Ethical Considerations Against Abortion

Women were only permitted to have abortions if their life or health was in jeopardy. Connecticut's law on abortion served as a precedent for other states to follow. By 1965, all 50 states had laws that considered abortion a criminal offense (“Abortion” 3). However, women still sought out illegal abortions, which were extremely dangerous.

Birth control supports premarital sex. Many religions do not allow premarital sex including the Catholic religion. In the Roman Catholic religion, any type of birth control it is strictly prohibited. At one moment in time, the Roman Catholic church and the Christians were on the same page with the birth control issue and how it was immoral. In the 1930s, the Christians and Catholics split, then some Christian religions accepted some types of birth control.

ANALYSIS The author argues that the debate of cultural relativism towards women’s human rights raced from the fundamental arguments of women’s rights in order to control their bodies, free from the constraints of others, whether they are the community or family members. “The reservations were predominantly motivated by religious objections (based in Islam and Catholicism) to abortion and family planning services. “ In my opinion, Oonagh’s argument is not that strong, it is not completely right and not completely wrong also. Her argument is not fully acceptable towards the society.

Pro choice and pro life have different opinions on abortion. There are many poor agricultural countries who are trying to become more advanced but their beliefs are against abortion . Many of these countries are very religious and disagree on abortion unless the mother is at risk. Many of the non developing countries are from middle east,south america

Pro-choice advocates suggest it is irresponsible for women to give birth to a child that she is unable to take care of (Shaw 2016, para. 1). Moreover, pro-abortion groups, argue that fetuses are not capable of surviving outside the mother’s womb before the 22nd week of pregnancy, thus, should not be considered a ‘person’ (Foer 1997, para. 4). The main positive impacts of abortion on the society can be seen in the decline in crime rates and how it eases the problem of overpopulation. On the contrary, pro-life advocates are against abortion. Pro-life groups claim that life begins at conception and abortion would be murdering the fetus (Alcorn n.d).

Women have the moral right to choose what to do with their body. A woman should not be forced into motherhood because of an unwanted pregnancy. Denying a woman the right to choose to have an abortion will condemn her to be financially liable and take care of an unwanted child for 18 years. Many people who take the pro-life stance fail to acknowdledge the hardships and difficulties of motherhood. They argue that “babies should be saved” yet how they plan to save children from a rough and tumoltous life when 73% of women who have abortions do it because they are unable to afford and provide for a child and 48% would be single mothers; all factors that affect children’s development and progress in life (“U.S. Abortion Statistics” 3).

Breanna Ramirez Mr.Pantoja, Mrs.Ryglicki English 4 11 May 2016 Abortion: Is it Right or Wrong? How would you feel if someone wanted take your life? Imagine the feeling of having a mother that does not want you even before you are born. In 1821 Connecticut was the first state to pass the abortion law in the United States.

(procon.org) One of the first reasons I don’t support abortion is that abortion defines the meaning of life and death. Kerby discusses in her article “Arguments against Abortion” medical reasons why abortion should not be legalized, he asked an important question that should have a strict answer within our community, isn’t death declared with a cessation of a heartbeat? Then why doesn’t onset of a heartbeat define life? And if a heartbeat defines life, then abortion should definitely be outlawed.

There will most likely always be two sides to the argument on whether woman should be allowed to have an abortion. Roe v. Wade was the ultimate deciding factor that helped the United States Supreme Court make abortions legal all the way until the later stages of pregnancy. According to Project Muse “Roe’s impact has also extended beyond the United States. Although the international movement for abortion law reform began years before Roe, and some countries, such as Japan, the Soviet Union, and Britain, have had legalized abortion since the 1950s, Roe both informed and was informed by a larger global movement to recognize women’s reproductive freedom and equality” (Chen 73). The 14th amendment is the "Reconstruction Amendment," it prevents any state to deny all people their rights to "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or as well as to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

According to Robert J. White M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery at Case Western University states that an unborn baby at 20 weeks in the womb “is fully capable of experiencing pain…without question, [abortion] is a dreadfully painful experience for any infant subject to such a surgical procedure.” So not only does the unborn baby have to die, but they also experience a painful death. The entire process disregards the feelings of the fetus. The children did not ask to come into this world, therefore they should not be punished for the actions of their parents. There are other avenues parents can pursue rather than

In the state of California, the issue of minors receiving abortions has reached the ballot three times. The issue specifically concerns parental consent and whether or not a minor should receive the same treatment as a pregnant adult in terms of privacy, power, and the right to decide for one 's body. The first, in 2005 with Proposition 73, again in 2006 with Proposition 85, and finally in 2008 with Proposition 4. Each side of the issue has major support, and strong will to either prohibit or allow minors to have abortions without parents knowing about their child 's health . Proposition 85, voted on in 2006 was the second of the three attempts to ensure physicians notify a parent or guardian of a scheduled abortion for a minor.

In the New York Times article, "The Stealth Attack on Abortion Access," author Meaghan Winter works to inform her audience on abortion and on the fact that women with low income are having their freedom to choose what they want to do with their body stripped away by abortion foes and republicans. The same abortion foes and republicans who voted to stop organizations, like planned parenthood, from providing cancer screenings, ultrasounds, contraception, and other services to low income women. She also strives to convince her audience to stand up against the people negating a women’s right to choose, and to help fight for the rights of women everywhere. Certain groups of republicans and other anti-abortion associations and advocates are “subsidizing centers with public funds” by working to “defund comprehensive health care providers”. By taking away a health care providers’ ability to fund cervices such as abortion, contraception, and cancer screenings, Women with low income

Pro-choice is the belief that abortion is right because a woman should be able to make her own choice because it will only affect her. At the moment, abortion is legal until the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy. Certain pro-choice supporters are trying to convince people that until the age of four, a child is not fully developed, therefore it should be considered an abortion and not murder. In 2014, it was tallied that eighteen percent of all pregnancies are concluding in abortion.

Savita Halappanavar is one of many women whose deaths could have been avoided had she been granted the abortion she so desperately needed and requested. Doctors told her that it was impossible for the fetus to survive, and that Savita’s own survival was questionable. Still, Savita was denied an abortion, and as a result, neither Savita nor her potential child survived the pregnancy. This happens to millions of women every year who are denied the right to be liberated from an unviable fetus. Discriminatory, raucous, tyrannical, all of these describe the disregard for the most basic of human rights: The right to control what happens to one’s own body.

In 1973 Roe v. Wade case the U.S. supreme court legalized abortion in the United States. Because they felt that the advances in modern medicines now made abortions relatively safe. According tote World Health Organization the death rate from abortion is extremely low: 0.6 per 100,000 procedures. According to CDCs Abortion Surveillance System, in 2013 664,435 legal induced abortions were reported to CDC. A child in the womb cannot be concede as a living thing unless it born.