The Issue of Abortion
People all over the world, especially those in American society, do not take the issue of abortion lightly. Dealing with ethics, religious beliefs and the law, it is one of the most controversial subjects of this time. Abortion poses a moral, social and medical dilemma that forces many individuals to react in very strong and unfortunately, opposing ways.
Forty percent of the American people believe that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the woman who is pregnant and the state has no right to interfere. These people are known as "Pro-Choicers." Another Forty percent of the American people believe that it should be banned except when the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother or is the result of rape or incest. These people are considered "Pro-Lifers."1 There are also many who believe abortion should be banned completely, and there are those who are undecided.
Today, abortion is deliberated as a women's own right and choice. In 1973, the Roe vs. Wade decision proved this by recognizing abortion as a fundamental, constitutional right and made it legal in all states. The law now permits abortion at the request of the woman without any restrictions in the first trimester and some restrictions in the second trimester to protect the woman's health.2 Because of this decision, almost every third baby conceived in the United States is killed by abortion; this results to over one and a half million unborn deaths per year. The National Abortion Right Act League argues that without legal abortion women would be denied their constitutional right of privacy and liberty.3 The woman's right to her own body subordinates those of the fetus. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that the woman's "...
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... life before it is given a chance to begin? Many opinions will be changed, and many will remain the same. Maybe the question will never be fully answered. Nonetheless, regardless of whether one is Pro-Life or Pro-Choice, a common ground is shared: both fight to reduce the number of abortions and to ensure safety first. A positive solution to lessen the excessive number of abortions is to spread continuous awareness about safe sex and responsibility. Many high schools and almost all colleges have free health clinics that carry pamphlets and information about abortion and similar topics. Family and friends should also participate in dispersing knowledge of the subject and providing moral support. Also, teaching children at an early age the consequences of unprotected sex has shown positive results. Finding a reproachable way to prevent an abortion, saves a human life.
This issue of abortion also belongs to larger issues such as religious and ethical. People with the religious background have a set of values based on the Bible and believe that pro-life should be the only stand people take into consideration in order to protect human life and keep the baby alive. The other class is ethical. From this stand people can choose whether or not they believe abortion is the right thing to do and can make their own choice based on their values, regardless of what religion they are. Because abortion is such a widespread issue, it is crucial that we come up with an agreement on what is best and what steps are necessary in getting to that agreement.
Abortion has been one of the biggest controversies of all time. Many people believe it is immoral and even consider it to be murder. The definition of abortion is; “The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to being capable of normal growth.” 1 These pro-life believers do not support the idea of induced abortion and believe it should be illegal. Many of these supporters do not know that if abortion were illegal they would still be performed, unfortunately by an uneducated staffs. Over 70 thousand maternal deaths occur every year because of unsafe abortions1. These women die, so the idea of supporting pro-life is contradictory, this is why the nation should be pro-choice.
In a market economy people have the freedom to own private businesses to create goods and services for the people. Canada has many individual businesses that are able to sell products without the intervention of the government. Consumers also have the right to buy/sell what they choose (in accordance to laws), which results in the decisions of Canadian citizens having a strong affect on Canada’s economy. The features of market economies also influence Canada’s mixed economy through the competition between various businesses because this creates employment for Canadians. Canada’s economy is similar to market economies because in Canada, depending on how well you work and give effort into completing tasks and achieving certain goals, citizens can earn jobs for their qualifications. If an individual does not work hard, they can not have the opportunity to get luxuries. An example of this is a person who has gained the skills to become a doctor is able to do so and is recognized for that, as well, through their salary and job benefits. This idea encourages Canadian citizens to strive to get a good education in order to lead a better
When it comes to abortion there are two complex opposing groups, pro-lifers and pro-choicers, each group think that their position is the right position. The pro-lifers argues that abortion is not acceptable, because the fetus a viable human being, having a distinctive life of its own, to have an abortion is deliberately taking a life and that is murder. Other pro-lifers believe that a woman’s life is being seriously or permanently disabled, if the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape, or the woman’s life is threatened by the pregnancy.
The mixed economy is a better system in Canada because of how it creates a better environment for workers and businesses, provides more services for the citizens of Canada, and shapes Canadian values. The mixed economy is a system that lies between a command economy, which gives the majority of the power in the economy to the government, and a market economy, where the government has little to no involvement in economic decisions. Hence, the power is handed over to the citizens. The mixed economy seeks a middle ground, giving partial power to the government and partial power to the citizens. This has many advantages over command and market economy.
This is because it controlled by the government. This economy helps to improve equality and safety that prevent people suffer from poverty. It allowed people to enjoy the financial reward of entrepreneurship. Under this system, the administration has an opportunity to seek after arrangements that will give a full-scale financial security, for example, an expansionary monetary approach amid times of retreat. Now, most of the industry and business are private firms. This mean that private firms are more efficient compared to another firm that controlled by the government because “they have a profit incentive for cutting costs and being innovative” (www.apecsec.org). Another advantage of mixed economy is it can diminish the measure of government regulation but government control predominant in a command economy. In a command economy, the government is primarily in charge but under mixed economy, the government has less controlled and
It is almost unanimously agreed upon that the right to life is the most important and sacred right possessed by human beings. With this being said, it comes as no surprise that there are few issues that are more contentious than abortion. Some consider the process of abortion as immoral and consisting of the deprivation of one’s right to life. Others, on the opposite end of the spectrum, see abortion as a liberty and a simple exercise of the right to the freedom of choice.
Today’s society is made up of such an abundant number of controversial issues. One of the most controversial issues being abortion- the act of intentionally termination a pregnancy resulting in the death of the fetus (Kreider, A. personal communication, March 24, 2011). Abortion is both constitutionally and morally wrong, and should be illegal in the United States in all but two cases: if the mother was raped (and pregnancy was as a result of the rape) or if the mother’s life would be put in endangerment by the pregnancy. Abortion is murder at any stage of pregnancy, and acts against the U.S. Constitution. Not only does abortion harm innocent babies, but abortion also rises the risk of medical complications for the mother. Majority of women who choose to abort regret the decision later in life. There is always a way to prevent pregnancy, and if by some chance pregnancy does occur and the baby is not wanted there are other options besides abortion.
1. The type of economy India has is a mixed economy which is a combination of a market and command economy in which heavy industry was under the control of the government and had five year plans to economic goals. The issues it produces is that their lack of oil and natural gas slowed their growth and made businesses ineffective. This forced some industries to be privatized.
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