Argument of abortion
The argument of abortion has been raging since the Supreme
Court case, Roe vs. Wade, in 1973. This court case has divided the country into
two factions: pro-choice and pro-life. Pro-life advocates argue that abortions
are murder and extreme levels of child abuse. While pro-choice advocates
believe abortions are a justifiable means to end pregnancies. The pro-choice
argument is that the fetus is not yet a human being and its rights should not
override that of the mother’s.
An importance on what defines a human is very important. Is a human the result
of sperm fertilizing an egg? At this point of fertilization the human is
composed of a single cell with a unique DNA structure. Killing this unique cell
would be wrong, however does this single cell constitute for a person? If being
human is defined through having a certain level of self awareness and
acknowledgment of your person, then the fetus is not yet a human being so
aborting it would be as immoral as destroying a malignant tumor (Shrage 127).
