God Gave Women the Freedom of Choice

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Recommended: Opinions on abortion

The coexistence of opposite and conflicting feelings about abortion is

centuries old. Disagreements between public policy, morality and

individual behavior on this issue existed even at the time of Plato and

Aristotle. In the past few decades abortion issue has been brought into

sharper focus and has been vigorously debated. A number of factors are

responsible for this but perhaps the major one has been that associated

with the sexual revolution which accentuates freedom in all matters sexual

and in spite of or even because of the tremendous and indiscriminate

increase in the distribution of contraceptives. Judges have ruled,

politicians have legislated, but the controversy on this issue is still

shaking our society. Since the late 1960's abortion has been shifting from

a predominantly illegitimate status toward a more legitimate one. Several

cases have been fought for the right to choose. Many of these have been

hard cases with very personal feelings, but the perseverance showed through

and gives us the rights we have today. In 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut

upheld the right the right to privacy and ended the ban on birth control.

Eight years later, the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy included

abortions. In Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court stated that it is the women's

right to have an abortion if she so chooses. In Jan 1988 the abortion

section of the Criminal Code of Canada was struck down in Morgentaler

decision. (Gentles, 13). Most arguments against granting women the right to

abortion are based on religious and moral prohibitions, defending the

sanctity of human life. Opponents of abortion rely on the premise that the

fetus is a human being, a person from the moment of conception. Anti-

abortionist proclaim that they are pro-life. However, they spend so much

time establishing that the fetus is a person and therefore has a right to

live that they forget about mothers rights or simply ignore her existence.

The word "murder" is often used by pro-lifers to describe abortion.

Murder means deliberate and unjustified killing of another person

containing intent. How can anybody see an evil intent in a woman's decision

to interrupt pregnancy if it is a result of rape or incest? A woman cannot

bear the thought of having a child that would be a constant reminder of

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