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Abortion

Abortion

Abortion is one of the most debated controversial topics in the United States. It is an issue that fights the contradiction between morality and freedom. This topic is one that many people feel very passionately about. There are two main groups who battle these contradictions. The first group being pro-life, believing that regardless of the situation of the pregnancy, abortion is morally wrong and should not be performed under any circumstance. The second group is pro-choice and believes that a woman should be free to determine the outcome of her pregnancy. There is also a group of people that fall somewhere in between. These individuals feel that abortion should be permitted only under certain circumstances, namely rape or life threatening situations for the mother.
One of the main arguments between the two groups is at what gestation does the fetus become a human. Pro-lifers believe that a fetus is human at the moment of conception. Pro-choicers may argue that a fetus is not considered a human until birth.
There are many morality questions that come into play when it comes to abortion. Many feel that the choice to have an abortion is an egocentric decision and feel that it follows Thoreau's philosophy of self-interest and self-preservation. This is sue to the belief that the mother is focused solely on herself rather than her unborn child. This also goes hand in hand with the idea that happiness is acquired in either a hedonistic or epicureanistic manner. It can be seen as hedonistic in the fact that the mother is only looking forward with her own self interest in mind. It can also be seen as epicureanistic in the fact that the mother is avoiding responsibility by having her baby aborted.
In using an interdisciplinary approach can give a better insight to forming an opinion regarding abortion. The body of human knowledge consists of three main categories; humanities, social science, and science....

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