Rawls and Nagel would support Hillary Clinton’s stance on abortion in a secular society, regardless of certain comprehensive doctrines, if we are to call the state just and rational. If we were to consider that women were rational beings, as we should, then rationally the issue of abortion would not be a dilemma. Since we live in a pluralistic society where all citizens comprehensive doctrines are free to be heard, this issue of pro-life and pro-choice becomes a controversy. This creates tension within the public sphere between religious citizens and the public sphere. This can be demonstrated between the different ideology of four theologians. Michael Sandel and Thomas Nagel agree that banning abortion is not correct but they clash in the way that they justify this issue. John Rawls is consistent with Nagel 's theory on the justification of abortion for women but not to the extent of Hillary Clinton’s late pregnancy abortion. Finally Ratzingers argues why rationality can not be the only source for the justification of abortion shows why this causes tensions between the religious citizens and public sphere.
Hillary Clinton is a secular pro-choice advocate. For the most part Clinton stands faithfully by her Methodist Church traditions. She previously believed that abortion was consistently wrong with the exception that it would affect the mother but since then has changed her view. In 2016’s interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press”, Clinton clarifies her stance on abortion.
I am pro-life. I always have and always will stand firm in my beliefs. I will especially remain firm in my belief that no innocent human being, especially unborn, should have to pay the consequences of someone else’s actions. Realizing that many others tend to disagree, I do not shove my opinions on abortion on anyone. However, being criticized for having the opinion that I do happens all the time and has only solidified my beliefs on this touchy subject of societal controversy. Growing tired of many endless conversations and arguments in my life, I interviewed a member of Planned Parenthood to get more insight on opposing opinions of mine.
Thou shalt not kill; one-tenth of what may arguably be the most famous guidelines of morality in the western culture, and also the main driving force for pro-life advocates. The argument supporting their beliefs typically starts with the premises that a fetus is a person, and to destroy or to kill a person is unethical. Therefore abortion, the premeditated destruction of a human being, is murder, and consequently unethical. I deny the fact that the fetus, what I will refer to as an embryo up to 22 weeks old, has the right to live. The opposing argument is invalid because a fetus, although perhaps a part of human species, is not formally a person. This leaves it simply to be a part of the woman?s body, whose fate lies solely in the
“Abortion is the spontaneous or artificially induced expulsion of an embryo or fetus” (Abortion, 2002). An artificially induced abortion is the type referred to in the legal context. Abortions happen in different situations. The question comes when is it the right or wrong choice. The root question becomes the moment a fetus becomes a person and entitled to rights. The fetus could be a person at conception, during the pregnancy, or at birth. The deciding moment differs from the Pro-life group and Pro-choice group. After critically analyzing four different arguments about the pros and cons of abortion, one will be able to understand the ethical, moral, and
She says that she is for abortion to a point, but is also very against. Clinton says “let woman decide”. It is only their right. She doesn’t think it is right for a congressman who has never met her, or even a judge that has spoken with her for only a minute to make that decision. Woman should have the ability to decide whether and when to become a mother.
Otto von Bismarck once said, “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” The arduous process that a bill undergoes in order to become a law may seem grueling and pointless; however, the processes high caliber of difficulty allows for the extreme prestige and exclusivity of bills that are passed. Because the process is so exhausting, and filibusters, subsequently requiring a super-majority vote to pass a bill, have always been such a threat in Congress, historically, bills that attempt to reform sensitive issues have not fared well in the legislative branch. However, when Congress does pass controversial laws, it then also faces the task of effectively enforcing them. But, when the process is carried out to
Pro-life versus Pro-choice stands as the most prominent bioethical issue in American Society today. This ongoing argument of whether an woman has the right to her body and potential child has been previously rigously debated for decades. The arguemental topic of pro life versus pro choice often dances along the topic that the government has been attempting to become callous in women’s rights as a total. I stand with women on their choice of their body, and fully believe that the government dictating the right of a female to their body is not only both morally and ethically wrong, yet also extremely contradictory.
Most people would say abortion is a common health care topic, and a pretty serious one. Clinton is pro-choice because she believes that all mothers should be able to make their own decision regarding their pregnancy (Should Abortion be Legal?). While fighting with Trump on this topic, she stated, “I’ve been proud to stand
Abortion is never an easy decision, but women have been making the choice for thousands of years. It has become a large dilemma since 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court passed a law making the procedure legal, and an even larger controversial issue. The controversy is divided into “Pro-Choice” and Pro-Life” views. Pro-Choice supporters believe that the woman should have to choice whether to abort or not. Pro-Life supporters believe that it should be illegal to abort and preformed. However, there are many ways for this procedure to be performed. Abortion still remains today a controversial issue, by who should determine if it is the right thing to terminate a pregnancy or not and by how the procedure should be preformed.
Abortion is one of the most personal, widely discussed, and controversial topics in American culture today. In most cases, people on both sides of the argument take worthy and moral positions. Who can blame someone who wishes to prevent the termination of a teen pregnancy to save the life of an unborn child? On the other hand, who can blame anyone who advocates the soon-to-be mother's right to make such a personal, heartbreaking choice? No matter what she chooses to do, should anyone have the legal right to force her to bear an unwanted child? Most people in the US are pro-choice, and believe that abortion should be a legal, confidential decision that only a woman can make for herself. However, some are against the idea of
Abortion is a big social issue. Either being a Pro-Life or a Pro-Choice. Choosing a life or aborting the life of a baby. When the baby is inside the womb, the mother or family has the choice to either keep the baby or have an abortion. People need to know what all happens in an abortion, and if they are Pro-Life or a Pro-Choice person.
Ellen Willis’s “Putting Women Back into the Abortion Debate” (2005) is an argument that supports women’s rights and feminism in terms of allowing all abortions to occur. She discusses abortion with the perspective that women’s rights are the issue, not human life. This argument is not accurate. Abortion is almost completely about the rights of every human being. People who are for abortion need to know a fertilized egg is just as important as someone already living, that an unborn child cannot control its need for someone to rely on for survival, and that they must accept the gender they were given without thinking it eliminates rights. Excluding rape and incest, abortion should not be allowed.
Abortion has been a global controversial topic. The advancement of medicine can cure illness but also take away the future lives of others. The United States has taken this scientific case into politics since the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, which made abortion a lawful policy. Previous presidents have outlawed and made constitutional the right to abort a child. Although many people disagree, others agree to the right of privacy.
When it comes to abortion, everyone has a slightly different view. Whether one believes that no one, or everyone, should be allowed to get an abortion, the same question comes into play: Is abortion ethical? In addition, when does a human life actually start? Without concrete facts, we can only do so much with those questions, which is why this is such a controversial topic. We need to consider all the facts and information available. For example, whether or not a fetus feels pain, how old the fetus is, and what condition the pregnant woman is in. The main argument comes down to pro-life versus pro-choice. After doing extensive research, I have come to agree with the side of pro-choice, meaning that
The topic of abortion is a hot subject among the people of America today. Some say yes, women should be able to have abortions no matter if the fetus is in the first trimester or well in to the second trimester of gestation. On the other hand the other people say that it is murder of a child no matter the stage of development. Many of the people that believe that the fertilized ovum is a human and has a soul at the conception are the pro-life people. They believe this because of their religious beliefs and cannot scientifically prove this in any way.
To Taylor to dismiss these groups has parallels with colonialisms dismissal of the cultures of indigenous peoples. In this respects Liberalism just as prior western ideas is viewed as thinking itself universal and that which falls outside of its parameters as archaic, wrong at its worst and only tolerated at best in effect reverse discrimination. Here Taylor views the ideas of such as Rawls to be overly individualistic and liberalism as a culturally bound idea itself with secularism as doctrine of difference blindness (Sward) .The relevance of religion with the liberal world can be demonstrated by views on abortion, with liberalism having promoted women's rights and pro-choice often in opposition to the catholic position of pro-life. Religion in this respect does impact upon political life and in the USA pro-life have at times gone to extreme measures in opposition such as killing doctors that have performed abortions. Rawls in his later writings qualifies his position that while democracy needs to factor in reasonable plurality, contracts could be made within each plurality so long as they are reasonable and fit within a democratic framework. It suggests that this shall be fulfilled by rational people, it would argued that aspects of religion are not reasonable rather dogmatic and extreme as is the case of violence towards pro-choice advocates would be unjust in a democratic society, but when abiding by law religious groups can add valuable contribution to the debate and should be free to express opinion.