According to the WHO, there are an estimated 40-50 million abortions every year around the globe. The dictionary definition for abortion is ‘the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy’, and people usually very absolutist about their stances regarding this topic. The two sides of the argument are those who are pro-choice or pro-life. The pro-choice side argue that it is the free will of the parent/s to decide on how to handle the pregnancy as unplanned pregnancies could mean a detrimental life for both the parent/s and the baby as the parent/s may not have the resources to support and take care of the baby, or are not ready for such big change and responsibility. On the other hand, the pro-life side argue that life begins at conception …show more content…
Anthony List (SBA List) which is an NGO striving to promote their anti-abortion campaign through politics, believes ‘that fighting for life is not only morally right, but politically smart’. She aims to elect pro-choice men and women that oppose abortion into Congress as well as pass pro-life laws that protect unborn children. In her late 20’s, Marjorie spent a summer in Georgetown house for Republican interns and she believes that when she was studying political science and philosophy, her stance on abortion began to shift, from pro-choice to pro-choice. In an interview she mentions that the turning point was when she asked herself regarding abortion, ‘what if it’s another person in there? Why should we even take that chance?’(Marjorie D, Jun 2017). Her change in stance was also catalysed by her conversion to Catholicism and its belief of humanity for the unborn fetus. Her belief in the Catholic faith and in the sanctity of human life, as well as her strong support for the more conservative party have influenced and changed her stance that is now firmly pro-life. Recently elected by Donald Trump as the head of his anti-abortion coalition, Marjorie’s SBA List organisation could prosper and achieve a lot towards its goals, and this could potentially cause a monumental change in the US laws on abortion. The SBA List could widen their reach, promote the pro-life ideology to a bigger audience with backing of the Presidency and …show more content…
He urges everyone to ‘defend the unborn against abortion, even if they persecute you, culminate you, set traps for you, take you to court or kill you’. As can been seen from this quote, the Pope feels that one must do everything that they possibly can, no matter how extreme, to save an unborn child and fight abortion. Through the Bible, in Jeremiah 1:5, (the Christian) God says, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations”. In accordance with Catholicism, this suggests that God has a plan for everyone before they are formed in the womb, and therefore an abortion interferes with and ‘kills’ his plan, which is an abomination. The Pope holds his pro-life stance because of his high regard of the sanctity of life, aligned with his staunch belief in the Catholic faith, and the word of God. The Pope has a far reaching influence all other the world and since he is the leader of the Catholic church, he has ‘full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church’. Hence, his stance on abortion and how he interprets the Bible could significantly influence the Catholics world-wide on their stance on abortion, including 22% of the population of the USA who are registered Catholics. It could lead to more intense protests against abortion seeing as the Catholics are taught that abortion goes
Marian Faux is an author deeply engaged in writing about the basic personal matters of modern times. Her previous book, Childless by Choice, discussed the advantages and disadvantages of bearing children, and the effects that the legalization of abortion had on premature mothers. Yet, she channelled her visions of abortion into another book, Roe v Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision That Made Abortion Legal, where she not only, in depth, told the complete process of the Supreme Court case “Roe v Wade”, but also analyzed the worldwide aftermath of the decision, and the changes it brought in society. Prior to this effort, Faux attempted to summarize the subject of abortion into one book, in which, she claimed that “Abortion
When Gianna Jenson addresses the argument that abortion should be legal for support of women’s rights, she states “if legalizing abortion is about women’s rights, where were my rights as a female when my brain desperately tried to search for oxygen while the saline solution was supposed to kill me before I could even think.” This strong rebuttal to the argument makes the audience think, if abortion is in women’s rights, why isn’t the baby allowed those same basic rights, or even the right of survival? Again, Gianna puts the topic of standing up for your rights into perspective for the audience by saying, “how much are you willing to take and how much are you willing to risk to speak the truth in love and in graciousness, to stand up and at least be willing to be hated, or at the end of the day is it all about you, or me?” In other words, Jenson asks the audience how far they will go to stand up for what they believe in, because she went as far as delivering a speech about the topic to the public. This provokes the audience to wonder if their arguments were valid enough and if their personal thoughts are strong enough to be fought
Rather than stating the argument, Willis poses it as a question, “Are the fetuses the moral equivalent of born human beings?” (Abortion Debate 76), thus showing how modern feminists can only support one side of the argument in their chosen stance, and cause limitations by doing so. In doing so, Willis shows how to some “extent… we objectify our enemy and define the terms of our struggle as might makes right, the struggle misses its point” (Ministries of Fear 210), which implies that feminists have completely missed the point of the argument by getting caught up in an answer. Rather than looking for a compromise or gray area, they exert their stance as the only solution that woman can have. Willis also shows how feminists fundamentally “see the primary goal of feminism as freeing omen from the imposition of so called ‘male values’, and creating an alternative culture based on ‘female values’”
In the summer of 2013, Texas senator Wendy Davis stood on her feet for thirteen hours (with no restroom breaks) to fight against a bill that would close numerous abortion clinics in Texas. During the filibuster, Davis presented an important question: “What purpose does this bill serve? And could it be, might it just be a desire to limit women's access to safe, healthy, legal, constitutionally-protected abortions in the state of Texas?” (Bassett, “Wendy Davis …”). For centuries women have struggled for adequate access to birth control and resorted to abhorrent means of abortion when they face unwanted pregnancies.
As her white river raft hits the treacherous rapids, she ensures that she does not just emerge but emerge stronger. As the CEO of the controversial Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards does make sure that her beliefs and her company emerges stronger each time they take a hit. I admire Cecile’s for the way she handles the criticism she is hit by, for her ambition to fight for what she believes in, and for her dedication and passion. Cecile deals with a numerous amount of reproductive health issues. For example, the on-going battle of abortion that all started with Roe vs. Wade in 1973 makes Planned Parenthood a target for anti-choice activists.
I agree with the court’s decision because abortion is irrevocably bad. As a catholic and as a person, abortion is killing people, and by granting people the right to abortion is intentionally killing young people every day. Sometimes, it makes me wonder if they want themselves to live every day, then why kill? I know people have the freedom of doing what they believe is “right”; however, some people across the world are willing to have children, but can never have one. Even if you are poor or it’s against your family values, no one should give up a child and take their child’s life for
Hillary Clinton This paper will bring three points of Planned Parenthood related with Hillary Clinton along with my thoughts about her speech. The first point will talk about my relationship with political, Hillary Clinton’s statement about women’s health/the reproductive rights, and Hillary Clinton’s strong dream to give women’s right back to them away from government, religious and all another invert women’s right to make their own decisions. Those three points will bring me closer to understand what going on with Planned Parenthood with Hillary Clinton’s perspective.
Abortion and reproductive justice is a hot topic right now. With left and right wing legislators trying to support or reject reproductive justice rights, it is everywhere we turn. Our class guest speaker, Carly Class, works for the Southeastern divine for Planned Parenthood in Florida. To many, Planned Parenthood is an abortion clinic, but it does so much more than terminate pregnancies. She went over the services that Planned Parenthood provides as well as the definition of reproductive justice.
Some words Margaret Sanger used include the following: dim, distant, silly, unwelcome, unwanted, unprepared, unknown, exhausted, inefficient, struggle, meaningless, and waste. Including the sentence, “Worry, strain, shock, unhappiness, enforced maternity, may all poison the blood of the enslaved mothers,” provides the negative tone to hint that she does not like the fact that birth control is illegal in the United States. Her habitual word choices is a consequence of where she comes from. Diction reveals things about Sanger’s past and how she reacts and views the present. Margaret Sanger, a memorable and important woman of American history, used her determination and emotional influence to appeal to the national birth control committee, and, as a result, created a lasting speech filled with rhetorical
Abortions must be permitted; they need to become a standard medical procedure. Abortions have to become a standard medical procedure regarding, Margaret Sanger’s fight to have access to abortions and
Abortion remains one of the most controversial issues in our society today. Pro-life supporters are those who are against abortion and who believe abortion is in all cases wrong. Pro-choice supporters are those who are in favor of abortion and who believes that whatever a woman does with her body is her choice. Patricia Bauer and Don Marquis are both scholars who wrote in depth articles explaining their views on abortion in an effort to spur their audience into action. Even though the both share same views, they use different and strong rhetorical strategies, mainly logos, ethos, and pathos, to get their message across their audience and to show the effectiveness and seriousness of their arguments.
The subject of teenage pregnancy is an emotional and overwhelming one. Sitting with dozens of patients waiting for her preceding abortion a pregnant teenager glances nervously at the various signs with bolded phrases like, “Stop! Save your baby,” or “Choose Life!” written across, held by anti-abortion protesters outside the PPFA clinic door. They would be seen chanting the values of life and how “aborting” is defined as “killing” a future individual. In pro-lifers eyes, Planned Parenthood operates “inhumane” and “remorseless murders” on fetuses, throwing their body parts out of the clinic’s windows or selling them out for extra wages.
The topic of abortion has long been a controversial issue. An abortion is a medical procedure that is used to terminate a pregnancy and cause death to the embryo. Both presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take on different sides on this sensitive issue. Donald Trump is pro life he is against the practice of abortion. Hillary Clinton on the other hand, is pro choice she supports that women should have a right to a safe legal abortion.
“I cannot understand anti-abortion arguments that centre on the sanctity of life. As a species we've fairly comprehensively demonstrated that we don't believe in the sanctity of life. The shrugging acceptance of war, famine, epidemic, pain and life-long poverty shows us that, whatever we tell ourselves, we've made only the most feeble of efforts to really treat human life as sacred.” - Caitlin Moran Abortion does what contraception does not necessarily do: it works. Let the abortion be as it is, it is the mother’s body and she can abort it as she wishes.
When Gianna Jessen was testifying in the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Planned Parenthood on September 9, 2015, she said if she could ask Planned Parenthood one question it would be, “If abortion is about women’s rights then what were mine?” (Jessen 1) She brings up a very good question. If abortion is about women's rights then what are the babies? Where was her right to life,since her mother decided to kill her?