Deontological Arguments On Abortion

According to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 2013, there were 664,435 abortions reported in the United States, this number in astonishing when each abortion is killing a human life before it begins. The United States government has been in an endless debate as to whether a law should be created making abortion illegal. The US Supreme Court has ruled on multiple cases defending women's rights to choose to have an abortion. Deontological Ethics says that the only thing good in itself is a good will, this idea allows women who choose to have an abortion if it's for the one's moral duty and not her inclinations. Roe v. Wade was a groundbreaking decision by the Supreme Court on the issue of abortion because the Court ruled 7–2 that a right
Women don't want to be told what they can and cannot do with their body, this makes the political argument over abortion very difficult. I asked a fellow CU-Boulder student as to her opinion on the abortion issue she said, "I don't want an 80-year-old man in congress telling me what I can and cannot do with my body." This made me think about how much power should the government have on the regulation of the choices citizens make to their own body. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote in the ruling of the Planned Parenthood v. Casey case, "The ability of women to participate equally in the economic and social life of the Nation has been facilitated by their ability to control their reproductive lives." This statement from a supreme court justice means that the government should not impede on a women's right to have control over their body. The United States Constitution says in the first amendment "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." My interpretation of this amendment is that the government can't create a law that prohibits the exercise of one's freedom through speech and or peaceful actions. The government should not have the power to determine the choices citizens make because we are living in a free country. In the
This means that natural law is diametrically opposed to a woman's killing of her own child. An intentional abortion would seem to belong in the category of sins deemed "contrary to nature." In my opinion, women should have the right and power to choose to have an abortion if she is acting in good will and not by her inclinations. The consequences of having an abortion shall not matter according to Kant. I think the decision to have an abortion is only up to the mother and not some random old guy in congress. The government does not have the power to enforce an abortion act or law because no case is the same and if the mother acts in good will then having an abortion is considered just. Abortions should be legal in the US as the decision comes down to the mother and if she believes that having the child will impede on her good will then she can choose to have an abortion no matter the