven” (Slick). Slick compares a woman feeling as if their child is worthy of death, just as Hitler believed the Jews were worthy of death. Everyone looks down upon Hitler and his beliefs, but in a way, isn’t abortion sort of the same thing? “It is only in abortion that someone is executed but has not violated the law. This is fundamentally wrong, and this is why abortion is wrong” (Slick). With this said, I believe Slick made a strong argument. He was able to portray both opinions in his statement but, in my opinion, overpowered those who believe in