Years ago when a women would get pregnant she would have a baby. Today accidental pregnancies are solved by a method called abortion. With this method the newly formed fetus is basically removed from the mothers body and destroyed. Although the whole process of having an abortion seems not especially pleasant, it seems to be popular. As a consigned citizen I agree that the mother, and only the mother, should make the decision to have an abortion or to give birth and keep the child. It is the womans right to choose. Many people argue that abortion is plain and simple murder. If a woman is responsible enough to have sex, she needs to be responsible enough to deal with the consequences, no matter what the circumstances may turn out to be. The fourteenth amendment states, that no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without a good reason and a fair trial(Dye 91). Pro-life supporters use the fact that in the United States constitution it clearly states that no one can kill anyone else without giving a good reason not to have the child. They reason that we must follow all of the other amendments so why do we not fully follow the fourteenth? The unborn baby has a constitutional right to life unless due process of the law is put into effect. But how can due process be in effect when the baby cannot even speak for itself? Basically pro-life supporters argue that the baby cannot be killed because it has the constitutional right to life. The choice to have an abortion should not even come up. If the soon to be mother doesnt feel that she is not responsible enough to keep it she should give it up for adoption. Non-abortion advocates also argue that abortion gets used too regularly as a form of birth control pill. They believe that abortions are put into the same category as the pill and the Depo-Provera shot, a shot that when injected into the mothers stomach releases a liquid which ...
