We know that our Heavenly Father has lovingly created a plan for us to come to this Earth. In the bible it reads, “Children are the heritage of the Lord.” (Psalm 127:3) He has trusted us with His children and we should know that His children are special. Having this in mind, why would anyone want to end their child’s life before they are given the chance to live on this earth? The Family Proclamation to the World’s view on Abortion In The Family Proclamation to the World (1995), it reads, “The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man …show more content…
Oaks gave a talk titled, “Protect Our Children.” Elder Oaks said, “From the perspective of the plan of salvation, one of the most serious abuses of children is to deny them birth. This is a world-wide trend. The national birth rate in the United States is the lowest in 25 years, and the birth rates in most European and Asian countries have been below replacement levels for many years. This is not just a religious issue. As rising generations diminish in numbers, cultures and even nations are hollowed out and eventually disappear.” Elder Oaks goes on to say, “One cause of the diminishing birth rate is the practice of abortion. Worldwide, there are estimated to be more than 40 million abortions per year. Many laws permit and even promote abortion, but to us this is a great evil. There’s a tragic irony in the multitude of children eliminated or injured before birth while throngs of infertile couples long for a seek babies to adopt.” We know that the Plan of Salvation includes marriage, children and eternal families. As members of this great church, we must respect His
The History Of The Pro-Choice Movement. On January 22, 1973, the movement to legalize abortion achieved its greatest. victory with the Roe v Wade ruling. This paper will analyze the rise and continuation of this movement over the course of the past forty years.
"In 1800 no jurisdiction in the United Sates had enacted any statutes whatsoever on the subject of abortion... Yet by 1900 virtually every jurisdiction in the United States had laws upon its books that proscribed the practice sharply and declared most abortions to be criminal offenses" (Mohr p. VII).
For as long as there has been recorded history, there have been recordings of the procedure now known as abortion. The Bible appears to be silent on the topic, which is of no support to Christian groups, especially Catholics, who believe that abortion is a mortal sin. In his book, “The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives,” John T. Noonan (1970) states that “The Old Testament has nothing to say on abortion” (6). John Connery (1977) agrees with Noonan in his book “Abortion: The development of the Roman Catholic Perspective” where he writes, “If anyone expects to find an explicit condemnation of abortion in the New Testament, he will be disappointed. The silence of the New Testament regarding abortion surpasses even that of the Old Testament” (34). This is a difficult silence to understand when one considers the fact that abortions were widely practiced during the New Testament era in the Middle East. There were few recorded legal prohibitions against abortion in antiquity, and even fewer ancient laws protecting the practice (Gilbert 1).
In American History we are currently studying the concept sectionalism. Sectionalism is division within a country based on regional beliefs and interests. In the early 1800’s, sectionalism in america grew as slavery divided the Nation. Slavery was ignored, compromised, and argued about by the states until the conflict drove our country into the Civil War. Although regional differences are not as distinct these days, many issues are currently causing division among the states and people of our country. These issues lead to what our history class describes as “modern sectionalism.” One such issue is abortion.
Abortion is "the intentional termination of a pregnancy which may include the loss of life of an unborn entity". During the eighth week of pregnancy, the development of the unborn entity known as the Fetus- an unborn offspring- begins, where brain activity becomes detectable. Note, the fetus is not considered Viable until the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy (S. Morris MarquisHO). According to Professor Steven Morris, a fetus becomes a person when it has sentience, viability, brain activity, self-consciousness, etc. "While many people agree that a day-old embryo does not have rights, most people agree that a fetus has rights on the day before it is born". Analyzing the following case:
Abortion has long been an issue of debate in the United States. Lately, as abortion has become legal and more accepted in modern society women have begun to come forward and talk about their experiences having abortions before they were legal.
In America, we live among the wealthiest of people. We are advanced in education, economics, research and medicine. We consider ourselves the most powerful and protected people in the world. Our economy is booming, information is flying, and opportunity abounds. We consider ourselves the most religious and the most generous of all people. We have the most stable government in the world, yet we find ourselves in a national crisis.
There really cannot be a discussion about being pro-life or the pro-life movement without first discussing Roe v. Wade. This monumental Supreme Court Case, which was decided over forty years ago, is what has put the pro-life, pro-choice debate front and center. Some have even said that the two sides are “ensnared in a violent and deadly war” (Tomlin, 1994, 423). With the decision the pro-lifer’s were now in opposition to the status quo, while putting “pro-choicers within the established law” (Vanderford, 1989, 167). The case originally had its origins four years before the final decision in 1973. Norma McCorvey, aka Jane Roe, was the anonymous plaintiff in this case. She had become pregnant, and had been unable to obtain an illegal abortion. McCorvey was refereed to two young female Texan attorneys who eventually brought the case forward in 1969, when they decided to challenge Texas’ abortion ban (Munson, 2009, 83).
... abortion is a woman’s right in situations of rape and incest. However, these types of abortions make up less than 2% of all abortions occurring in the United States each year. Instead of carrying out abortions in these cases, one should examine the options of adoption or allowing the baby to be raised by a family member. In addition, my fundamental Christian beliefs stand firm to the fact that one must consider all options except abortion.
Abortion Abortion is an ongoing controversy that affects millions of Americans every year. Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy (Dictonary.com) -. The law provides and protects the mother's decision. and consent for medical professionals to perform these procedures. There are several factors that are considered in debating whether abortion is morally permissible or wrong.
The state can not interfere with a women’s right to control her own body, as this would be interfering with her own basic rights to equal freedom and liberty. Abortion laws are unconstitutional as they take away a women’s basic autonomy through allowing for state interference in personal, bodily decision-making. Justice is only obtained when women have the right to their own body, and their own choices. John Rawls defined justice in two principles. First, that each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive scheme of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar scheme of liberties for others; and second, that social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both reasonably expected to be to everyone’s advantage, and so that they are to be attached to positions and offices open to all. Madam Justice Wilson is known to have taken a strong stand with judgment founded directly on the value of autonomy. Wilson believes that an aspect of the respect for human dignity is the right to “make fundamental personal decisions without interference from the state. ” Women’s liberty is denied through laws that interfere with these decisions; she is not free within society from restrictions imposed by the state’s political views. Drawing on Rawls’ theory of justice and Justice Wilson’s view on the value of autonomy as justice, it will be proven that abortion laws are unjust as they go against a women’s basic right to liberty, autonomy, and security of person The argument of whether or not a woman should have an abortion is not the focus in this paper, but rather the focus is on whether abortion laws restrict a woman’s right to justice or not.
The permissibility of abortion has been a crucial topic for debates for many years. People have yet to agree upon a stance on whether abortion is morally just. This country is divided into two groups, believers in a woman’s choice to have an abortion and those who stand for the fetus’s right to live. More commonly these stances are labeled as pro-choice and pro-life. The traditional argument for each side is based upon whether a fetus has a right to life. Complications occur because the qualifications of what gives something a right to life is not agreed upon. The pro-choice argument asserts that only people, not fetuses, have a right to life. The pro-life argument claims that fetuses are human beings and therefore they have a right to life. Philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thomson, rejects this traditional reasoning because the right of the mother is not brought into consideration. Thomson prepares two theses to explain her reasoning for being pro-choice; “A right to life does not entail the right to use your body to stay alive” and “In the majority of cases it is not morally required that you carry a fetus to term.”
Choice, what is choice? Choice is the right, power, or opportunity to choose. Everybody in society has a choice and these choices have many outcomes. A woman’s right to choose to have an abortion or not, is her fundamental right. If society outlaws abortion, society is interfering with the woman’s right to make decisions related to her own body. Many theorists believe that sexuality is what divides women from men and makes women less valuable than men; keeping this concept in mind it can be said that gender plays an immense role in social inequality. In one of Thomas Jefferson’s speeches, he explains how we should never put at risk our rights because our freedom can be next. (lp. org 2007) Roe.V .Wade is believed to have been the United States Supreme Court’s decision that resulted in the dawn of the abortion controversy between pro-choice and pro-life advocates, and whether what the woman is carrying is simply just a fetus or a life, the debate is endless. The social-conflict theory reflects the inequality women face regarding abortion in society which brings about a negative change. If a woman’s right to choose would be taken from her then this would cause social inequity. Taking a women’s right to choose would mean taking her freedom and taking freedom away from any human being would imply inequality.
... began, that people began to focus on demolishing the “traditional attitudes towards… reproductive rights” in order to attain better access to affordable birth control and safe abortion practices (Women’s Rights). For as long as poverty, sexual assault, and the lack of sex education are prevalent, abortion will remain a necessary procedure.
Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continuously argued over for the past few years and probably for many more years to come. Women who are making the decision are effected emotionally, mentally, and physically since their bodies are going through many changes which it is not accustomed to. The main controversy is, who's right is it to abort? Many will argue and say it is the woman's right to chose what she does with her own body, but what about the father's right? The man's involvement in the abortion decision is not about the woman's choice, it is about his own responsibility to her and the child (Arthur 1999). There are two sides to this abortion topic: the pro-life, which is those who are against abortion altogether, and the pro-choice, or those who believe it is the woman's right to choose if she wants to have an abortion. These two groups offer different solutions to the problem. The pro-life solution is to have the child and basically live with him/her. They believe abortion is not an answer. The pro-choice solution is abortion because of reasons they feel are appropriate.