Everyday a new life is born and another one destroyed. People are murdered, some die of natural causes, others are killed in car accidents, but among the most controversial arguments to date is that of aborting a pregnancy. Abortion has been a controversial subject since the day it was possible. Prior to the 1860s, abortion was a very common method of birth control. The American Medical Association (AMA) launched a protest on the eve of the Civil War against abortions. Later, abortion was made illegal in almost every state because of rising moral sentiments and the fear of more childbearing among the Catholics than the Protestants. Finally, in 1973 Roe v. Wade was the first Supreme Court case regarding abortion rights. The decision made in this case overturned the state laws prohibiting abortion and this marked the rise of the Pro-Life movement. After Roe v. Wade a great deal of violence struck the United States. Bomb threats filled abortion clinics, mass rallies, murders of workers at abortion clinics, arrests, political parties almost defining themselves with the issue; the United States was in a state of pandemonium over abortion rights. Rulings by the Supreme Court continued and arguments flared. In 1989, the Court supported the prohibition of public facilities or public personal to perform abortions. Later, in 1990, the Court passed laws requiring parental documentation or parental consent to perform the operation. Furthermore, in 1992, the Court issued that physicians are required to provide anti-abortion information and a 24-hour waiting period. Even with all the precautions and the 24-hour waiting period, some may not make up their mind and go along with it anyway, making a regrettable mistake. It is certain; abortion is a tool too powerful for humankind and should not be used aimlessly. It is a murder weapon, a genocidal tool that "safely and quietly" aborts a pregnancy, but ultimately takes a life away.
The function of the law is to protect rights - not moral issues, which is exactly what abortion is. ... Some say abortion is a right, and all rights are absolute and cannot be "balanced" away. ... Does it have rights that must be respected? ... Others fight that they should have rights too. The function of the law is to protect rights, not to dictate moral issues, which involve no violation of rights. ...
Abortion Many people have pondered upon the meaning of abortion. ... Since the beginning of time, we have striven as a nation to expand basic human rights for all citizens. ... As we continue to strive to achieve human rights, we must also defend it against those who believe that they can expand their own rights by destroying the rights of others. ... Compassion for the child is drowned out under a demand for "rights". However, what about the rights of the unborn? ...
Abortion challenges the civil rights of the mother and the fetus which she bears. To deny abortion is denying the mother certain civil rights. ... This case described the legality of a fetus and the conditions that apply to the mother's rights as well. ... But once the third trimester begins, the fetus gains civil rights which guarantee life, liberty, and property. ... Wade case developed the needed boundaries to determine the legal rights of the mother and fetus. ...
They would be correct in using this except for the fact that "just by having a full set of human DNA does not give a zygote full human rights- including the right not to be aborted during its generation" (Why Abortion is Moral). ... Human rights are something that every person has. ... Because of this, a growing fetus has no rights before birth and full rights after birth. ... The bottom line is that two beings occupying one body cannot exercise equal rights. ... "Each new child is different, so it is completely reasonable to use their independence as the dividing line for when full rights are...
More and more women are exercising their choice, and with it their rights, to have what has become the most common surgical procedure American women undergo (Tompkins 145). ... The Supreme Court heard two cases in 1973 crucial to the movement for abortion rights. ... Wade, Doe laid the groundwork for abortion rights. It is interesting to notice that both this decision and the later Roe's had a precedent in contraceptive rights. ... The court's ruling in Roe could be foretold as a natural extension of women's rights. ...
Congress repeatedly passed motions to illegalize abortion, but President Bill Clinton vetoed, a bill that would ban a late-term method of abortion called by its critics "partial-birth abortion." ... Politically, conservative believes that the proper task of a government is to protect the "rights" of the fetus or embryo, that is violated by selfish act and since the mother by having abortion is allegedly using force against the fetus, therefore it is justified that the government can use force to stop women from having an abortion. The reason why conservative consider that the fetus has rights...
In order to avoid abortions, the government put strict restrictions on abortions. ... From the start, either the Supreme Court has steered the debate, by shutting out lawmakers or, now, by their involvement in defining abortion rights. ... A new controversy about abortion, is to focus on equal rights for women, must also address the rights of men. Reframing the rights to an abortion in terms that make explicit the issues of sexual pleasure and personal responsibility as a right to choose whether to assume responsibility for a human life conceived out of sexual desire without the desires of chi...
Abortion challenges the civil rights of the mother and the fetus which she bears. To deny abortion is denying the mother certain civil rights. ... This case described the legality of a fetus and the conditions that apply to the mother's rights as well. ... Wade case developed the needed boundaries to determine the legal rights of the mother and fetus. ... Denying women the right to choose an abortion, is denying rights and is discriminating against women. ...
The right to choose to have an abortion is so personal and essential to women's lives that without this right woman cannot exercise other fundamental rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. ... With the right to choose abortion, women are able to enjoy, the rights to fully use the powers of their minds and bodies. ... Compassion for the small one is drowned out under a demand for "rights", but what about the rights for the unborn. ... The embryo is its own being that should have its own rights to protect it. ... Women have been given the right to have an abortion under the Un...
Abortion is murder. ... Pro-choice advocates believe women's rights are being jeopardized when the right to an abortion is taken away. ... A woman's rights over her body do not give her the right to an abortion (Schwarz 113). If a woman has rights over her body, then the unborn baby has those rights too. ... All things considered, abortion is not made justifiable by appealing to women's rights over their bodies. ...