Abortion seems to be a very popular topic when it come to political conversations. It is a hot button issue for many due to the sensitivity of the subject. It is a matter of whether or not we should allow this to happen so casually in our nation. Actually it's even bigger than that, it includes so many pieces to this elaborate puzzle. Some of these pieces include the following: religion, small versus large government, when the baby is considered to be "alive," and human rights. According to the CDC abortion numbers have significantly gone down over the years, but the most recent count was in 2008, approximately 1.21 million abortions took place in the U.S.
There are numerous opinions on abortion, but it over all consists of pro life versus pro choice. Pro life supporters believe that it is unjust to abort a baby, that everyone deserves a chance at a life. They, like most people, see this large number of 1.21 million babies as too much. Not only is this looked at as wrong and murder, but most pro life supporters believe this for religious reasons. To sum it up, the bible uses the terms "man, woman, child, son, daughter, baby, etc" for unborn children so many Christians believe that this is evidence that human life is present before birth. Therefore abortion is murder so the government should not allow such a thing. The other stance is pro choice, that this is an issue between the mother and the child and the decision should be left to mother, not the government. The idea of taking this right away from a woman is unjust because it is her voice that is taken away from what she can and can't do to her own body. The government recognizes that a baby's life does not start until birth, so it is not considered murder in their eyes. They also think that by making abortion illegal it would be forcing everyone to abide by a religion, this then conflicts with religious freedom.
I believe that making abortion illegal would be taking away a woman's voice and right to her own body. In fact it would even undermine the fourteenth amendment to the constitution by striping a woman of her right to decide what she can and can't do to her own body. As previously stated, this would also conflict with religious freedom.
Being pro life is making sure America sticks to the constitution. It keeps equal rights to women as well as keeping religion out of government. We should leave the decision making to the people it concerns and other wise let them be. It is someone else's life it will affect and because of that no one else should have a say in it, especially our government. If we stop listening to our constitution, then what else is next?
Sources
Abortion and Pro Life Information and Statistics
Abortion and the Bible
The Fourteenth Amendment
i really liked your post! i liked how you organized the different views on abortion. i also liked the facts you put into it. great job!
ReplyDeletenice post. i like that you included both side of the argument for why abortion is good and bad. the facts and numbers were a nice addition. your conclusion really pulled the argument together. my suggestion is that you could be more specific about how abortion can benefit the opposing side.
ReplyDeleteyou did a good job decsrbing both sides of your argument. i agree with karen when she says to have more facts about the opssing sides. Everything else was very nicley organized!
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