Essays on abortion
You are the conductor for an orchestra. A big performance has been planned for charity and it is 30 minutes before it starts. Suddenly, an organizer runs up to you. ‘The French horns aren’t going to be here.’ This is like life. If one of us is not here, it will still go on, but […]
What is suffering? Most people would say it is when someone is in pain. This is true, but suffering also means love. When you love someone, you are willing to suffer for them. Everyone can think of a beloved family member or friend they would be willing to suffer for. I have someone in my […]
Abortion is one of the leading causes of human deaths per year, with 893,000 in the year 2016 (U.S. Abortion Statistics). It has become way to common and available and despite societies opinion, the majority of women think that a child would be a burden on their life and hold them back. This procedure is […]
Following the command of taking up your cross and following God would seem like an easy task for most people. Usually most people are mistaken. People should pick up their cross, deny themselves and follow their leader. The only reason all of humanity is here is because of the effort of mothers along with the […]
A second-trimester abortion is killing a baby when the mother is in week 14 to week 27 of pregnancy. In the 14th week of pregnancy, a baby can make facial expressions. You can find out if you are having a little boy or girl in weeks 16-20 unless you are waiting for an amazing gender […]
Today, abortion is a major problem concerning women because for years it has been said that abortion should not be legal. Many people feel aborting an unwanted child, or killing an unwanted child should be against the law. A reason they might bring up is that “every single life has value” (BBC). Although this sounds […]
In the United States, there were 638,169 abortions reported, in most recent data available in 2015 done by a government collected data sample. This data show that there was a two percent decrease in the number of abortions since 2014. The ratio of abortion in 2015 was 11.8 per 1,000 women ages 15-44 (Cha). Abortion […]
A woman’s right to control her own body: this is a highly contested argument that is being had in the comfort of homes, classrooms, offices, government, and all the way to the supreme court. One such woman, author Danielle Campoamor, writes “Why Supporting Abortion is a Pro-life Position”, published in 2018 in an op-ed on […]
The pro-choice vs pro-life controversy has been relevant since the Roe v. Wade case in 1973, which occurred because a Texas resident (Roe) was seeking abortion to terminate her pregnancy, but there was a Texas law that prohibited it unless the pregnant woman’s life was at risk. This Supreme Court case ultimately decided that women […]
“You are in a fertility clinic when the fire alarm goes off. Before you escape you have the option to save… a five-year old child who is pleading for help, or… 1000 viable human embryos… Do you A) save the child, or B) save the thousand embryos?” (Young). This question, asked by journalist Patrick T. […]
Abortion is the act of terminating a pregnancy either through medical or surgical methods. There are multiple countries where abortions are illegal, and in the United States, and other countries, people are fighting to have abortion be illegal there too. Anti-abortionists will talk about religion and adoption, though adoption is an option, it may not […]
Abortion is one of the most disputed topics in this day in age. People all over the world question whether women should have the legal right to end her own pregnancy, also known as abortion. There are debates that argue that the woman should have the absolute choice of whether or not she wants to […]
The topic of abortion has always been a controversial topic. Does the embryo have the same rights as other human beings? The same argument can be applied to a chicken in its egg. Does the chick deserve a chance at life because everytime an egg is taken for consumption it is preventing a life. There […]
Abortion is the termination of pregnancy that can remove the fetus within the twenty-five weeks of pregnancy. This medical procedure has effective greatly the medical field in new methods to end an unborn life. Abortion has had a long history worldwide especially in the United States. In America, each state has its ethical principles about […]
Abortion is one of the most intimate, widely debated, and disputed topics in American culture today. In most cases, people on both sides of the argument take notable and ethical positions. Can you blame those who want to save the life of an unborn child? On the contrary, can you blame those who advocate for […]
Imagine that you’re a woman and you’ve just found out that you are pregnant. Not knowing how to feel, your emotions are all over the place. What am I going to do? At first, you think about having the baby, but you feel that’s not the right choice for yourself. Abortion. Abortion. Abortion. Abortion is […]
Many opposers of abortions do not want their tax money to be spent on abortions, and the Hyde Act, which prohibited any tax dollars to be used on abortions. However, as it has been proven, women will find other ways to get illegal abortions at a sometimes-deadly cost. These women are desperate and really do […]
In a democratic society, it is imperative that legislature continue to aid women the right to have the final say over their body regarding abortion. Abortion can be described as the early on ending of a new pregnancy. Anywhere in Canada until 1988, it was a crime to induce an abortion, before the Supreme Court […]
Who Chooses? In Roman times, abortion and the destruction of unwanted children was permissible, but as out civilization has aged, it seems that such acts were no longer acceptable by rational human beings, so that in 1948, Canada along with most other nations in the world signed a declaration of the United Nations promising every […]
Unwanted Pregnancy Deciding not to continue with a pregnancy is a difficult and often painful decision to make, and not one that is made lightly. Often a lot of talking is needed before a woman can make her choice and be sure that the choice she makes is right for her. There are several professional […]
No matter how any of us feel about embryos and fetuses and their “rights”…about women and sex and responsibility…about God’s will, Karma, or the Bible…the fact still remains: Women have always used abortion as a last resort to prevent the birth of a child, and they always will, regardless of what the laws say or […]
Throughout the history of this nation, women have continued to gain benefits that they previously had not received. In the 1920’s, women were given the right to vote, and with this, women found that their voice was to be heard. As the nation progressed, both in its mentality and infrastructure, women were allowed to do […]
