Why Should Abortion Be Legal? Carlos Walcott PHI 103: Informal Logic Barri Mallin September 10, 2012 Why Should Abortion Be Legal? In 1971 a young mother challenged Taxes and their abortion laws. By 1973 abortion was legal. There are several ways to extract an unborn human child from the womb. What does life mean to those who have an abortion and those who have not had an abortion? There are several advocates that are pro-live and pro-abortion some are groups, individuals, authority figures, and people in high positions in and out of the legal system.Right now there are laws banning second trimester or more abortions.
Women have the right by law to abort their unborn child in the United States with not repercussions for her or her doctor. A single pregnant woman brought a class action suit challenging Texas law prohibiting abortions except when medically advised with the purpose of saving the mother’s life. Roe was the single mother in this case and Henry Wade was one of the attorneys that argued the case in Texas’s defense.First Roe vs. Wade was argued in the Supreme Court on December 13, 1971 it was reargued in October 11, 1972 and again on January 22, 1973.
It was declared the plaintiff’s ninth and fourteenth amendment rights have been void as vague and over broadly infringing. Now about 4,100 abortions have been and are performed in this country daily. Abortion has been legal for 38 years, the Constitution and the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion was Roe vs. Ward in 1971.
A single pregnant woman brought a class action suit challenging Texas law prohibiting abortions except when medically advised with the purpose of saving the mother’s life. Roe was the single mother in this case and Henry Wade was one of the attorneys that argued the case in Texas’s defense. First Roe vs. Wade was argued in the Supreme Court on December 13, 1971 it was reargued in October 11, 1972 and again on January 22, 1973. It was declared the plaintiff’s ninth and fourteenth amendment rights have been void as vague and over broadly infringing.
The dictionary meaning of abortion is, “a fatally premature expulsion of a fetus from the womb. ” There are a variety of ways a medical professional may perform an abortion this includes menstrual extraction, suction curettage, D&E, saline, prostaglandin, and hysterectomy (Monahan, 2006). There are factors, such as, how long the woman has been pregnant and where she decides to have the procedure performed. There are a variety of ways a medical professional may perform an abortion this includes menstrual extraction, suction curettage, D&E, saline, prostaglandin, and hysterectomy.There are factors, such as, how long the woman has been pregnant and where she decides to have the procedure performed.
When determining whether abortion should be legal or not we must ask, “When does life begin? ” Scientist have answered that question by saying life begins at fertilization. (Weiss, 2003). Half of all abortions in the United States occur in the first two weeks a woman finds out she is pregnant. Ninety percent are performed during the first trimester.
Less than 9 percent of abortions are during the second trimester and a little more than one percent of abortions are performed during the third trimester. When determining whether abortion should be legal or not we must ask, “When does life begin? ” Half of all abortions in the United States occur in the first two weeks a woman finds out she is pregnant. Ninety percent are performed during the first trimester. Less than 9 percent of abortions are during the second trimester and a little more than one percent of abortions are performed during the third trimester.Many advocates have obscured the abortion subject was not from the pro-abortion groups, but from authority figures in high positions who believe in abortion.
The American Medical Association (AMA) was anti-abortion and was firm in it position before the pro-abortion movement. Declaring abortion was “unwarranted destruction of human life” (Korten 2010) In May of 1989 the AMA called abortion “a fundamental right” that was to be found “free of state interference” in the absence of compelling justification (Robin, 2011).Many advocates have obscured the abortion subject were not from the pro-abortion groups, but from authority figures in high positions who believe in abortion Supporting evidence: Declaring abortion was “unwarranted destruction of human life” (Korten 2010) In May of 1989 the AMA called abortion “a fundamental right” that was to be found “free of state interference” in the absence of compelling justification (Robin, 2011). There are hypocrisies in the laws of the United States.A woman can walk into a licensed abortion facility have her unborn child removed with no legal repercussions for her or her doctor but, she could have been in a car accident on her way to the abortion facility and the unborn child be killed and the other driver could be charged with the fetal homicide and the mother of the fetes could sue the other driver for wrongful death and get a large monetary settlement. There are hypocrisies in the laws of the United States.
A woman can walk into a licensed abortion facility have her unborn child removed with no legal repercussions for her or her doctor. Pro-life laws are under review as you read this essay. Lawmakers are already introducing bills that will ban most abortions at 20 weeks or more after conception, and push women considering abortions to view a live ultrasound of their fetus, or curb insurance coverage (Eckholm, 2011). States are reintroducing measures to push women to reconsider abortions by forcing them by law to view the life they have inside of them through an ultrasound.Lawmakers are already introducing bills that will ban most abortions at 20 weeks or more after conception, and push women considering abortions to view a live ultrasound of their fetus, or curb insurance coverage (Eckholm, 2011).
Because of a young mother in Taxes abortion became legal in 1973. A child can be extracted from the human womb in several ways. Advocates for pro-life and pro-abortions can be individuals and/or groups. Laws are being revised to discourage women from aborting a pregnancy that are more than 20 weeks.References Abcarian, Robin. (2011, May 8).
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