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Keep Your Laws off My Body The long debated issue of abortion is a tough one. There are many legal and moral debates. That’s where the problem lies; is it a moral issue or is it a legal issue? The world may never know. Many problems arise with the fact that people say abortion is killing a baby, a human. Opposing sides say that abortion is a woman’s right and no body can do away with of that right. “Indeed, the subject probably ranks in moral controversy with such dilemmas as capital punishment, ‘right to die’ legislation, and just versus unjust wars,” (Legge 3). Should our country take into consideration that someone’s body is their body, not the governments? Or, should we take into consideration that the fetus inside is a growing person who had no decision or no choice over their own destiny? “Usually, the dependant variable is categorized into, favoring complete freedom of choice, favoring abortion under particular social or medical circumstances, and opposing abortion under any circumstances,” (Legge 6). Whether or not it is morally right to abort a growing fetus, our society has no right to input or judge someone else’s decision. Those who oppose abortion, “pro-lifers” as they are called, do make good points onto why abortion should be illegal. The main view stressed in this case is the fact that the growing baby inside is actually a baby and more than just a fetus. Radical pro-lifers do not find any acceptable reason for abortion. They view abortion as ‘murder’ and they say, “…there simply existed no sustained argument to establish abortion as a fundamental right of women and as an essential aspect of what it is that constitutes a good society,” (Kopaczynski 143). Here in the United States anti-abortionists are constantly in the court systems arguing that it is inhumane and arguing the baby’s right to live and saying that it is not a right given to the Supreme Court. “In Canada abortion may be implicitly viewed by feminists as a woman’s right, but in the U.S. it is sanctified as a right by the supreme court,” (Tatalovich 128). It is a hard decision to make with a country so strong in tradition and so conservative with ‘sexual liberation’. Americans feel as though there are levels of morality and if our society isn’t strict with ethical issues our moral standards aren’t set high enough. “It is a particularly troubling issue for a country with strong traditions of individual initiative and enterprise plus conservative views of sexual behavior and societal service responsibilities,” (David 79). Many people throughout the world debate this issue through a religious perspective. When someone conceives a baby they are carrying “God’s child,” and who are we as a democratic society to say that we can abort one of God’s children? It is inevitable that someone who is into their religion, regardless of what they follow, will be opposed to abortion. The entire issue of whether it is just a fetus is not looked at but rather the fact that it is a growing baby inside of a woman. “As a rule, individuals who are more religious are more likely to oppose abortion,” (Legge 6). One is bound to be “black-balled” by the holy community if a child is aborted. The two major political parties have vastly different views on the subject, sometimes persuading one to vote a certain way.
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