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Abortion

The issue of whether abortion should be legalized or not has been debated for decades by

various individuals and groups. These discussions have resulted to a division into two groups in

the society. One group consists of those claiming that it is the right of the mother to decide

whether to keep the fetus or not thus arguing that abortion should be legalize. The second group

consist of those that are against it claiming it is immoral to kill an innocent unborn child while

various childless couples are willing to adopt. With each group maintaining its grounds through

concrete support of arguable points, it has been difficult to reach a consensus on whether to

legalize abortion or not.

Personally, I think abortion should be legalized but under specific conditions such as rape

or when the fetus threatens the life of the mother. First, when a woman is raped she conceives

against her will. Although it would be kind to keep the baby, this doesn’t mean that she should or

that the society should dictate what right or wrong. She has a right to her body and thus should

be allowed to make independent choices. In the case where the fetus compromises her health, it

should be the woman’s right as human to live which means any form of threat to her life should

be terminated. Many would argue that killing the baby to save the woman is murder, but then
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there is no point in letting her die with the fetus when she could be saved. There would be no

point in letting her die together with the baby if

The fact that a woman is the mother of the unborn child may make abortion an immoral act from

personal or the society perspective. However, on the occasion that the fetus is illegally

conceived, for example through rape, or that the continuing growth of the fetus endangers the life

of the mother then it would be justifiable to terminate it. Therefore, in conclusion, abortion

should be legalized in the terms that the actions leading to the abortion are justifiable through

critical analysis.
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Knecht, Jennifer, and Lee Vigilant. "“SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGAL?”: A CONTENT

ANALYSIS OF THE ABORTION DEBATE ON PROCON. ORG."