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Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy or the spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation. Abortion is usually practiced when a woman is incapable of taking care of a child or does not want to be responsible for it. Just when did abortion begin, how did it become a popular method of getting rid of a fetus? There have been many opinions about Abortion, since it is seen as a right that should be guaranteed to a person under the 14th Amendment. ... An abortion should be granted to anyone who desires to have one and should not be interfered by religious or State opinions.
Even though one may think that ideas of abortion began just a couple of decades ago, this is not true. In the United States, abortion laws began to appear in the 1820s, which forbade abortion after the fourth month of pregnancy. ... Many feminists throughout the years continued to fight for their right of obtaining information about birth control, since abortion was being denied to them, but the government refused to share such information.
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Information on birth control and abortion began to be more common after the case Griswold v. ... Even though this case does not directly refer to abortion, it did pave the way for the most important case dealing with abortion. ...
After a couple of years of deciding this case, it was concluded that women were granted the right to an abortion only in their first three months of pregnancy, their 1st trimester. In the 3-6th months (2nd trimester), abortion would be dubious, and in the 3-6th months (3rd trimester), abortion would be immediately denied. ... Supporters of abortion were called Pro-Choice. ... Pro-life supporters were people who downright refused to support abortion. ... There was an undeniable feeling of superiority on behalf of the Pro-Life people, since they saw abortion as killing a human being. Pro-Choice people did not see it that way and claimed that women had the right to choose what they wanted with their body, and if abortion was what their choice was, then it should be granted to them. ... So does this mean that a fetus is considered a “full” grown human and abortion would be like murdering a child? ... The Court can only argue that the fetus is not a person; but then why is there sufficient state interest in the third trimester to outlaw abortion? ...
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Religious groups are the ones who see abortion as murdering a human being. They also say that abortion is morally wrong, since a fetus should be granted citizen rights as of any other human being in the United States.
Approximate Word count = 2146
Approximate Pages = 8.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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