Cheryl Tatem
PHI 103: Informal Logic
Professor Brian Onishi
January 17, 2014
Should Abortion Be Legal
Should abortion be legal? This is such a contraversial subject and everyone is debating this subject from scholars to preachers. The issue of morality and murder seem to be the most debated subject. I personally say no to legalizing abortion to a certain extent. I feel that in the event that a woman is raped, or it becomes a issue of health complications for the mother or child then yes abortion may be necessary but then and only then should a woman be allowed to have an abortion. The abortion debated refers to the ongoing contraversy surrounding the …show more content…
In this day and time it 's to many way to protect yourself from the risk of pregnancy. Let 's look of some contraceptive you have the birth control pill which you take on a daily basis and is 99% accurate to prevent pregnancy. Then you have condoms which you can buy over the counter in any store but be careful when choosing this method because they can bust, contain holes, and aren 't as accurate as other methods also you should always use latex never sheep skin because this type of condom contains pores which allows semen and other disease to penetrate. You also have what is called deprovera. This is a shot which is administered four times a year every three months. This stops a woman from having a period which in turn no eggs can be released and pregnancy can 't occur. Their are so many more contraceptive that are available to the public so getting pregnant unless you want to can be prevented. Their is also a pill called the morning after which when taken in a twenty-four hour period of unprotected sex can be quite accurate. Education and access should be a top priority in pregnancy prevention. I also believe that their should be some limits to the amount of abortions that a female can receive. I know woman who have had over five abortions in their life time. Shouldn 't their be some limit and restrictions when it comes to the number of abortion one can receive. I know I …show more content…
If you just don 't want a child then by all means do the right thing and protect yourself against this very real possibility. I 'm not saying that abortion is murder but when you really look at the situation it could be considered just that. Someone is taking my right to live away from me and I have know say in the matter than what else would it be called. I 'm being terminated without permission without even being asked then could you not say that it is murder or manslaughter at the least. I feel that we should take more responsibility in the way we handle the situation of abortion. I think that we should take a minute and think about how we would feel if put in this situation could we go through with the abortion or would we have some compassion for the unborn fetus who didn 't ask to come here in the first place. I 'm sure that I 'm biased on this issue because I don 't believe in this horrible act to end a life and just a little prejudiced but
I was raised in that time and era where it just wasn 't even thought about or