Do you believe in Abortion? Why or why not? I need help on writing an argument paper about Abortion so please

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Answer 1

At the risk of infuriating everybody - on both sides of this issue - I'm going to give you an honest answer.

Yes and No.

I believe that abortion is the termination of a life, but I think it should be legal.

This gobbledegook about a fetus not being a life until this point or that point, with fingernails, without, sentient or non-sentient, etc., etc., is just so much rationalizing mouth sewage.

Something is either alive or dead. And a fetus is a life - separate and distinct from it's mother - from the time the sperm penetrates the egg. A thing can't be "sort of" alive any more than a woman can be "kinda" pregnant.

The fact that the fetus may be spontaneously aborted is meaningless as well. The possibility that your two year old may be run over by a bus does not give you the right to kill him or her when he or she is one. And third trimester abortions are murder, if there is such a thing as murder. I don't know what else you can call dragging a child out of a woman - that is usually old enough to survive outside the womb - and jabbing a forceps or some other medical instrument into the base of its skull.

Having said that, we justify killing for a million different reasons, and have throughout history. It is my feeling that if a child's parents don't want the child, they, the world, and maybe even the child, are better off if he or she never lives outside the womb. Given the wretched overcrowding of this planet, and the coming environmental catstrophes, that seems a sensible - albeit distasteful and ostensibly unethical - stance.

Notice I make a distinction between killing and murder, as most so-called civilized people are apt to when inflexible morality gets in the way of expediency. War is the best example of this, but there are millions of others.

But there is a price tag on this. All of it. Especially regarding abortion. Ask nearly anybody that has had one, then later gone on to bring one or more fetuses to term.

At this stage in my life I couldn't support a women in a decision to abort a child I fathered, and certainly could not be the deciding vote in favor of an abortion. Nor do I feel that a woman should have the absolute, unassailable right to make the decision - there are TWO people involved, after all - at least in principle. In practice, there is little choice but to leave the decision to her, because there is no real way to prevent it, short of locking her in a rubber room and keeping her there for nine months.

And I guess that reality leaves the male with some moral deniability, anyway, if a woman has an abortion under his protest. There have been times, I guess, when many males have been glad of that. I don't know if I have ever fathered any children that were aborted. I suspect I have. And I'm very grateful that I DON'T know, nor am I likely to ever know, for sure.

I have a child. And that changes your perception of all this. Did for me, anyway.

If this note seems oddly cold-blooded and unsettling, well, that can't be helped. This is an oddly cold-blooded and unsettling issue.

Answer 2

I am a woman who sees it both ways. I am a woman who has borne three beautiful daughters and who has had two abortions (once while young and single and once as a married woman with one child already).

This is such a personal thing that NO ONE should have the right to tell another what they should or shouldn't do. I was lucky that the option was available to me because I wanted it at the time. I also believe that my children have brought me closer to God and have made me human.

Yes, these are children being aborted, but who has the right to determine what is right under the circumstance more than the people involved - the mother, the father and their God.

This is an eternal argument that will always be - legalized or not - abortion will always be .............at least until all women and children are treated by men with the respect and love that is due them. I personally believe that men are the reason for a vast number of abortions with their irresponsibility towards women and children. Most men will have sex anywhere and anytime they can, until a child is conceived. Then all bets are off and the woman is left to fend for herself and that child. Men make it clear sometimes that it's him or the baby, and women feel very pressured.

There are as many reasons for abortion as there are women who have them. I do think though that right or wrong, abortion will not go away.

Answer 3

I am sure no-one has an Abortion without a lot of forethought.
I remember when I was pregnant that I immediately wanted the 'baby' as the circumstances were right for me. However, when I was younger and single on the odd occasion when I thought I might have been it scared me to death! It's ok to say 'they could give it up for adoption' but there are already loads of kids wanting to be adopted and they would be adding to it.
Many families should not have kids and maybe they are the ones we should be getting at not the ones who made a mistake and are trying to stop an unwanted child being born.
Anyway does anyone remember anything about life before they were born?
Let us have a choice but please let there be some form of counselling and more monitoring of the ones who have made more than their fair share of 'mistakes'!

Answer 4

I used to think abortion was okay but I wouldn't tell anybody if I had to do it because I'd be ashamed. So, how okay is it if I wouldn't tell anybody. Then, I found out that a baby has its own blood system way early in the first trimester.

Today, at this point in my life, with two kids (a pre-teen and an infant) I think abortion is wrong (with exception of the morning after pill which forces you to have a period right after possible conception) yet I still believe that a woman should have the choice.

I think birth control should be taught as early as 6th grade to girls as biology. A girl needs to know the functions of her body to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Too many women - especially on this site - seem absolutely clueless on the functions of their bodies.

Answer 5

Abortion should be done for the safety of the mother in medical complications. It can also be done if there is a problem during term with the fetus and it is detrimental to the health of the mother or when the fetus is determined will not have a normal healthy life if it were to survive. Abortion-at-will should not be done since it is seen as a birth control measure. There are plenty of willing people who would adopt an unwanted child and women should not be willing to abort just because a pregnancy poses a temporary inconvenience to their life-style

Answer 6

I suggest you read Freakonomics. The author's theory is basically that abortion has caused a decrease in crime. He says that the people who would have grown up in abusive and negligent homes were aborted instead so the criminals that would have come from those families don't exist. It is an interesting argument for abortion.

By the way, I would never have an abortion myself, but I don't think the government should make that choice for me.

Answer 7

I am a Pro-choice Christian. I do not believe that life begins at conception. I believe that if you get an abortion very early on in the pregnancy, that is ok. The world is getting worse and worse, to bring a child into this world knowing that you do not want the child or can not take care of the child is cruel. I believe it is more compassionate to terminate the pregnancy than to give birth to a child who's life is more than likely going to end up miserable.

Answer 8

for me personally i wouldnt be able to have an abortion except in certain situations. i think that if you decide to have sex then you should know the consequences. it is not fair to the unborn child they didnt decide to be conceived the two people who went to bed did with out weighing all options. the only way i would have an abortion if it was a rape because it would not be fair to the child as you probably never be able to express love to that child. however i would never judge people who do decide to have an abortion as it is or should be a personal desicion.

Answer 9

You know, it's not the case that I believe in it, given that I even talked to it before. So...

Anyway, a good thing to have before starting writing some argument paper is: what are my vias? Religion? Ethics? Which ethics? Sociological view? Personal experience? Philosophical readings? Which ones?

After, it turns easier to compose...

Hope it helped!

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Answer 10

I believe in pro-choice why??? no matter how much the man's in a child's life the sole responsiblity falls on the woman...so if the woman is not ready to raise a child it doesnt make sense for her to bring the child into the world...too many children are in the system, abused, or neglected...or women on welfare with many children ...it doesnt make sense!!! Now being pro-choice I have limitations I dont believe it should not be used as a regular birth control and I dont believe it should be done after 4 mths.....