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Submitted by freefortermpapers on 06/24/2008 03:00 PM
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Abortion
One of the most controversial topics over the years, and still today, is abortion. Is
abortion murder or not? When does a fetus become a human? There are no answers to these
questions. Everyone individual has their own beliefs on whether or not abortion is
justifiable. Abortions have been performed throughout many of centuries. Recently, there
has been a number of court cases that has changed the legality of abortions, especially
in the United States, for example Roe v. Wade. Even religions have changed their views on
abortions over the course of the years. In the abortions wars there are two parties,
pro-life and pro-choice. Pro-life believes that abortion is murder and is completely
immoral. Pro-choice, however, believes that it is the mother's choice if she wishes to
terminate the pregnancy or not. There are countless ways to perform an abortion. Some are
obviously much safer. Even then there are some serious side effects that may happen
during or after an abortion, both physical and psychological. This essay is just skimming
the top of the abortion issue. Hopefully it will give you a general idea of how
complicated this topic is.
Before there was a legal system, as we know it, abortions were decided just by your
religious beliefs. Judaism believed that the life of someone already born is more
important then that of the unborn. Therefore is the mother's welfare is at risk an
abortion is permitted. However it is not acceptable to terminate a pregnancy for any
other reason. In Islamic beliefs a woman has the right to have an abortion, until the
soul enters the fetus, between 40 to 120 days after conception. Buddhists believe that
abortion is justifiable. They say that the fate of the unborn child is not to come into
the world at this time. The Bible says in Num 5:27"God mandates 'trial by ordeal' for
women...
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