Pro-Life: An Argumentative Essay On Abortion
Cassandra Castelan
Eng 1050-DC02M
Argument Synthesis
April 15, 2011
Choose to be Pro-Life One of the most controversial issues today is the topic of abortion. For many years people have been debating over whether abortions should be legal or not. There are two sides to this debate. Those who are pro-choice, do not think that a fetus is a living human being yet with a right to live. They believe it is entirely up to a woman to choose what she does with her own body (Being Pro-Choice). Those people who are pro-life argue otherwise. They believe that abortion is wrong and should be made completely illegal. I am one of them people who are pro-life. Having an abortion is the same as killing another human. It is inhumane, it is a sin, …show more content…
Which one a woman gets just depends on her stage of pregnancy and how big her baby is. The most common method is the Suction Aspiration (LifeSiteNews). It is used with-in the first twelve weeks of a pregnancy. The embryo is sucked from the womb as it is being cut up. Another method of abortion is the Dilation and Evacuation (LifeSiteNews). In this method a pair of forceps is inserted into the woman to dismember the baby. This method can be used up until a pregnancy is of eighteen weeks along. At eight weeks into a pregnancy, an embryo can squint, suck their thumb, swallow, and tumble (LifeSiteNews). That is only a few things that they can do. The heartbeat of an embryo starts beating twenty-two days after the conception of it …show more content…
People who choose to have abortions done, most of them probably do not know how it is done, or they just do not care due to their own selfishness and ignorance. There are different excuses that they use for having abortions. People who are pro-choice think that a person or mother has the right to do as she chooses with her own body (Being Pro-Choice). They believe that an embryo is not a human and has no rights of their own. Pro-choice campaigners argue that the surgical procedure is completely safe and harmless (Lowen). This is false. Choosing to have an abortion is putting a woman’s body at risk. A mother can have serious complications that can affect their health and their future pregnancies, if able to be pregnant again
Eng 1050-DC02M
Argument Synthesis
April 15, 2011
Choose to be Pro-Life One of the most controversial issues today is the topic of abortion. For many years people have been debating over whether abortions should be legal or not. There are two sides to this debate. Those who are pro-choice, do not think that a fetus is a living human being yet with a right to live. They believe it is entirely up to a woman to choose what she does with her own body (Being Pro-Choice). Those people who are pro-life argue otherwise. They believe that abortion is wrong and should be made completely illegal. I am one of them people who are pro-life. Having an abortion is the same as killing another human. It is inhumane, it is a sin, …show more content…
Which one a woman gets just depends on her stage of pregnancy and how big her baby is. The most common method is the Suction Aspiration (LifeSiteNews). It is used with-in the first twelve weeks of a pregnancy. The embryo is sucked from the womb as it is being cut up. Another method of abortion is the Dilation and Evacuation (LifeSiteNews). In this method a pair of forceps is inserted into the woman to dismember the baby. This method can be used up until a pregnancy is of eighteen weeks along. At eight weeks into a pregnancy, an embryo can squint, suck their thumb, swallow, and tumble (LifeSiteNews). That is only a few things that they can do. The heartbeat of an embryo starts beating twenty-two days after the conception of it …show more content…
People who choose to have abortions done, most of them probably do not know how it is done, or they just do not care due to their own selfishness and ignorance. There are different excuses that they use for having abortions. People who are pro-choice think that a person or mother has the right to do as she chooses with her own body (Being Pro-Choice). They believe that an embryo is not a human and has no rights of their own. Pro-choice campaigners argue that the surgical procedure is completely safe and harmless (Lowen). This is false. Choosing to have an abortion is putting a woman’s body at risk. A mother can have serious complications that can affect their health and their future pregnancies, if able to be pregnant again