Society’s View on Abortion, Euthanasia and the Death Penalty

When it comes to the issues of dying by abortion, euthanasia or the death penalty society views each issue passionately. As we look at the issues and as the circumstances change, society will dictate how it reacts.

When it comes to abortion there are two complex opposing groups, pro-lifers and pro-choicers, each group think that their position is the right position. The pro-lifers argues that abortion is not acceptable, because the fetus a viable human being, having a distinctive life of its own, to have an abortion is deliberately taking a life and that is murder. Other pro-lifers believe that a woman’s life is being seriously or permanently disabled, if the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape, or the woman’s life is threatened by the pregnancy.

Some pro-lifers believe that is better to let a pregnant woman and fetus die than save the life of the woman by having the pregnancy terminated. That once a woman becomes pregnant, she would be force to continue the pregnancy unless she seeks a lawsuit, wins the case, then seeks the courts permission she then could obtain an abortion (Robinson, 2003)

The other group the pro-choicers argue that a woman has a right to choose what to do with her body; there are too many unwanted babies in the world; if the baby is severely handicapped only the mother can look after the child; life does not start until birth or at least viable; a severely disable child may not have a good quality of life, and raped women should not have to choose to have an unwanted child to serve as a reminder of the ordeal that they went through.

Yet, other pro-choicers hold different beliefs about the morality of abortions: some say that early abortions are more acceptable; others say that first trimester are...

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... and execute someone for killing another person. Killing one person for the killing of another does not justify the means to the problem. Many times innocent people has been sent to prison for crimes not committed by them, so if they are sent to prison by erroneous information, convicted but did not commit the crime, executed who pays for the mistake?

In conclusion, how can society be pro-life when it comes to abortion and euthanasia, yet the death penalty is justified? Is it ethical or moral to cause the death of that life whether it is abortion, euthanasia, or the death penalty? It all depends on the situation. All three issues deal with the death of a human life.

References

Robinson, B. A. (2003, March 11). Religious Tolerance. Retrieved March 9, 2011, from Ontario Consultants on Religion Tolerance: www.religioustolerance.org/abo_right.htm