The issue of abortion is extremely controversial and very easy to find a lot of information that supports both sides. People commonly align with two sides: pro-choice or anti-abortion.
The article on pro-choice talks about the history of abortions. It explains that the basic idea behind pro-choice is that women have the right to control what happens to their own bodies, thus giving them the right to terminate unwanted pregnancies. It talks briefly about the pro-choice movement and how the most well known pro-choice victory was Roe vs. Wade. Through the Roe vs. Wade decision the Supreme Court ended up legalizing abortion in all 50 states. I though it was interesting that this article also goes on to discuss arguments against pro-choice such as, that murder(and, some consider abortion murder) is illegal in all 50 states. I think that it was interesting that this pro-choice article was trying to lay out both sides so that you could decide for yourself.
The second article on anti-abortion is from a strict anti-abortion Organization. And had many articles about anti-abortion and why it was considered murder. Many believe that sense very quickly fetus’s develop human characteristics and begin to develop a heart and brain that they are always considered humans and not a fetus or cells. So through abortion murder is being committed and it should be illegal.
Not that I align with the pro-choice side, but I believe that the pro-choice article was more convincing because it laid out the information and arguments for both sides and then asked to you make the decision for yourself. Although the anti-abortion articles made a lot of scientific claims about fetus’s and fetus development, I found that they didn’t have much scientific evidence backing up those claims.
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