Abortion: Pro-Choice V. Pro-Life
Pro-choice v. Pro-life:
Should abortion be legal?
There has been continuous controversy between pro-life and pro-choice supporters on their views of abortion. The pro-life position suggests that life begins at the moment of conception. Pro-life feel, "embryonic, fetal, infantile, young, mature, old, or dying humans are humans, and they are entitled to the right of life because of that" (Kreeft 86). They also believe that abortion is the intentional death of an unborn being, and that is as killing a human being. They find that to be unjust and immoral (Beckwith). Pro-choice advocates, on the other hand, believe that abortion cannot be viewed as murder according to the definition: "induced termination of pregnancy before the fetus can survive" (Websters 2). Abortion proponents also believe that according to the Roe v. Wade court case, a woman has the right to choose what goes on with her body. These issues pose the question as to whether or not abortion should be legal.
Pro-life supporters define a fetus as a living being at the moment of fertilization because the zygote has all 46 chromosomes, which determines the zygote's sex, eye color, hair color, and other genetics (Northrop). "Within the first trimester of a pregnancy, an embryo already has a heartbeat, and it begins to form its limbs, spine, nervous and circulatory systems" ("Growth"). Pro-choice advocates, on the other hand, believe that a fetus is not a viable form of life because it cannot survive outside of the womb, and it has no brain formation during the early stages of pregnancy. "It takes many weeks for individual cells to become transformed into neurons, for these neurons to grow and reach out to connect with other neurons, for synapses to form, and for the central nervous system to develop" (Tucker). Abortion opponents believe that if pro choice supporters can say, a fetus cannot survive on its own therefore it is not a human being, then it is justifiable...
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