The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

Abortion is a world-wide, controversial issue in our society today. Many people believe that abortion is the choice of the woman and that it should remain legal, these people are Pro-Choice protesters. While on the other hand, people who believe that abortion is murder and that it should be illegal in the United States are Pro-life protesters. Although they have similarities, the differences among Pro-life and Pro-choice are evident in the matters of religion, medical safety, the constitution, and adoption. Pro-life and Pro-choice both use religion as the foundation of their arguments. Pro-life uses religion to state that abortion is murder in the holy bible and therefore a sin .Thus, the women who commit this sin will be condemned to hell.

Pro-Choice protesters claim that this is a false consumption and that an abortion does not cause any physical or mental harm. This is due to her body reacting as if she had a miscarriage. Also, these protesters state that medical abortions done by a gynecologist are not dangerous and that the most common complications occur when performed by an unskilled citizen. Completely against this, Pro-life dissidents argue that abortion does in fact cause many health-related issues like psychological depression, anxiety, and traumatic stress as well as internal issues such as organ failure, allergic reaction, abdominal pain, and medication side effects. They also argue that abortion can cause long term complications with the woman’s reproductive organs. Some examples of complications consist of hemorrhaging, infection, cervical damage, pelvic disease, etc. which can lead to issues with future fertility which can result in a miscarriage; making a miscarriage one of the most dangerous long term side effect. Along with a miscarriage, Pro-life argues that the worst side effect would be future infertility, due to the harsh

Wade case in order to support their cause that abortion should be illegal in the United States. Roe v. Wade was a case from 1973 that brought world-wide attention towards abortion, resulting in the national ruling of legal abortion. The case specifically stated that by the law of the Supreme Court, the state of Texas along with no other state can deny any woman the option of terminating her fetus. This ruling was the beginning of the debate between Pro-Choice and Pro-life. The Pro-life argues that the Fourteenth amendment gives protection of the child by stating that “No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law” which would result in abortion being banned. Unfortunately, due to the lack of documents and evidence, a Supreme Court case cannot be declared based merely on opinion of a fetus being a child. Against this Pro-choice argues that the constitution has several amendments and articles that protect the woman’s rights to choose between having an abortion making it unconstitutional to make abortion illegal. They frequently reference to the First Amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...” stating that the fight amongst the people is simply a religious battle. Plus, they believe that the Roe v. Wade case allowed congress and officials to understand how important women’s privacy is, viewing this as a turning