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Abortions:
Since the birth of man, women have always been the carriers for the embryo; however, the creation of these embryos may not always be intentional. So the question: "as a person, do we have the right to kill this human being by having an abortion," arises and consequentially results in many different points of views throughout North America and the rest of the world. This question is not easily answered, but I believe that women in our society have the right to act upon the ability to receive an abortion. If conducted within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, these fetuses have not reached a mature state with the ability to feel pain, or even be consciously aware and therefore the act of undergoing an abortion is still acceptable in my point of view.
An abortion is simply defined as the ending of a gestation of an embryo or fetus in a womb. This can occur spontaneously, in the form of a miscarriage, or be intentionally induced through biochemical, surgical, or other means. In the 20th century, the ethics and morality of abortion became the subject of intense political debate in North America. Opponents of abortion consider the embryo or fetus to be fully human and abortion to be murder, whereas proponents of safe and legal abortion consider abortion to be a basic human right for women. From 1995 to 2000, the US Congress repeatedly passed, but President Bill Clinton vetoed a bill that would ban a late-term method of abortion called by its critics as "partial-birth" abortion. Subsequent attempts by many U.S. states to ban this method were contested in the courts, and in 2000, the Supreme Court voided such laws that do not include an exception when the health of the mother is endangered. U.S. o ...