Abortion Vs Pro Life Essay

Pro-life or Pro-choice?
Every year around election time the topic ‘Abortion’ becomes a serious thought for many people when it comes down to deciding who they want representing them. Everybody has their own beliefs about abortion, which are mainly supported by their religious views. Nearly one million women have abortions every year, having to go through making the decision of life or death of their unborn child.
Abortion happens when the mother chooses to abort the unborn child in her womb. Abortion is legal in the United States but many states are trying to make it harder for women to have one. The states are making women wait and think about their decision before women can receive an abortion. Most states are making it hard enough for women that they would have to be in a life threatening situation before they will let women go through the procedure. (States Make It Harder) According to Jen Nedeau, "The concept of abortion is so challenging for public discourse, and it's incredibly personal for most people.” (Fouhy) There

are approximately 1.1 million abortions every year. 1.1 million children that never got a chance at this beautiful thing we call life.
The process of taking the pills to about the unborn child is harder to cope with than going through the medical procedure.

Once the medical procedure is finished, everything is said and done with. If women decide to take the pills, they have to go through all of the feelings and symptoms of losing the child (Quindlen). Most mothers that have go through abortion cannot talk about what happened after the abortion is finalized.
Everyone has a different view on abortion, which is mainly based on their religious views. As Catholics, we are taught pro-life. We do not believe abortion is the right thing to do because we believe each child deserves a chance at life. Lutherans are free to believe what they want, while many decide to agree with pro-life. I myself am a pro-life believer. I am a strong believer in the statement ‘everything happens for a reason,’ therefore I believe that God chose that woman to mother the child and believed she could do

it.
People who are ‘pro-life’ believe that if a woman has an abortion she is killing her child, that no matter what stage of the pregnancy the child is in, that it is still considered a human being. They believe that woman should not have the right to choose if they have an abortion or not. Women are not giving the unborn child in their womb, a chance to live. People believe that having an abortion is the same as murder, therefore, it should be treated like murder and be an illegal movement. The strengths of abortion being illegal are that most states are trying to make it almost impossible to have an abortion nowadays. Women have to be at near death or a serious health risk in South Dakota before they can have an abortion. Women also have to wait seventy-two hours before they can undergo the procedure.
Abortion being illegal has a few weaknesses. The percentage of votes for abortion being illegal is less than amount of votes for abortion being legal. Fifty-four percent of the nation says abortion should be legal, while only forty-two say it should be illegal. (Skalka) Forty-three percent of women in America have an abortion in their lifetime. That percentage averages out to be about the same as divorce. The percent of women having abortions is higher than the percentages of breast cancer each year. This would also mean that more women get abortions than women get college degrees. (Waldman)
Based on religious views, abortion is a huge topic, which is commonly brought up around election time. There comes a lot of emotional and physical pain when going through an abortion. Many believe that the United States should stay a pro-choice country, but I believe that we should become a pro-life country.