For & Against: Abortion

Created by: ritika
Created on: 04-08-13 18:43


	Abortion
	Advantages Woman can make their own decisions with out the legal barriers Each year 20 million unsafe abortions take place leading to an estimated 80,000 women dying Carrying a pregnancy to term is more risky than abortion 10% of GPs refuse to grant abortionall women have the right to choose abortion for whatever reason No women should be persuaded to either terminate or carry a pregnancy to term The baby will be inside her for 9 months 70% of the people who voted against abortion in parliament were men. 100% of them will never be pregnant No child should be unwanted - so if woman doesn't want the child and has it anyway it will be unwanted The embryo/ foetus is just a clump of cells a young girl is not ready for the responsibilities of womanhood It's cruel for *** women to go through with pregnancy It is better for everyone to abort a disabled foetus The mother has the right to choose for herself - it is her body not anyone elses adoption and fostering is really difficult for some as it is not actually your own blood who you are looking after, so they may not be treated the same as their own biological child mother's health is more important legal abortions prevent dangerous backstreet ones woman's circumstances should be considered e.g. ** victims should not be constantly reminded of their ordeal the world already has too many people to cope with the resources life does not really start until baby is born, woman is already a person with greater rights	Disadvantages The baby is a separate biological being The mother only has to look after it for 9 months and can then give the baby up for adoption Abortion is not a form of contraception The baby does not have a voice There are many alternatives to abortion meaning the baby would not have to be killed No child should be unwanted- there are alternatives to abortion Life begins at conception something new comes into being A young girl shouldn't have to deal with guilt after abortion Shouldn't punish the child for what their father has done woman's emotional state may cloud her judgement If abortions are accepted and easy to obtain, people will use them as a form of birth control if the baby was a 'mistake' then the woman should deal with the consequences for being irresponsible Disabled children can live a happy fulfilled life no one should have the right to take away another life each person is unique and has something to offer in their life disabled people can enjoy a happy, fulfilled life and would choose life over termination abortion can be used selfishlessly to avoid responsibilities unwanted children can easily be adopted some medical evidence proves that the unborn child is a separate human being with feelings and intelligence from conception depression and guilt may follow abortion the united nations declaration of the rights of the child states that children need protection both before and after birth
	Evaluation I think abortion should be allowed because the person that is going to be most effected is the mother, and the baby isn't even a proper human being yet so it cannot really think or feel for itself, thus it shouldn't really be given that much regard as to 'rights'. It's incorrect to force a human being to forcefully look after another being which it does not wish to have - may also lead to mistreatment of the unwanted child or poor quality of life.

Abortion

Advantages

Woman can make their own decisions with out the legal barriers
Each year 20 million unsafe abortions take place leading to an estimated 80,000 women dying
Carrying a pregnancy to term is more risky than abortion
10% of GPs refuse to grant abortionall women have the right to choose abortion for whatever reason
No women should be persuaded to either terminate or carry a pregnancy to term
The baby will be inside her for 9 months
70% of the people who voted against abortion in parliament were men. 100% of them will never be pregnant
No child should be unwanted - so if woman doesn't want the child and has it anyway it will be unwanted
The embryo/ foetus is just a clump of cells
a young girl is not ready for the responsibilities of womanhood
It's cruel for ***** women to go through with pregnancy
It is better for everyone to abort a disabled foetus
The mother has the right to choose for herself - it is her body not anyone elses
adoption and fostering is really difficult for some as it is not actually your own blood who you are looking after, so they may not be treated the same as their own biological child
mother's health is more important
legal abortions prevent dangerous backstreet ones
woman's circumstances should be considered e.g. **** victims should not be constantly reminded of their ordeal
the world already has too many people to cope with the resources
life does not really start until baby is born, woman is already a person with greater rights

Disadvantages

The baby is a separate biological being
The mother only has to look after it for 9 months and can then give the baby up for adoption
Abortion is not a form of contraception
The baby does not have a voice
There are many alternatives to abortion meaning the baby would not have to be killed
No child should be unwanted- there are alternatives to abortion
Life begins at conception
something new comes into being
A young girl shouldn't have to deal with guilt after abortion
Shouldn't punish the child for what their father has done
woman's emotional state may cloud her judgement
If abortions are accepted and easy to obtain, people will use them as a form of birth control
if the baby was a 'mistake' then the woman should deal with the consequences for being irresponsible
Disabled children can live a happy fulfilled life
no one should have the right to take away another life
each person is unique and has something to offer in their life
disabled people can enjoy a happy, fulfilled life and would choose life over termination
abortion can be used selfishlessly to avoid responsibilities
unwanted children can easily be adopted
some medical evidence proves that the unborn child is a separate human being with feelings and intelligence from conception
depression and guilt may follow abortion
the united nations declaration of the rights of the child states that children need protection both before and after birth

Evaluation

I think abortion should be allowed because the person that is going to be most effected is the mother, and the baby isn't even a proper human being yet so it cannot really think or feel for itself, thus it shouldn't really be given that much regard as to 'rights'. It's incorrect to force a human being to forcefully look after another being which it does not wish to have - may also lead to mistreatment of the unwanted child or poor quality of life.

Comments

Miss KHP

Report Sun 2nd March, 2014 @ 13:31

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