Abortion Debate Analysis

Abortion used to be a topic no person would speak about. However, in the past decade, it has grown into the most debated topic of the 21st century. With every debate there stand two sides, the Pro -Choice and Pro-Life. The Pro-Choice group stands with the belief that it is the right of the woman to choose to have an abortion. Opposing this is the Pro-Life side, they hold to the conclusion that it is the right of the child to be born. Both sides collide head-on with no middle ground in sight. The evolution of the debate is one of the main factors in understanding how both sides developed the ideas of this topic and how they are presented today.

The history of this topic is key to understanding both sides of the dilemma. Abortions have been occurring since ancient times. However, these operations were illegal in America up until the year 1973, with the Rue v. Wade Supreme Court case. “The court declared unconstitutional a Texas law that considered an attempt to procure an abortion a criminal act unless done by a physician
Today, both sides contain mixed groups of people with mixed beliefs. Likewise, the Pro-Choice group includes religious females who believe in their right of choice. A poll by gallup.com in 2015 revealed that fifty percent of people favored the Pro-Choice side, while only forty-four percent chose the other (Saad). For example, The media reported on the Pro-Life side as being composed mostly of Catholics and religious people, this was quickly proven wrong. Time magazine reported that in Michigan, a group led by a white Presbyterian mother, a gynecologist, and a Democratic state legislator African American woman fought against the legalization of abortion. Also “In Minnesota, the leader of the state’s pro-life campaign was a liberal Methodist whose physician husband was a member of Planned Parenthood”