Pro Choice Of Abortion

Valeria Arauza

Ms. Cooney

English CP10

30 October 2017 Marissa recently found out she was pregnant, she was taking birth control pills as contraceptives to avoid a pregnancy, but she knew she needed to take an emergency contraceptive. Marissa was a pro–life activist, meaning she opposed abortions. She, along with all the other pro–life supporters, never did accept that people had abortions. People felt the same on the topic as her, they were all completely against abortions and shamed woman who had took part in the practice. She did not even understand why people even thought about having abortions, she believed only egotistical woman wanted them. Until she found out she was pregnant, but knew she did not want to start a family with the man nor did she believe it was the right time, she knew it was a mistake. Marissa was finally in their shoes, she finally understood. Being pro–choice is supporting legal abortions, but it is also protecting women's right to choose. Pro–choice advocates believe there is nothing wrong with ladies getting to choose to keep their unborn baby or not, and there is nothing wrong with choosing to go through with an abortion. People should become pro–choice advocates because a woman should decide her reproductive health care, have access to birth control and emergency contraceptives, and although it's believed abortions are dangerous, having abortions is safer than giving birth. People should become pro–choice advocates because the reproductive

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Abortion is one of the most disputable issues discussed all over the world today. Several decades ago abortion was considered only a social issue, but now situation has changed and it has also a political and ethical issue attached to it as well. Arguments against pro– choice are typically biased; overlook the fact that the legalization of it benefits the health of women, and deny women the right to do what they want with their bodies. Thus, the main aim of this paper is to discuss the pro–choice view on abortion while analyzing the opinions of other authors in this paper. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo, resulting in or caused by its death. In the beginning...show more content...

In addition, no one should be required by law to risk own health, and yet at the complete prohibition of abortion, many pregnant women are exposed to the dangers of childbearing and childbirth, as well as unsafe criminal abortions. One common stance on abortion stems from the thoughts of the fetuses' potential personhood. In order to determine this, first the status of the fetus should be examined. If the fetus has a right to life, there is an assumption that it is in fact living. A philosopher, Mary Anne Warren, believes that because the fetus has not reached personhood it is not guaranteed the right to life. Warren would argue that a person must have the capacity for rational thought to be considered a person. Clearly a fetus is not a rational thinker. Unfortunately, some believe this is not a clear enough definition, but in my opinion, to be a rational thinker one must have the ability to comprehend a situation and speak upon their own behalf. Obviously, a fetus does not have this ability therefore I do not consider a fetus a potential person. Also, Warren states even if the potential person does have some prima facie right to life such a right cannot outweigh a woman's right to abortion. Again, I agree with this claim because as someone who is pro–choice I believe the women has the higher position to make the choice of abortion. In contrast to

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