Abortion
...ife International (HLI), The Christian Coalition, and many others support the right of human life. There are several reasons why people who are pro-life do not support abortion. A main argument is that one is killing an unborn baby, murdering an unsuspecting life, in their decision to have an abortion. They are trying to "play God" by killing someone. However, they also feel that abortion is a dangerous procedure, and puts the mother at risk as well. Pro-life advocates feel that there are other options other than abortion. Adoption, for instance, provides an alternative to abortion. Adoption would provide the baby with, (hopefully), a warm, loving home. There are many people that are willing to take in children; people that can't have children of their own. Pro-life advocates who are opposed to any and all killing would definitely support finding a home for a baby as opposed to terminating it. Many pro-life advocates feel like, 'you choose to have sex, and now you must face the consequences of your actions.' The aspect of "playing God" has surfaced in recent years. Pro-life advocates feel that a mother deciding to terminate her pregnancy is deciding something that God normally would. For example, if God wanted a woman to lose her child, he would have her miscarry. There are many different aspects of pro-life that can be interpreted in even more ways. The second side to the debate, of course, is pro-choice. A pro-choice advocate is someone who feels that the woman's right to choose should come before anything, even human life. The main argument of "pro-choice" advocates is naturally that women should have the right to choose what happens to their own bodies. They use the Roe vs. Wade case of 1973 to support their arguments. Roe vs. Wade has provided a fundamental basis for nearly all of the laws regarding abortion that exist today. It ruled that "the right of privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy." (Roe. v. Wade, 1973). However, aside from the obvious issue of whether or not it is a woman's right to choose, pro-choice advocates also bring into play the idea of a mother's physical safety. In cases where the mother may be put in grave danger if she were forced to give birth to a child, some people feel abortion should be implicated. There are other instances where people feel that abortion is justified. Rape and incest. It seems unfair to most pro-choice advocates, and many women in general, that a woman be forced to have a baby that was conceived out of rape or incest. It seems that every time the mother were to look upon her child, he or she would be a constant reminder of the horrible act that brought about that child's creation into this world. Also, incest can raise issues of mental retardation and handicaps. However, among all these issues, the right to choose remains the main focus of pro-choice advocates. In recent years, the abortion debate has grown to encompass other aspects of "early-termination" pregnancy procedures. Partial-birth abortions, abortions in the third trimester, and the recent "day-after" or RU-486 pill, now add a new aspect to the abortion issue. Partial-birth abortions and abortions in the third trimester are exceedingly controversial, because they involve the ...