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...ief in the right to choose to terminate a fetus (fertilized embryo). Pro-abortion is also a movement, which fights for the rights of women to have a choice to end unwanted pregnancies” (www.pro-abortion.net). Some of them do not necessarily support premarital relationships, but do support the woman’s right to decide what she wants to do with her body. Irvin Nelson has many great opinions about pro-choice. Most people call the opposing sides pro-life or pro-choice. He says, “life and choice are two irreconcilable concepts which must be pitted against each other, but choice and life are not mutually exclusive.” He feels that a woman should be able to make her own decisions about what to do with her body. He states, “The very concept of freedom implies that we are free to make our own choices and then reap the benefits or consequences of those choices.” A lot of the pro-abortionist have fought for abortion to be legalized in many states. According to www.pro-abortion.net, they have won sixteen states by 1970, but many states only allowed abortion in cases of rape, incest, severe fetal abnormalities, and to protect the life of the mother. Although in 1973 with the Roe versus Wade case, they got abortion legalized in all fifty states. This case became their foundation. It stopped a lot of illegal abortions, which decreased the number of hospitalizations of women with complications from illegal abortion. One of the main controversies with abortion is at what point after conception is the fetus considered a human being. Pro-life advocates say it is at the moment of conception. Although pro-abortionist do not agree, they believe it is not a human being until late in the pregnancy. “We respect the sincerity of those who oppose any abortion on moral grounds. Their motive is to protect human life, not to enslave women. At the same time, however, those who advocate legal abortion are not therefore immoral, and most do not advocate it glibly” (The Abortion Divide). According to the abortion divide, that is how many pro-choice advocates feel towards pro-life advocates’ views. The two do not completely agree about everything, but do, in some ways, understand each other. Most of the anti-abortionists are anti-abortionist because of their religious beliefs. Although, there are numerous reasons for the way they feel about abortion. Most anti-abortionists believe that it is a sin to kill. One of the Ten Commandments says, “Thou shall not kill.” They feel like having an abortion is killing the baby and therefore that would be a sin. Most Christians feel like the fetus is a human being at the point of conception. Although in Islam, they feel like it is a sin after 120 days. They probably feel like it is not a human being until after that point. They believe that no one has the power to take command of another’s life, mainly an infant, that is dependent on others for survival during the initial stages of life. In addition, to the fact that abortions kill innocent human beings, they believe that they damage the mental, as well as physical condition of the mother. Since, after an abortion a mother is more susceptible to breast cancer, and to periods of depression. In the case of congenital defects, the pro-life activists argue that such indications of a disease, do not guarantee that the child will be born into a life of suffering. They believe that through love, and guidance anyone with any form of deformity or disease, can lead a normal life. The cases pertaining to rape also have different anti-abortionists views. Many anti-abortionists believe that the child can actually help the mother get through the turbulent times in her life, by providing each other with a loving environment. Finally, in the case of economics, the pro-life activists believe that having an abortion due to financial reasons is ridiculous. Only because it does not mean that the child will have a life full of isolation and depressi...