We All Have the Right To Life!

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We All Have the Right To Life!

Life is a right held by all creatures on the universe,

everything has life; however, everything also has it's own character or

individuality. Every person is his or her own self and does what he or she

wishes to do to a certain extent. Many people are opposed to an individuals

decision on life they should realize that in America people have the freedom to

do what they want.

In Roman times, abortion ans the destruction of unwanted children was

permissible, however civilization's aged and now there is a huge controversy

about who chooses. In the 1970's the Roe v. Wade was tried in the U.S. Supreme

Court. 'Jane Roe' took the District Attorney of Dallas county to the Supreme

Court because she wanted an abortion and was not legally permitted to have one

where she lived. She could not afford to travel elsewhere to have it "preformed"

so she went to court. On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court said that it was

legal for any woman to have an abortion and terminate her pregnancy at any given

time. The Roman Catholic Church has said that abortion is murder and violates

all terms of human morality. My personal opinion lays between that of the Roman

Catholic Church and the Supreme Court. I believe that a woman should have the

right to an abortion only if she was raped and can not afford to have the child,

or if she does not know who the father is. If the woman just want's to have an

abortion for no reason, believes that the baby will be born with a handicap, or

will be born with a disease, life threatening or not the abortion should not be

permitted to take place. Within the past year President Clinton has vetoed a

bill that will outlaw "partial birth abortions," I strongly oppose his decision

and believe that he should have outlawed them. In New Jersey, there is an

assemblywoman writing a bill that would outlaw them in New Jersey and fine each

party involved twenty-five thousand dollars.

Assisted suicide has also been a controversial topic concerning the right to

life. I believe that everyone should come to accept the fact that people have

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