abortion. I. Introduction A. Definition of abortion. II. Thesis statement A. Pro-choice B. Pro-Life III.

The views A. The moral viewpoint B. The murder viewpoint C. The restriction viewpoint D. The

parental consent viewpoint E. The rape justification viewpoint F. The safe viewpoint IV. Conclusion

A. First Amendment Abortion: Pro-Choice or Pro-Life

“But oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to desperation which impelled her to the crime [abortion]”

(Susan B. Anthony, 1869). In the Scott, Foresman Advanced Dictionary, Thorndike and Barnhart

defined abortion as the removal of a developing embryo or fetus from the uterus to terminate a

pregnancy before birth resulting in death of the fetus. The abortion issue has become one of the

world’s most controversial problems of today. This issue is divided into two sides, pro-life and

pro-choice. They focus on different aspects of receiving an abortion. At one end we have the

pro-choice advocate---those who focus on women’s right.

The pro-choice supporters have reason to believe the fetus is only a potential human being. It has no

at the fertilization of the ovum. Human life is sacred at every moment of existence. In the opinion of

involving their parents would not be their own best interests or try to protect their parents.

to a law that affects parental rights, there is a responsibility of the parents to take action. Parental

To pro-lifers, parents should be involved in abortion decision-making for teens because legally, they

the parental-consent laws will scare teens into abstinence. However, in states with these laws, sexual

pro-choicer advocate, birth is not always the right choice, because it may be “socially disfunctional,

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