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  • Essay / Who has a choice? - 679

    Abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy, which results in the death of the human fetus. People debate whether abortion is right or wrong and there are two main camps: those who think abortion should be illegal, also known as pro-lifers, and those who think abortion should be legal, also known as pro-choice. Both camps are so attached to this issue that it is regularly the subject of political, state and citizen debates. "Some pro-choice advocates believe that abortion should only be used as a last resort, as do some pro-life positions that range from opposing abortion in all circumstances to accepting it in cases of rape, d 'incest or when a woman is in danger' (abortionprocon.org) Abortion should be legal but it should be subject to more restrictions It should only be legal to save a woman's life. rape, if counseling doesn't help, and incest The Conservative View from US News In the article Abortion Is Not Prowoman, Prolife Is Prowoman by Penny Nance, “I truly believe that if we protect women. as we are supposed to do, abortion would never be necessary." (Nance) she talks about how we still can't forget the cases of rape, incest and the mother's life. But then she contradicts her statement saying that this is a false lead, which amounts to diverting attention from the real problem. She states that big abortion companies want any abortion for any reason, at taxpayer expense, without helping the poor woman or girl deal with the real issues that brought her to the abortion clinic. abortion. She uses every consequence to discourage the reader against abortion. Nance says it forever scars women physically, emotionally and mentally and kills an unborn baby. Although throughout the article she uses...... middle of paper ...... country to be able to question whether abortion should be legal when we enjoy the freedom to choose what which is good for ourselves, even if it makes someone else uncomfortable." (Johnson) While both articles discussed the positive and negative aspects of abortion, both authors did so in very different The conservative article did this by talking about scaring women physically, emotionally and mentally forever, health risks and the fact that the abortion clinic only cares about money but not money. patient The liberal article used a supportive tone to show that women should have the right to make their own decisions about their bodies and create safe and legal abortions, while abortion does both sides of the issue. is so strong that it is regularly debated in political and state circles as well as in the public, opinions on the issue are extremely varied..