Abortion

             Abortion: should it be legal or illegal? Abortion is one of the most controversial topic of our time. During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most debatable subject of controversy in the United States and throughout the world. The controversy of abortion has caused countless deaths and several violent confrontations between the seperate parties of opinion. It is often a very hard personal decision to make. You must consider all sides of the issue. Abortion is the removal of a fetus before it has been born. Some people call this murder. These people are pro-life. Pro-life advocates often feel that the fetus may be saved and that most of these abortions are done in cases that aren't hopeless. Some people say that abortion is personal rights. These people are pro-choice. Pro-choice advocates often feel that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that one of the mothers and the government has no right to interfer. The main questions that remains is, should abortion be illegal?.
             Abortion is a topic that is discussed in several cultures, religions, nationalities, and ethnic backgrounds. Social and culture standards do play a role in the initial view of abortion procedures. Russia has six times more legal abortions per capita than the U.S. and has an infant mortality rate that is four times higher. Russia is twice the size of the U.S. and it has half the population, due partially to abortions. On the opposite end, India has only one-tenth of the legal abortions per capita as the U.S. but its infant mortality rate is ten times higher. India is one-third the size of the U.S. and has over one billion people.
             In the religion of Catholicsm, abortion is a very grave sin, unless the woman life is in danger. The fifth commandment says, "Thou shall not kill." Catholics beleive that the human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God.