Conservative Views on Abortion: A Critical Examination

The Conservative Stance on Abortion; Why They Are Wrong
“It is unthinkable to allow complete strangers, whether individually or collectively, as state legislators or others in government, to make such personal decisions for someone else.”(Weddington) The conservatives have been bringing up the issue of abortion ever since it was legalized in the 70s. Conservatives believe that abortion should be illegal because they believe that abortion is wrong. They are deciding to make a woman’s personal choice for her and believe that they have the right to do so. Conservatives constantly talk about how much they value their personal freedoms yet they want to strip women of their personal freedom when it comes to abortion. Without the personal liberties granted by the constitutional amendments the entire country would run amuck. Although abortion is legal, the conservatives are trying to revoke this law

because they want to force their beliefs on the public, they are taking over the voice of the unborn and ignoring the living, and are enabling the government to have control over a woman’s body.
One major aspect of the Conservatives argument when it comes to abortion is that killing a fetus is immoral. They believe that killing a fetus is completely inhumane and technically murder. Conservatives critique women that have executed their right to choose by saying they have committed a sin and a crime against humanity. By saying comments like these and outlawing abortion on the grounds that it is inhumane, they are forcing their personal beliefs and morals on the public. America was founded because the people wanted to be free to have their own morals, beliefs, and values. If the Conservatives revoke the right to an abortion because it does not correlate with their religion and lifestyle, they would be stripping the American people of their rights guaranteed by the first amendment. They are refusing to look at any other belief that contrasts with theirs. This country was created because the oppressed wanted a place where they could practice their religion freely and have their own individual opinions. Revoking the laws that allow abortion would be removing the very rights this country was built on.
Conservatives try to protect the rights of the unborn. They only look at the fetus, they ignore the actual living human involved in this equation. Conservatives say that the living bundle of cells has its rights, but they are choosing to ignore the following facts. First, the fetus has no brain. The fetus does not know what personal rights are, it technically does not have any. The scientific term for a baby in the womb is fetus because it has yet to function out of the womb. The latest a woman can have a legal abortion is when the pregnancy is at 24 weeks. At 24 weeks the fetus has yet to think or have a fully functioning brain and body. Secondly, they ignore the mother, the actual fully functioning human being. The mother has her rights because her brain works completely, she can understand and execute them. They choose to forget everybody else involved with the pregnancy. They ignore the mother, the father, and anyone else that has a say in the pregnancy. Conservatives are trying to voice the opinions of the unborn even though they have no voice or opinion.
The last major aspect of the Conservative’s argument on abortion is they want to strip a woman of her right to choose.

By eliminating the option of abortion they would be stripping a woman of her personal liberties. The government would have control of a woman’s body. American government was based off the principles of democracy. Democracy emphasizes on the rights of the people. Their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Is a woman’s right to choose what to do with her body not one of those rights? Does that choice not affect her life, her liberties, and her pursuit of happiness? Once the government has control over a woman’s bodily decision to have an abortion who says they will stop there? Who is to say they will not want to control the rights to vote or the right to a trial by jury? By giving the government the power over someone else’s body they turn the American democracy into the American dictatorship. Everybody has their rights, and by revoking the right to choose they are giving the government control over a woman’s body and personal

decisions.
The fact that Conservatives are trying to strip someone’s personal rights is completely ludicrous. Conservatives are trying to control the American public because they want everyone else to follow their rules and live by their moral code. Nobody should ever be forced to change their values. Nobody should ever be ignored when it comes to personal freedoms. No government should have control over a person’s body. There is a simple solution to the Conservatives “problems”: if they do not like abortion do not have one, and stay out of somebody else’s personal decisions. They should not be forcing their values on the public, they should not ignore the mother’s opinion, and they most definitely should not give the government power over a person’s body. The majority of Conservatives love their freedom yet they want to disable every woman’s free choice. The Conservative movement is a walking contradiction that cannot deal with the fact that other people are allowed to have different opinions. America was founded on the basis of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but these principles do not apply when it differs with the Conservative viewpoint.