Abortion

             The Moral Argument Surrounding Abortion
             Arguments based on moral ideas tend to be polarized, but sometimes can be taken to extremes. When I was growing up in the late 1980's my mother was, and still is, politically involved. I grew up in the state of Louisiana, and at that time in Louisiana the legislature introduced a bill that would make abortion illegal. This was and still is today a controversial moral issue. Being as my mother was directly involved, at a young I was able to sit in on some of the arguments in the legislature and also in the media. I saw first hand both sides and both arguments of this issue.
             This argument started several years previous with the United States Supreme Court ruling in the Roe versus Wade case, legalizing abortion. With the possibility of an abortion law being passed in the state of Louisiana this debate became very heated around the state with both sides becoming very intense. When dealing with moral issues such as this one avoiding polarization is impossible because of the strong emotional ties to both sides.
             There were two sides of this issue the pro-life side and the pro-choice side. The pro-choice side of the issue argued that abortion needed to be kept legal giving the women the right to abort her the unborn child. Some of the examples they cited where abortion would be necessary is in cases where the woman's life could possibly be in danger if she went through labor. The pro-choice side also dwelt with the argument that a woman should not have to give birth to a child that was conceived in an act of rape or even incest.
             The pro-life side of the issue argued that abortion should be made illegal. One of their main arguments was life began at conception not birth. If life began at conception then it was their job to stand up and fight for the unborn child. Also assuming life does began at conception then abortion, according to law, would be illegal. They believed i...

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