Abortion: Should It Be Declared Illegal?

Abortion: Should it be declared illegal?

A dilemma is brewing for the society as a whole today in the name of abortion which has become a controversial issue that faces everyone countrywide. Abortion is defined as the forcible removal of a developing baby from the womb of his or her mother, using surgical, involuntary, or chemical means. Nowadays, abortion has been a very popular and debatable topic because of the moral and ethical issue associated with it. The most momentous moment in the history of abortion in America was the Roe vs. Wade case, which allowed the option of abortions legal to women across the nation. Today struggle still remains on the moral ethics behind it and the question is asked, "Is abortion the murder of an unborn child?" and the other question asked today is, "should abortion be declared illegal?" The debate over abortion in the United States historically holds ground both politically and socially. America is split into two sides; pro - choice and pro - life, both sides have their points that they stand on. To sum it up, either a living human is or isn't being killed, and case between life or liberty is born. The differences make it hard to settle the two sides. Though it looks like both sides will never compromise they do share some similarities. Both sides to the abortion controversy share a common objective, which is to make abortion safer, and the overall number of abortions should reduce. There is much debate whether this is an action of life or death, and the difference is rather large. Our nation is split over the legal and moral status of abortion. The two sides of abortion, are the "pro-choice" and the "pro-life." In simple terms, a pro-choice individual believes that the choice to abort a pregnancy is to be made only by the woman; the state should not interfere. A pro-life advocate believes from the second of conception, the fetus is alive; and has rights thus abortion is the same as murder. This moral incongruity is the dilemma that must be resolved. Pro-life advocates argue that abortions are murder. According to Pro-Life advocates human life begins at conception; therefore making the fetus a human being and removal of it would be considered as murder. The main argument of the pro-life movement is "that in the hierarchy of rights, the baby's right to life was greater than the mother's right to do as she wished with her body, if the mother's actions were to result in the death of the baby," the unborn are innocent, and deserve their right to life (Bissonnette 13). They believe all humans justify equality, even those that aren't born yet. Even thought abortion is legal in United States, the Pro-Life advocare expect to make an amendment to the constitution that gives all living humans from conception until death equal protection. Alternatives to abortion are adoption which can be a positive action. The main argument against abortion for Pro-Life advocate is that it is morally wrong. Pro-Life advocate tells the Pro-choice believers to consider this, Griffith questions the morality of the pro-choice believers: an undeniable biological fact that when a human egg cell is fertilized by a human sperm cell, a new member of the species homo sapiens, a human being, comes into existence.... the moral question confronted by a pregnant woman contemplating abortion is the corresponding question as to when, if ever, it is morally permissible to seek such a death (Griffith 57). One of the major reason abortion has become morally