The Issue Of Abortion

Abortion. Is there any other word that creates such hatred and charged emotion? The word abortion means “the loss or removal of an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the mother’s body” (Day 7). The meaning of abortion, however, is completely different. To people who are pro-life, abortion is a vicious and murderous word dripping in blood and silent screams. To people who are pro-choice the word is just as emotional. It represents …

…are pro-choice are not necessarily saying that everyone must get an abortion. And they are certainly not saying that those who do not want abortions or feel that they are wrong, like pro-life supporters, must have abortions as well. They are merely saying that people should have the right to choose what is done to one’s own body. No one can make that decision for another person, and no one should be able to!