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The Abortion Debate

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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 …show more content…

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 …show more content…

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

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1. Compare and Contrast A. Summary for first author U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, from “Why Abortion Is Bad for America,” The Human Life Review (2012), discusses why he is against abortions from mainly a moral viewpoint, rather than a political viewpoint. Overall, he states that an unborn child is still a human being and that they have the right to live. Rubio states agrees that the mother has her own right to do whatever she wants, but when there is a child living in her, that child has its own right. Therefore, the mothers “are the voice of children who cannot speak for themselves.”

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There is no need to risk a woman’s health and livelihood by taking away her choice; only the mother-to-be can know her own situation thoroughly enough to make the best possible decision about her future. This is further supported by the nation’s judicial system during the Roe vs. Wade case in 1973 where Harry Blackmun stated that the “fundamental right of single women and married persons to choose whether or not to have children is protected by the Ninth Amendment, through the Fourteenth Amendment.” This court ruling made abortions decidedly legal in the United States, but many women are still being denied the right to terminate their pregnancies. When the ability to choose a safe and legal option is taken away, women that still seek an abortion

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