Abortion:  State issue or Federal issue?
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the answer is both state and federal. states have their own constitution and state supreme court. but if the law of the land federally is yes it's legal, then a state law can prohibit it in that state, via the state supreme court. if the state ruling goes to the united states supreme court, and it it becomes whatever they rule, yes or no, the state law is whatever the united states law is.
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Did you know that there is a perfectly legal killer in America today? In fact, it kills over 1 million people in the US per year. This is not a disease or a natural killer. This is murder. This murderer kills about 1.25 million people per year, every year. It is abortion and it is perfectly legal in the United States today. It has been the topic of discussions across the country for years. Everyone from simple workers to presidential candidates is asked their views on this subject. At every presidential election, candidates must give an opinion on this matter. It is a huge subject. The problem is why it is such a big topic and why is it still legal. What is abortion? It is the purposeful killing of an unborn child. Killing its life before it even has the chance to live it. Women across America say that they should have a choice and that they should be able to decide. What about the choice of that child? They should have the chance at a life and a future as well. Abortion is wrong and the practice should be stopped in this country as well as others. This essay will look at this practice and show why it needs to be stopped right now.\n\nMurder in the US is illegal. You cannot go out and kill someone just because you don’t want them around. A person might be bothersome or an inconvenience for you to deal with, but you cannot kill them. Why doesn’t this apply with abortion too? In polls of why women have abortions, 93% said that it was do to social reasons. That means that the child would be an inconvenience or would make it hard for them to work and be social. They are saying that they have to kill a child because it would make it hard for them to go out and be social. It is just like murder. They don’t want the child around, so they kill it. Why are people not punished and why isn’t it illegal.\n\nOne of the major reasons people say that abortion should be legal is for the victims of rape and incest. These people are victims and they should be treated as such. They were a victim of a horrible crime and they won’t forget that, but using this as an example to justify abortion is not valid. These types of instances only account for a total of 1% of all abortions. People in this situation should be allowed exceptions to rules, but you cannot use it to justify abortion when it is only 1% of the people who get abortions. The majority of the women who use abortion are not victims, they decided not to use protection or had sexual contact with a contraceptive and they won’t take the responsibility of their actions. They just think that it would be easier to kill the child so they don’t have to own up to their mistake.\n\nThe other major debate is whether or not the fetus is a “human” at the time of abortion. As of now, the US does not classify the child as a human during the abortion. This would classify the abortion as homicide because homicide is a human killing another human. During the pregnancy, the child is determined to be a fetus and not a human. It does get tricky though. Science and medicine say that a person is defined by its genetic make-up. Medicine and science have also proven that the fetus gets almost all of its genetic make-up at the time of conception. So wouldn’t that make the fetus a human? Secondly, the US law states that abortion is legal up until 24 weeks of pregnancy. That is almost 6 months. Science has proven that the fetal period begins at about the 8 week mark. This means that by this 8 week mark, the fetus has developed and almost all of its human parts are developed. Almost no new structures will form. It also proven that the fetus has a small brain and can feel pain and vibrations. It also has a vague hearing and senses. This sounds like a person, but some say that it is just a fetus. Keep in mind, this is still only at 8 weeks, abortion is legal until 24 weeks. That is a lot of time for the fetus to be developing. At the 24 week point, the baby is very developed. It is a little over a p
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I think this is a deeply personal issue that should be left for families or women to make with their doctor according to their own personal beliefs. I have a somewhat different perspective about a fetus being the equivalent to a baby since I did the pre-med program in getting my biology degree. I really just don't see the first trimester  embryo (until 10 weeks) or fetus (after 10 weeks) as a baby although I do feel the issue is not entirely morally neutral since if left to develop it would result in a baby. I think though that a nonsentient potential human should not be given equal or even greater rights than the fully developed thinking, feeling person carrying it. It should be a private issue.\n\nAs for the morning after pill, I can tell you that this is not considered an abortion pill. It acts to either block conception or in some cases prevent implantation. Medically a woman is not considered pregnant until after implantation. Until such time the fertilized egg is considered a pre-embryo. A large number of fertilized eggs fail to implant naturally anyway and besides this as I said the Plan B pill is preventing conception from occuring as well. I think the Plan B pill is actually a wonderful medical tool to prevent the necessity of abortion. \n\nAt any rate since different people and religions take different viewpoints on this issue I think the government should stay out of making the decision for people.
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In Illinois, the US, & the World - Abortion
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America has had a debate over both issues for many years now.Sentencing persons to death for their crimes has been around for centuries.So has the practice of abortion dating back 5000 years or more.The whole debate is based on ones own morale beliefs.There lies the debate the struggle between the beliefs of individuals.It is a very hard decision to enforce the moral beliefs of one on another individual. If society as a whole can come to a consensus that no form of death of human life is acceptable or a that terminating a life is acceptable in abortion or in capital punishment.I wont insert my beliefs here but I do agree that there is a contradiction between the two.One human life needs to be viewed equally to another.
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It's not a question of whether they want to outlaw abortion.\nLook at the calendar. There's a mid year election coming up. Roe V. Wade isn't a law, it's a court decision. I'm not for abortion. Pro-choice is a nice word for I wish I hadn't chosen to have sex and get pregnant. But there's a principle here. I am sick and tired of the issues that matter to Americans being pushed aside instead of being solved.AFTER the election, abortion will be just be another hot issue that no one, I mean no one wants to touch. Same as immigration. 70 to 90 percent of the American people want the borders secured. Mexican American citizens want the border secured. 6000 national guardsmen? What are they thinking? I rather do nothing than spend money on stupid political posturing. Same as rebuilding New Orleans. Doesn't matter which side of the aisle they sit, the important stuff gets pushed aside and we just go on down the road at 3 bucks a gallon. The only time things really get done is when the reporter does the big investigative report that Congress just gave itself another pay raise and didn't tell anybody.
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All it proves is that they have enough people that want to see it on the ballot. That doesn't prove that the majority wants it to be legal. In fact, polls consistently show that Americans hold pro-life viewpoints in most pregnancy cases, and that viewpoint continues to grow. Remember, Roe v. Wade wasn't voted on by the people, either. It was the result of action be liberal, activist Supreme Court justices.
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No, that's a cop-out by the U.S. Supreme court. But it won't be for long. South Dakota state Senate voted, 23 to 12, to criminalize abortion in their state. It'll get challenged, I guarantee it.
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There is some truth in what you say. The rabid feminists (most of who strike me as lesbians anyway) always chant, "it's a woman's right to chose." The abortion issue can be solved in another phrase: "if you don't want to get pregnant, don't have sex."
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I wouldn't have an abortion, pay for one or agree with one.\n\nBut I think everyone have the right to make the decision. Then you deal with God later, if you believe in it.
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They are legal. The debate about that is over. Roe v. Wade is still the rule of law.\n\nDo I think it is murder? That is a whole other issue. I would never be able to contemplate having an abortion without feeling as though I was killing my child. I know that I would never "get over" having made that choice. I know I would need forgiveness, the question would be==> who would forgive me?  I know there are circumstances where it might be necessary, but pray I am never subject to those circumstances.\n\nIt is a tough, impossible issue. In the end, it probably should be legal, but there should be stricter hoops before it is permitted.
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Go, mom.\n\nOkay, I will not dip too deep into this because this subject is, well, one I am passionate about.\n\nMurder is murder. I don't care if the government say that you can kill a baby, that you have the right; you don't. Women have a right to THEIR bodies, yes, but after a baby is concieved, it is a seperate entity, a seperate person;human being. It is connect to, BUT no longer HER body.  Okay, What happens when you kill an adult, or, you know, let's say six of them? You will most likely get the death penalty. Why? Because you have no right, or 'decision' to make about someone else's body or life. Oh, and you want to know how law-proven guilty criminals that get death row die?...a lot more peacefully and a lot less gruesome and more human than an innocent baby that is aborted dies.\n\nI'm not an activist, but I'm sick of it. I'm sick of people supporting murder. People that cannot live up to their responsibilities of having sex, should NOT have it. I hear you on the birth control method. My mother had always told me about a roommate she used to have in college. She had several abortions, and used it as birth control. Well God (or nature, whatever you believe, or don't believe) Stepped in, and when she settled down from the college years, and got married, she was not able to have children anymore. It is wrong. If you cannot live up to your responsibilities, or not be safe and responsible, or are promiscuous it's not the baby's fault. Why should the baby have to die for your sins, your mistakes. It's believed that everyone is born with sin, but not even giving them a chance to have a life of their own is selfish. You are taking a life, and that is not right, or your place to decide.\n\nI have been through the issue with a rape. If I hadn't of had a miscarriage, I would have given the poor thing up for adoption, at least. And I was 15 at this time, a very scared, abused girl, but...killing it never once crossed my mind; I do not condone that at ALL.... and that experience messed me up very badly, to this day.  That is a terrible spot to be in, you didn't ask for it, it's not your fault, but it's not the baby's either. I mean, I won't lie, I felt terrible for what had happened (worthlessness, guilt, filth, self-pity, all the emotional baggage that came with it) but I would have felt so much more if I would have taken that life away, for nothing more than my selfishness.\n\nThere are plenty of barren, sterile couples, or just loving couples that would LOVE to have a baby, but cannot conieve that would take unwanted babies'. If it is women's right to kill their children, then why do people go to jail for it after they are outside of their womb? Hmm, it's the SAME THING. If the government says that is is their RIGHT to murder that is fu cked. What about that child's RIGHT to live, to have a life, even if it is sent to a different family. People are irresponsible and selfish. fu ck them.\n\nOh, and a smaller dip into the  the whole "they they're not babies until.. blah, blah." ,It still is a human being, no matter how small. It takes shape after a while, fingers, toes, fingernails form early on....etc. They develop faster than lawmakers gave credit... If a person other than the mother assaults a mother, and the baby dies, it is murder, if the mother decides to kill it, it's her right?\n\nThat's not right.\n\nEither be responsible, live up to your responsibilities, give it up, or just be humane.\n\n\nOOOH, \n\nAnd I can't go on anymore. I tried to sum it up for you. I can't go futher, or I will rewrite it in more detail and right a freaking book, right here and now...
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Which side are you taking?\n\nOh, and do your own research.  There's so much information out there about abortion, and if this is for a school project, I don't think your teacher would approve of you just asking the Yahoo! answers community.  Do some work.
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Although I am a Christian and truly believe that at the moment of conception a human being is created, I really struggle with this issue. So, after years of fierce internal struggles, here's what I believe.\n\nAbortion, no matter what the reason, ends a life. But I do not feel that you can legislate whether or not abortion should be legal. The decision to abort or not to abort is a moral issue, a decision that rests on the shoulders of the woman carrying the child. The consequences--if the woman chooses to abort--are between the woman and God. \n\nWhat needs to happen in America and around the world for that matter, is a massive effort to educate people with viable information that will prevent unwanted pregnancies. Prevention is our only hope.
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why do you have abortion as your only topic of "choice" today?  \n\nlooking back at your question history, i'd say that you have some issues.  \n\nseek help.
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If Roe v. Wade was overturned, and the federal government passed a bill outlawing abortion, then yes, it would be illegal to have an abortion in the United States.  In a federal system like ours, laws passed by the national Congress have supreme authority (in other words they override) any state law, so if a state did have laws making abortion legal, there would be a conflict and the federal ban would prevail.  However, being an avid watcher of the Supreme Court, I doubt that such a federal ban would be upheld as Constitutional.  Hope that helps.
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I agree that a woman should have the right to chose and there are lots of children out there who have to go through foster homes and live very hard lives. I am pro choice. I also think that if it is made illegal then there are going to be alot of women dying from having abortions done in "hole in the wall" places that are not sanitary or under almost torturous conditions. I could never do it but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I think that when a person says they are pro life that they are not looking at the bigger picture. Ask them if they want to pay higher taxes that will come from the government having to take care of the children that abandoned from the mothers that didnt want or couldnt take care of these children.