Argumentative Essay On Abortion

Abortion is an important heath topic that is highly controversial globally. Politicians to health practitioners argue daily the legal and moral validity of the removal of a developing child while it is still in the womb. Although it’s been practiced for hundreds (if not thousands, if you trace it back to the Code of Hammurabi, ca. 1760 BCE) of years around the world, the U.S. legalized abortion in the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. That has not stopped the countless arguments across the board of whether or not abortion should be outlawed. In this essay, the morality and justification of abortion shall be examined while also diving into the history of abortion itself.

As previously stated, abortion has been traced back to prehistoric times, first being listed in the Code of Hammurabi. Here it was written that it was a crime for a miscarriage to be cause through assault. The exact scope of the crime varied with the woman’s social rank. A death penalty was even the punishment in the Code of Assura (Assyrian Law, c. 1075 BCE) for if a woman had an abortion against her husband’s wishes. Even in Ancient India, the smrti and Vedic laws imposed the preservation of the “male seed” in women.

Ancient China and Greece followed along in their predecessor’s footsteps, performing abortions through various means and imposing laws on the act itself. One particular viewpoint in Classical Greece is especially important when looking into the morality of abortion. Aristotle was a renowned philosopher in Classical Greece. Deliberating on abortion was just one of his numerous attributes. As he put it, “The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive.” He determined that point of ...

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...ons out in the world if she does not or cannot raise the child herself. Adoption is one of them, where another family would be grateful to have the opportunity to raise your child as their own. The morality of this issue for me comes into play when it is connected to sexual morality. Those who consider themselves old enough and mature enough to engage in sexual intercourse before marriage should be prepared to face the consequences of an unwanted pregnancy.

Any argument has its flaws. It is cases like these in the medical world that produce much deliberation and debate over one single issue. One viewpoint can hardly be said to be totally above the other. We must find balance in our morals v. our health and therefore I have a balanced viewpoint on the moralism of abortion. Circumstances must be taken into account to determine the validity and moralism of an abortion.