Roe V. Wade

Abortion The U.S. Supreme Court declared abortion to be a “fundamental right” guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution in the 1973 abortion case Roe v. Wade (www.abortionprocon.org). This ruling was based on the Constitution giving “a guarantee of certain areas or zones of privacy,” and also “This right to privacy… is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.” The U.S. abortion debate has raged on ever since this decision, making it a huge religious, political, and moral issue. The pro-choice proponents claim that choosing abortion is a woman’s right which should not be confined by religious and governmental prerogatives. The pro-life opponents adhere to the notion that personhood begins at conception,
Abortion recipients succumb to mental health problems less than women denied abortions. Religion, in general, is a falsehood according to many leftists. The pro-life movement believes Roe v. Wade should be overturned and the Supreme Court overreached when it made this decision. Women should accept responsibility for their actions and their own bodies. They also purport since life begins at conception, unborn fetuses are capable of feeling pain during abortion procedures. Psychological trauma is common among abortion recipients. Abortion is murder and, therefore, goes against the word of God (www.abortionprocon.org). These are just a few of the significant arguments made in the abortion debate. There are many others.
Persuasive Essay
The damaging repercussions of abortion on a woman and her loved ones are sinful, immoral and appalling. It is possible to refute every pro-choice claim in the abortion debate with sound logic. The Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade has been countered by two Supreme Court Justices, Antonin Scalia, and William H. Rehnquist. Scalia considered the right to privacy defended in Roe v. Wade “utterly idiotic” and declared it should not be accepted as binding precedent
The Bible does not discern between an infant and a fetus, therefore. There are many scripture quotations from the Bible that are relevant to the topic of abortion, for example, Jeremiah 1:5. God is speaking to the young boy Jeremiah in this scripture. He speaks of knowing the boy before he was formed in the womb (www.saintaquinas.com/mortal_sin.html). It is clear we have a soul before conception has taken place in this scripture. God clearly values us as human beings at the time of conception. The implication is that we should also value fetuses as human beings with souls. The sixth commandment (Exodus 20:13) makes killing a sin. Abortion is murder since we are valued as human beings while we are still in the womb. Abortion is therefore not only a sin but a mortal sin. St. John differentiates between a venial sin and a mortal sin in John 5:16-17. All sin is an offense to God, however, some sins are graver than others. It is, for instance, a graver sin to murder someone than to lie to someone. A venial sin still offends God and should be avoided because if we continue to sin in this way it can lead to mortal sin. In this passage John tells us if we commit a venial sin to pray, essentially asking for forgiveness. Jesus warns us that we will not be allowed into the kingdom of heaven if we commit a mortal sin, we will burn. A mortal sin must meet three criteria: