One topic of the world that continues to have controversy is abortion. Abortion has continued over time causing two groups of people to form due to controversial decisions. One case that helped these groups form was Roe vs. Wade. The first group of people is pro-life, who believe that abortion is wrong and the child should be born regardless of what caused the pregnancy. The second group of people is pro-choice, meaning that they believe that the mother should have the choice of keeping or aborting the baby. Religious beliefs, understanding, and personal preference are some factors that affect how each group feels and the way they present their argument.
             Whenever the word abortion is used, the first thing that comes to a person's head is removing the fetus from the mother that does not want to have the child. However, the dictionary has abortion defined as termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival, showing much difference to the opinion of most people. Pro-choice argues that if the mother knows the child will come out sick or mutilated should not the mother have the choice to have the baby aborted. Pro-life replies that if someone finds out he/she will become sick or are sick and therefore gives the right for someone to kill him or her, then the person would say the law is wrong. Another major problem that occurs with pro-life is the widely mistaken conception that a fetus cannot feel pain. In contrast, a fetus can dream after twenty-three weeks and can feel pain after only nine weeks past conception. Pro-life argues that since a fetus can dream, it can think as much as a sleeping thirty year old. Furthermore, it is illegal to kill a thirty year old in their sleep, so why should a mother be able to abort a fetus that can think as much as a thirty year old. Pro-life believe that it would be better to have the child and put it up for adoption than to abort the ...