Importance Of Abortion Essay

I will argue that abortions should be both ethically permissible and impermissible for many reason. I truly believe that women should have the right to choose freely about whether or not to have an abortion at their own free will. The word abortion, is a very difficult, painful and a complex topic to speak upon. Many get offended by the mention of the word, but I do believe that every woman should be given that right to choose without being judged and ridiculed by others.

Abortion in the United States has created a public controversy and can be defined in many different ways by many different people. Some define abortion as “the act of giving untimely birth to offspring, premature delivery, miscarriage; the procuring of premature delivery

Women should not be denied these privilege by the government. “the 24-week upper limit was set in 1990 because it was the point at which the fetus was considered viable.” I agree with the above statement that abortion should only take place within 24 weeks or less and only permissible having an abortion under certain circumstances providing the pregnancy is over 24 weeks. Thus, I have seen women who were over 24 weeks pregnant but, had to terminate their pregnancy due to abnormalities affecting the fetus and was forced to have an

The criteria of personhood represent what a person should satisfy to be considered human. Warrens also argues that the unborn are not a person and they do not fulfill the qualifications of personhood based on the 5 criteria. And a fetus, therefore, does not have full moral rights. She believes that a fetus does not have personhood bases on the criteria’s such as consciousness, self motivated activity, communication, self awareness and sentience.

On the other hand, this view abortion as acceptable and morally right. She also believes that “no being which fails to meet all 5 conditions can possibly be a person, although it may be the case that a being could meet only some of the 5 conditions and still be a