Abortion Should Not Be Legal
Abortion Should Not Be Legal
The ongoing debate on the issue of whether abortion should be a legal option still divides people of USA although it has been long since the Roe v Wade case wherein the legality of abortion was upheld in a US Supreme Court decision. Supporters branding themselves as pro-choice argue that abortion is a personal right which should not be restricted by governmental or religious authority which offsets any right claimed for an embryo or a fetus. They advocate that pregnant women will undertake illegal abortions which are unsafe in the absence of legal sanction to abortion. (Abortion Procorn, 2012)
On the other hand, opponents stating themselves as pro-life claim that a being comes to life at conception, and thus abortion is killing of an innocent human being which is grossly immoral. Abortion metes out pain on the unborn child and it is unfair to permit abortion when couples who are unable to biologically conceive are awaiting adoption. Differences are there on both sides of the camp, but pro-life positions appear to be on the moral side as they oppose abortion under any circumstances to accepting it in conditions of rape, incest or during situations when the women’s life is at risk. (Abortion Procorn, 2012)
Abortion should not be legalized on the grounds that it is immoral to take the life of a fetus as it has a life of its own and is on the path to be a complete human being.
Gallup conducted a poll on people’s view regarding abortion should be ‘legal under any circumstances’, ‘legal only under certain circumstances or ‘illegal in all circumstances’. About 62% of the pubic were of the opinion that abortion should be either illegal or legal in a few exceptional cases. According to a Los Angeles Times poll conducted in January 2005, 53% of public are of...