Immorality of Abortion

This is a well-written essay which was an extremely interesting read. I also thought that your arguments were fresh, new, and thus very convincing. I disagree however, and would like to point out that women who engage in sexual intercourse do not know that it may lead to pregnancy. Contraception fails frequently, when women often do not know that it is not 100% effective. This happened to me (if I had known I would always have used two methods of contraception - a precaution that I always take now). When contraception fails it is certainly not the women's choice or fault that she has fallen pregnant. What if, for example, she does not want to have children until she is thirty years of age, or older? Should she abstain completely from sex until then? Is that practical or realistic? I do not think abstaining from sex until you are ready to have children is a reasonable expectation to make of women, particularly if the women is in a steady long-term relationship.

I also think, contrary to yourself, that since the baby is part of the women and is not an entity on its own, it belongs entirely to the women (in the same way that her own body does) and it is thus entirely the women's choice to do with the baby as she wishes. If she makes an immoral choice then it is HER choice, and she will deal with the consequences, emotionally in this world, and possibly if there is another world, then in the next too. Since the baby is part of the mothers body, the state cannot then force her to give up her rights to her body and force her to have it.

Sorry for the rant! Excellent essay though! Well done!

if you can distinguish between a rapists baby and the fetus of a women whos pill didnt work, then isnt it just an arbitary distinction? If your argument is that all fetus` no matter how immature they are are people, then is a rapist baby less of a person? Also, what about early abortion when there is no conciousness, or responsiveness and non of the criteria are fufilled. You must also remember that a babys movements in the womb , for the first few months are not concious, they are reflexes.if you count reflexes as communication, then you must call cancers people also, because they too react to heat, light and touch. And if it is the idea of conception being the point of conciousness begining, then should we ban the morning after pill and the IUD, both of which are designed to expell implanted embyos in very erly development? just a couple of issues that need to be adressed before i am tottaly convinced by the theory of avbortion as an immoral act. Good essay structure though!

Your argument is very covincing. Especially the comaprison between enlisting in the military and engaging in sexual intercourse. Both are voluntary actions with possible negative consequences - war or unwanted pregancy. In both cases the negative consequence was the result of personal choice.

I had to approach this very subject while taking a philosophy class last year. You did well on presenting the facts as arguments, yet not forcing your personal opinion on the reader!

There are a lot of abortion essays in this website, but this is no doubt one of the better ones. Very well written, very few gramatical mistakes. Good Job!

hot issue but a horrible rality nice essay