BACKGROUND

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or

closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus: as a: spontaneous
expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation. In other
words, Abortion is killing an embryo or a fetus anytime during the first trimester
of (in most cases) an unwanted pregnancy. There has always been a dispute
about killing these babies and not giving them a chance at life. It has been called
a legal form of murder and protestors against. In this day in age, girls can be
irresponsible and have sex without using a contraceptive and when they get
pregnant, they murder the baby! That is just unacceptable. However it's not as
simple as that. That is just one scenario and just one reason for an abortion. How
can middle - aged couples living in white suburbia relate to a 15-year old girl
who lives in the worst part of town and had sex for the first time and also got
pregnant? Only people who will never be presented to make the same decision
they strongly oppose have called abortion murder. If Abortion was outlawed, this
country and maybe this world might corrupt.

When does a woman's right over her internal reproductive organs become that of
the government's? Is abortion wrong or is it right? Are rape, incest,and potential
fatality to the mother exceptions when abortion is "okay"? Are there truly any at
all? So many questions are raised by such a fervent debate, that we must look at
both sides of the issue to better understand it in a general, but yet thorough
approach.
CONTRA

As expected, there are many people that are opposed to abortion. These people
are better referred to as "pro-life advocates", or essentially, they advocate the life
of the baby over the woman's right to choose. Groups such as Human Life
International (HLI), The Christian Coalition, and many others support the right
of human life. There are several reasons why people who are pro-life do not
support abortion. A main argument is that one is killing an unborn baby,
murdering an unsuspecting life, in their decision to have an abortion. They are
trying to "play God" by killing someone. However, they also feel that abortion is
a dangerous procedure, and puts the mother at risk as well. Pro-life advocates
feel that there are other options other than abortion. Adoption, for instance,
provides an alternative to abortion.

Adoption would provide the baby with, (hopefully), a warm, loving home. There
are many people that are willing to take in children; people that can't have
children of their own. Pro-life advocates who are opposed to any and all killing
would definitely support finding a home for a baby as opposed to terminating it.
Many pro-life advocates feel like, 'you choose to have sex, and now you must
face the consequences of your actions.' The aspect of "playing God" has surfaced
in recent years. Pro-life advocates feel that a mother deciding to terminate her
pregnancy is deciding something that God normally would. For example, if God
wanted a woman to lose her child, he would have her miscarry. There are many
different aspects of pro-life that can be interpreted in even more way.

PRO
The second side to the debate, of course, is pro-choice. A pro-choice advocate is
someone who feels that the woman's right to choose should come before
anything, even human life. The main argument of "pro-choice" advocates is
naturally that women should have the right to choose what happens to their own
bodies. They use the Roe vs. Wade case of 1973 to support their arguments. Roe
vs. Wade has provided a fundamental basis for nearly all of the laws regarding
abortion that exist today. However, aside from the obvious issue of whether or
not it is a woman's right to choose, pro-choice advocates also bring into play the
idea of a mother's physical safety. In cases where the mother may be put in grave
danger if she were forced to give birth to a child, some people feel abortion
should be implicated. There are other instances where people feel that abortion is
justified. Rape and incest. It seems unfair to most pro-choice advocates, and
many women in general, that a woman be forced to have a baby that was
conceived out of rape or incest. It seems that every time the mother were to look
upon her child, he or she would be a constant reminder of the horrible act that
brought about that child's creation into this world. Also, incest can raise issues of
mental retardation and handicaps. However, among all these issues, the right to
choose remains the main focus of pro-choice advocates.

CONCLUSSION
However one feels about abortion can be very influenced depending on where
one might choose to read about it. Sites like Planned Parenthood will give a
more objective, unbiased, approach, where as a site like Human Rights
International would be extremely biased. I hope that my paper has provided an
objective, broad, overview of the abortion debate, and encompassed every
portion of the spectrum. And although the abortion debate is filled with gray
areas, the interpretation that one chooses to understand those gray areas with is
what will ultimately answer their own personal questions about the morality (or
immorality) of abortion.

Reference :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion
https://www.bpas.org/abortion-care/considering-abortion/what-is-abortion/

ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER ABOUT ABORTION

TITIA PAWIFI THAITANG
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FACULTY OF MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF BATAM
2015/2016