The media argues that accessibility to abortion is a human rights issue, while disregarding the subject of infanticide associated with the freedom of choice. Many nations, like Canada have chosen to decriminalize abortion in order to make it more accessible to women. The “pro-choice” stance the media adopts about abortion neglects to mention that abortion is not solely a feminist issue; it is also agues in favour of genocide against a silent population. The media praises politicians whose “pro-feminism” who use rhetoric such as “the freedom to choose,” while also denying the rights and freedom of everybody else involved. The freedom to choose rests solely with the woman; the father and the child are legally excluded from participating in the …show more content…
This news article maintains a neutral standpoint on the issue of abortion, favouring neither side of the pro-life vs. pro-choice debate. However, while it does not outwardly endorse the upcoming amendments, it includes a number of quotations from the pro-choice perspective, which suggests that the increased access to abortion in NI is reflective of progress in the United Kingdom (UK). The Guardian’s Jessica Elgot and Henry McDonald report that Theresa May is willing to make concessions on NI’s abortion laws, so that women in NI are not financially responsible for terminating their pregnancy. The report indicates that prior to the proposed amendments, women from NI have to pay £900 to go from NI to mainland England in order to procure an abortion. The report further states that many British MP’s are praising the government’s concessions, particularly Mrs. Leadsom, who has been vocal about making further amendments to the law. A look at the quotations included in the article further show that the issue being addressed surrounds the accessibility of health care for women throughout the UK. The article does not any data or pro-life argumentation in its presentation of the news; it emphasizes the woman’s freedom to …show more content…
The Catholic Church contends that God gave man freedom and free will in order that he would aid God in creation. For example, in Genesis 2, God creates man first, and gives him dominion over all of the creatures of the earth. As beings created in God’s image humans have an increased responsibility to take care of creation. God did not intend for man’s freedom to be used as a means to do evil, true freedom is performing what God desires to see in the world, its greatest good. The Church further states that true freedom stems from the knowledge gained from an inner appraisal of the self. Theologians theorize that the most grievous sins are performed by individuals who are self centred. These sins are performed by people who do not consider the impact their actions have on others. By its nature, abortion is contrary to what God desires humanity to do with the gift of free will. When a woman chooses to terminate a pregnancy, she chooses to destroy God’s creation. In most cases abortions are sought because the woman does not want to have children. The self-centredness of these women stems from the knowledge each human person possesses about right and wrong regarding murder. Their selfish nature causes them to terminate the pregnancy rather than seeking a more humane option (e.g.
Nearly 8 thousand innocent unborn babies are deprived of their right to life each day in the name of a crime, named abortion. Beginning in 1973, the world has accepted this horrific practice, condoned it and now go as far as support it. millions of children have not seen the light of day due to their parent’s decision to slaughter one of their own. However, there still remains to be support of the brutal practice of abortion. These young inhabitants will never so much as enjoy the beauty of the natural light. Abortion is human cruelty that seems to be ignored every second due to the indecency of the parents of slaughtered their own babies every second.
The United States has been divided now over the issue of abortion for thirty-three years since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade in 1973. As of today, over 45 million legal abortions have been performed in the United States. Pro-choice advocates hold these 45 million abortions as being 45 million times women have exercised their right to choose to get pregnant and to choose to control their own bodies. To pro-life, or anti-abortion, advocates these 45 million abortions constitute 45 million murders, a genocide of human life in the United States propagated by the court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade. The debate over abortion in the United States is thus a debate of two extremes. One side argues from the personal liberty of the mother. The
While legally Canadian women are able to access abortion, anti-choice/pro-life advocacy and legislation attempts to limit this access. This is because, according to Sonya Bourgeois the “demand for choice presents major challenges to dominant discourses of femininity and sexuality, and in particular pro-life discourse” (Bourgeois, 23). In other words, the anti-choice dialogue limits abortion as a reproductive option by disputing and questioning the mainstream dialogue about things like femininity, motherhood, and
Abortion is a controversial topic regarding the rights mainly of the fetus and the mother. Men’s rights and involvement are generally overlooked in the abortion process. Since females are the carriers of the embryo, most of the time male’s decisions are not incorporated into the final conclusion. There are several debates regarding abortion and whose choice it should be to decide in terminating the fetus. Every father has different outcomes in a pregnancy and how much their decision should be included in the abortion depends solely on their involvement in the mother’s life. When the female deliberately engages in sexual intercourse, it becomes her responsibility to carry the embryo to term and to allow the fetus to have a right to her
Out of all modern social controversies, perhaps the most heated controversy is that of abortion. In today’s society you are either a Pro-life or a Pro-choice, there is not a middle ground. Pro-life are individuals who believe abortion is immoral and should be stop for the wellbeing of women and unborn babies. In contrast, the Pro-choice individuals do not necessarily promote abortion, they just believe women should be the ones to make decisions over their bodies and health. Although the two main sides of the abortion debate have concerns for human life, pro-life activists worries more about the fetus and morals, a clear difference from the pro-choice that worries more for the women and their rights. Based on the points I explored, the pro-choice arguments are stronger than pro-life arguments. Most of both groups arguments comes from peer-reviewed researches from well-known sources to support each individual concept. Effects on women,socio-politics, and fetus are some of the main point of conflicts between the pro-life and pro-choice advocates.
The restrictions and the debate that surrounds the issue of abortion has changed dramatically throughout the course of history and it continues to change until this very moment. All around the world and in every known society, women have used abortion to control their reproduction, regardless of it’s legality. Abortion used to be exercised freely in the United Sates, up Until all the states started to ban It and place a lot of restrictions on it. They stated that a woman can not abort except in extreme cases in which the mother’s life might be in danger. After the restrictions caused a lot of health issues and raised concerns on women’s health, The Government abolished all the restrictions. In this paper I will analyze and discuss three main positions on the issue of abortion. First, there are those who associate themselves with the title “pro-life”. These individuals are anti abortion, birth control, embryo research or anything that can control or cause any harm to the fetus. Second, there are those who at the other end of the spectrum who firmly believe that if a woman decides to abort, then it is her constitutional right to do so without any interference from the government. Third, are those who believe that if a woman is raped or her life is in danger, then abortion should be completely and solely up to the woman, but other than that, abortion should be illegal. This group of individuals are also for birth control and do not oppose educating
Although there have been many debates about abortion since the middle of the 1800’s, it is still a large problem in current times do to the question regarding women’s equality and freedom under the topic of abortion: pro-life or pro-choice? There have been many restrictions put on abortion clinics and doctors recently in attempts to put abortion clinics out of business, ultimately ending abortion in some areas and states. Many women, such as poor and minorities, are unable to get an abortion due to the location of the clinics. The inconveniences of location, laws, and protests have brought down several abortion providers, which makes abortions difficult to get. Due to abortion being a sensitive topic amongst debates, many voters will listen to the candidate’s view on the subject and what the candidate will do about abortion restrictions. Even though some abortions are conducted incorrectly now, there were more prevalent problems back when abortion became a major topic.
The argument whether abortion should be legal or not has been raging for years. In America where democracy rules and the right to freedom of choice are set at a high priority among citizens, it’s not hard to see pro-choice and pro-life ideals going head on. In this paper I will explain some of the major reasons woman have abortions, as well as how if we are truly a democratic society and we do have freedom, then pro-choice and legalizing abortion is the answer. I will also talk about ethical issues, and how the effect of legalized abortions has affected other countries, as opposed to countries where abortions are illegal.
There are many limitations valued when it comes to the right of abortion. The news media still outlines the pros and cons of anti-abortion rights in certain-states-to soon, the entire country. My perspectives on the issue of abortion have been entitled from it to never be banned among citizen’s rights. The reproduction of pregnancy has been emphasized heavily on a mother’s decision to abort their child, but the father of the child plays an active role since he considers to that particular title. Through this current issue, majority of the people against abortion do not seem to have an open mind to how much it primarily affects the decision of the mother amongst her own views of considering abortion.
The abortion question raises a number of issues that form the core of the abortion debate. Opponents and supporters of abortions have been battling over this particular problem for decades and still cannot come to an agreement. Being one of the most common and most controversial medical procedures, abortion tends to affect people on psychological and sociological levels. But while the discussion of the morality of abortion is an ongoing debate, the social issues surrounding abortion in most cases stay unnoticed. The social aspect of the issue is centered on the abortion policy. The main question of the abortion policy is whether the law should permit abortions and, if so under what circumstances. The other is whether the law should put the life of an unborn child first and legally protect it. The peculiarity of the abortion policy is that its measures are highly dependent on different public opinions.
Abortion is dividing America. Without a common understanding of abortion, this issue will always be divisive in America. Throughout the history of America, abortion has been an issue that has generally separated people into two camps, those in favor of abortion and those against abortion. However, these two groups, more often than not, have not approached their understanding of this issue from the same perspective. Generally speaking, those in favor of abortion see the issue of the personal rights of women. However, those against abortion, view the issue of the rights of the child. As a result, these two perspectives will never gain unity or a common understanding of abortion. The purpose of this paper is to not only give a clear understanding of both sides of the issue, but to argue that this issue will never be a unifying issue in American culture.
Those who support abortion often overuse the claim that every individual has the right to choose and it is unfair to restrict a women’s choice on abortion. Although this claim at first thought may seem to be able to uphold the abuse of abortion, we
The issue of abortion has always been a controversial one for citizens of the United States. Abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy after the embryo has been planted in the uterus (Abortion). An individual’s stance on this controversial issue categorizes them into one of two very different groups. An individual who feels that a woman should not have an abortion- due to moral or religious views- is said to be “pro-life”. Coincidently, those who feel that a woman should have the right to choose abortion are said to be “pro-choice”. “Pro-life” supporters point to the practice of abortion as an immoral one. Supporters state abortion is immoral because it takes away the rights of the unborn fetus, since activists consider human
One of the first moral issues addressed by both sides of the abortion debate concerns a pregnant woman’s so-called natural “right” to make “reproductive choices.” (“The Rights of Pregnant Women”) Anti-abortion advocacy groups claim that “the only way to actually protect the mother’s rights will be by enforcing laws that secure her child’s right to life,” (“Argument 2”) whereas pro-abortion groups contend that these laws “create a dangerous precedent for wide-ranging government intrusion into the lives of all women.” (“The Rights”) With two fundamentally contrasting viewpoints at odds with each other, it is apparent that one of the core issues concurrent with abortion is a woman’s rights versus the rights of her unborn fetus.
Abortion is a legal medical method to stop the premature delivery that is adopted in most countries of the world. It was legalized many years ago but nowadays we live in the civilized society where the human life is the most precious treasure and the question about the appropriateness of abortions is of current importance. Nowadays there are two opposing camps who present their arguments. People who support abortion insist that prohibition of it will deprive people of their rights to have free choice. On the contrary, people who stand for banning abortion claim that abortion deprive a human being from the right to live. Every person must decide for himself what is more important: deprivation of choice or deprivation of life. Another point