Abortion: Is a Murder or Not?
One of the most controversial topics over the years is abortion. Is a murder or not? When does a fetus become a human? These questions may never be answered. Everyone has his or her own beliefs on whether or not abortion is moral.
Abortions have been performed throughout many of centuries. Recently, there have been a number of court cases that has changed the legality of abortions, especially in the United States. Even religions have changed views on abortions over the years. In the conflict of abortion, there were always two parties, pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-life believes that abortion is a murder and is completely immoral. Pro-choice, however, believes that it is the mother 's choice if she wants to continue with her pregnancy or not. There are many ways that abortions are performed. Some are much safer. Even then, there are some serious side effects that may happen during or after an abortion, both physical and psychological.
A brief historical reference of abortion According to scholars, before there was a legal system, in which abortions were decided just by your religious beliefs. Judaism believed that the life of someone already born is more important then that of the unborn. On the other hand, the Islam religion believes that a woman has the right to have an abortion, until the soul enters the fetus, between 40 to 120 days after conception. On the contrary, Buddhists believe that abortion is justifiable. They say that the fate of the unborn child is not to come into the world at this time. Moreover, Catholics didn 't believe that the soul entered the fetus until later, 40 days for boys and 90 days for girls. Only in 1869 did the Catholic Church declare that the soul entered the fetus at conception; therefore, abortion was murder. Until the second half of the nineteenth century, the English Common Law was that abortions were permitted until the baby started moving. There is one remarkable legal
Abortions have been performed throughout many of centuries. Recently, there have been a number of court cases that has changed the legality of abortions, especially in the United States. Even religions have changed views on abortions over the years. In the conflict of abortion, there were always two parties, pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-life believes that abortion is a murder and is completely immoral. Pro-choice, however, believes that it is the mother 's choice if she wants to continue with her pregnancy or not. There are many ways that abortions are performed. Some are much safer. Even then, there are some serious side effects that may happen during or after an abortion, both physical and psychological.
A brief historical reference of abortion According to scholars, before there was a legal system, in which abortions were decided just by your religious beliefs. Judaism believed that the life of someone already born is more important then that of the unborn. On the other hand, the Islam religion believes that a woman has the right to have an abortion, until the soul enters the fetus, between 40 to 120 days after conception. On the contrary, Buddhists believe that abortion is justifiable. They say that the fate of the unborn child is not to come into the world at this time. Moreover, Catholics didn 't believe that the soul entered the fetus until later, 40 days for boys and 90 days for girls. Only in 1869 did the Catholic Church declare that the soul entered the fetus at conception; therefore, abortion was murder. Until the second half of the nineteenth century, the English Common Law was that abortions were permitted until the baby started moving. There is one remarkable legal
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