A new ruling from the Supreme Court will restrict a person’s right to have an abortion in the U.S. Whether or not you can have an abortion now is decided by the state.
An abortion is a medical surgery that removes a fetus from a pregnant person’s body. Arguments over whether abortion should be legal have raged over the years like a cold war, and now all of a sudden, the government comes out and is like, “Hey, you can’t have your opinion anymore; it’s all up to your state.”In an attempt to convince people and their states that their perspective is correct, pro-choice activists led a protest in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 14, followed by an anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C, on June 6.
The people that are pro-choice believe that the choice of whether or not to have an abortion should be decided by the person who has the baby, since it is inside the person’s body so they can decide what happens to it. Former President George W. Bush says, “I believe that life is valuable, even when it is unwanted, even when it is physically imperfect. I believe our society has a responsibility to defend the vulnerable and the weak. And I believe our nation should set a goal that unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.”
Others, who are anti-abortion, believe that even though the baby hasn’t been born yet, it is still a life, and doing an abortion is ending that life. “From a religious or moral perspective, some people say that life begins earlier than birth, life begins at conception when a woman becomes pregnant,” said Bernard Dickens, professor emeritus of health law and policy at the University of Toronto.
Link: Abortion: What it is and why people disagree whether it should be legal | Article | Kids News (cbc.ca)
An abortion is a medical surgery that removes a fetus from a pregnant person’s body. Arguments over whether abortion should be legal have raged over the years like a cold war, and now all of a sudden, the government comes out and is like, “Hey, you can’t have your opinion anymore; it’s all up to your state.”In an attempt to convince people and their states that their perspective is correct, pro-choice activists led a protest in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 14, followed by an anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C, on June 6.
The people that are pro-choice believe that the choice of whether or not to have an abortion should be decided by the person who has the baby, since it is inside the person’s body so they can decide what happens to it. Former President George W. Bush says, “I believe that life is valuable, even when it is unwanted, even when it is physically imperfect. I believe our society has a responsibility to defend the vulnerable and the weak. And I believe our nation should set a goal that unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.”
Others, who are anti-abortion, believe that even though the baby hasn’t been born yet, it is still a life, and doing an abortion is ending that life. “From a religious or moral perspective, some people say that life begins earlier than birth, life begins at conception when a woman becomes pregnant,” said Bernard Dickens, professor emeritus of health law and policy at the University of Toronto.
Link: Abortion: What it is and why people disagree whether it should be legal | Article | Kids News (cbc.ca)
