Assignment

Abortions
Precious Randle
PHI200: Mind And Machine
Sundie Goulding
July 29, 2012

Abortions Some people think abortions should be legal and some do not. Abortion means ending a pregnancy before the fetus (unborn child) can live independently outside the mother. If abortion happens before 24 weeks of pregnancy, it is called a miscarriage. The decision to have an abortion is extremely personal and varies drastically from individual to individual. If you are considering an abortion, think carefully about what is right before taking action. This includes not just how you feel now, but how this might affect you in the future. They have two types of abortion medical and surgical. Medical termination is possible without surgery. Medical abortion uses two different drugs, methotrexate or mifepristone, which may be followed by another drug called misoprostol. Surgical abortion is the most common type of abortion. It is a surgical procedure that involves anesthesia (mild sedation) and can be performed within the first trimester of pregnancy. (Mary, 1960) Abortion is quite the controversial matter in society today; however, it is not widely discussed, and therefore it is hard for one to express their opinions on the matter. Regardless, many people have their views on the subject, a general view as to why abortion should or should not be practiced. The biggest problem with abortion as of now is the facts people use to back up their own personal beliefs on the issue. Abortion is a social issue also. Relationships among abortion attitudes and attitudes toward other social issues and groups, including how they differ on the basis of religion, race, and class. An abortion remains one of the most controversial topics in the United States culture and politics. Abortions happen a lot with teenagers, mothers that are on drugs and mothers that are rapped. Today, philosophical and social arguments against abortion, and on behalf of the right to life of the fetus, primarily argue that abortion is the wrongful killing of a human being because the embryo is a human being from the time of conception, and that the killing of an innocent human being such as the embryo is murder. Statistics estimates of legal induced abortions in 2008 were compiled for sixty four of the seventy seven countries in which legal abortion is generally available. Some states are not legal and some it’s legal. Doctors should look at it being murder but they don’t. The two sides of debate are pro-choice and pro-life. A pro-choicer would feel that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the mothers and the state has no right to interfere. A pro-lifer would hold that from the moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is alive. The debate is about the people that believe in abortions and the ones that don’t believe in it. I don’t believe in abortions because that’s killing an innocent human being. (Kamm, 1992) The kids aren’t asked to come to this world so I feel if you don’t want them don’t have them. Some people think that it’s okay to kill a human being with that being said that they agree to abortions. Some people make excuses they say they can’t take care of them but that’s not a reason to kill a human being. I think that even if it’s an embryo it’s still alive and it will become a human. Some people think that because it’s an embryo it’s okay to kill it because it’s not human. When having a baby that’s a gift from god and it’s wonderful. I know having an abortion can be a hard decision to decide but you have to do the right thing and that’s to have the baby. If you can’t take care of the baby you can give it up for adoption. Abortion is wrong and always will be. You can find some good parents to raise the baby. You don’t have to kill the baby if someone raped you that’s still taking a life either way it go. Abortion is an awful crime and you are denying someone a well- deserved life just because the odds are not in your favor. When having an abortion and when you do decide to get pregnant that can have an effect on you of getting pregnant again. You may not be able to have another baby in your life and that will cause stress. You have to look at the future also not just the present. Every living human being has a purpose behind his/her birth. It can also lead to serious health complications. You will always have memories of that day and it can cause you to have great depression. Parents need to talk to their teenagers and explained everything to them. I think that teenagers need to go to their parents when they want to experience life so the parents can put them on birth control that’s for the girls. For the boys the dads should sit down and teach them about protection to avoid a baby at that young age. I believe that it should be the person who is having the baby to make the decision but she can get advice from her parents or the father of the baby. I would keep the baby and pray that god help me and give me the strength to raise my baby. God would help you and answer your prayer if you pray. I think the only option besides having an abortion is adoption and that’s the best way to go. Some people find other ways to kill their child by taking pills, using drugs and drinking alcohol. Some people think that they can’t afford the child so that’s the best option. If they were raped they would be embarrassed of the child or it will remind them of the day it happen when they look at the child. I don’t think no excuse would be excusable to kill that innocent child. I just say that they should think beyond the present and get advice before they make a decision.

Works Cited
Kamm, F. (1992). Creation and Abortion. 43-61.
Mary, C. (1960). Abortion. illegal Abortion as a Public Health Problem , 948.

Cited: Kamm, F. (1992). Creation and Abortion. 43-61. Mary, C. (1960). Abortion. illegal Abortion as a Public Health Problem , 948.