Abortion
... Like both of these examples, there are two extremes (sides) to the controversial topic, abortion, pro-choice and pro-life. ... The contrast and comparison between a person who is pro-choice and one who is pro-life is found under their beliefs: whether there is the mortal existence of the zygote-embryo-fetus as a person who is a physically independent human and holds human rights, and if so does abortion then become unlawful murder. Abortion is the expulsion of a fetus either naturally or by medical induction from the womb before it is able to survive independently (Abate 2). Regardless of its definition, abortion is usually referred to according to its connotation as an unnatural procedure. ... According to the text there are six ways a woman may have an abortion. ... Third is dilation and evacuation, “D&E”, an abortion method that vacuums the uterine contents after heavy dilation of the cervix. Inducing labor by intra-amniotic infusion is the fourth and is the abortion method where a substance is injected into the amniotic sac in induce premature labor and usually done when the fetus has almost fully developed (Rathus 258). The fifth is the hysterotomy, an abortion method that is performed by cesarean section during the late second trimester, between the 16th and 24th week. Abortion drugs are labeled as the sixth method and in general are pills that a mother may take that will terminate the fetus (Rathus 259). The problem with abortion today is not deciding on which method to use but rather is abortion morally supported and fair. There are those who are pro-choice that support abortion as a woman’s right to choose what to do with her body. ... Rathus verifies that those who are pro-life consider abortion murder, whether induced by surgery or a pill (Rathus 259). ... He explains in the beginning of his writing that the whole debate on the moral status of abortion breaks into six specific arguments where the first five deal with the nature of the zygote-embryo-fetus growing inside a mothers womb and with the last one looking at the morality of the Nguyen 3 practice (McKinley).