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Auguments About Abortion

Auguments about Abortion


Abortion is one of the most controversial issues around, and is an issue that
will never be agreed upon. By bringing morals into the question of whether it
should be legal to have abortions, this issue has been elevated to a higher
level. By some people, it is no longer looked at as a question of choice but as
a question of morality, and these concepts have led to a full-blown debate over
something that really should not be questioned.
Every women in America has the right to decide what to do with their
bodies. No government or group of people should feel that they have the right
to dictate to a person what path their lives should take. People who say that
they are "pro-life" are in effect no more than "anti-choice". These pro-lifers
want to put the life and future of a women into the hands of the government.
Abortion, and the choice a women may make, is a very private thing and should
not be open to debate. The question of morality should not even come into play
when considering abortion, because in this case the question is not of morality
but of choice and constitutionality.
The ninth amendment states "The enumeration in the Constitution, of
certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by
the people." This in turn, is guaranteeing a women the right to have an
abortion. Pro-choice people say that abortion is the killing of a child, but
pro-choice people do not consider the fetus a child. A philosopher, Mary Anne
Warren, proposed that consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activity, and
self awareness are factors that determine 'person-hood'.
But, a misconception that held is that people who are pro-choice are
actually pro-abortion. Many people that support the right of a women to decide
what to do with her own body may be personally against abortions. But, that
does not mean that they think the government should be able to pass laws
governing what females do with their bodies. Pro-choice...