‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will agree with this statement because they say that the foetus has rights too, it just can’t voice its own opinion and that foetus is a living thing and it is still a human even if it does not look like one, so abortion would be murder. Abortion devalues life the next stage would be allowing infanticide. Many religions believe there is God in everyone so the killing of a foetus would be the hurting God.
‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will agree with this statement because Abortion prevents a Atman from being reborn. To Hindus the atman is the soul and is the one of the most important things in the world. Hindus believe without the atman you cannot be reincarnated and therefore you cannot go to God.
‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will disagree with this statement because in some cases the woman’s or baby’s life could be at risk, going through with the pregnancy will endanger two lives. An abortion will save a life even if it means a foetus will have to be sacrificed, and if the foetus will most likely die why risk the mother’s life? Also the mother’s life is considerably more important than the unborn baby. No woman should have to risk her own life because she is made to by the government, or people she hasn’t even met.
‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will disagree with this statement because they believe that the foetus is not a living thing. According to science a living thing is something that follows all seven of the following rules- Movement, Reproduction, Sensitivity, Growth, Respiration, Excretion and Nutrition. The foetus does not follow all of these rules and therefore it is not a living thing and it is not murder to abort it. Also religions such as Islam say that the foetus is not a living thing till about the ninth week. In Judaism, they believe the foetus is only a human at the time of birth not conception.
‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will disagree with this statement because in the case of rape the woman had no fault in the unwanted pregnancy, she did nothing wrong and was not careless, so why should she have to live with a burden on her shoulders. In many cases the rape victim is poor so she will not be economically viable to look after a baby. In Sikhism they allow abortion in the case of rape.
‘Abortion is always wrong,’ some people will disagree with this statement because in many cases women will think they have to get an abortion no matter what, and they will do whatever it takes to do so. Most of the time women resort to back-street clinics where the ‘surgeons’ charge a lot of money and endanger the life of the woman. They also don’t even use the correct equipment, for example they use coat hangers and knitting needles, thousands of women have died. If the woman is going to have an abortion no matter what, why not make it safe?
In conclusion, I think that women should be allowed to have an abortion, because they will always have a reason to have an abortion, whether it is a stupid reason or a clever one, it is their body, their life and therefore their choice.