Abortion
By definition, "abortion" is "the spontaneous or induced termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryos or fetus." Abortion has been a controversial issue since the Greek and Roman days. There was the greatest and wisest Greek, known as the Father of Medicine who, stood up and proclaimed his famous Oath: "I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion," or "I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly, I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy." The Pythagoreans also had the same agreement with the Oath that abortion is not right: "Â…the embryo was animate from the moment of conception, and abortion meant destruction of a living being."
There have been many debates over the right to life of the fetus or the right to choose by a woman. Historically, abortion was not legal for the common law of society. In 1900, America had made abortion pretty much legal for its citizens. However, in the mid 60's, there were some strict changes in the abortion law. Then, the law was passed to legalize the abortion again after the Roe vs. Wade court. After the court decision, the abortion rate in America went from 1.2 million per year before 1973 to 1.4 million a year in 1994. Then the rate went down to 1.31 million in 2000, and it continues to decrease.
Abortion is a very touchy and controversial topic in our society which is divided into two groups: Pro-life vs. Pro-choice. The Pro-life group totally opposes abortion while the Pro-choice group believes that it is a mother's choice whether or not to have a child. No matter how many times the topic has been arguing, abortion still remains immoral.
In this paper, I shall argue that abortion is an immoral act that a mother can do to her unborn child. First, I...
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