Hannah Sheene R. Duroga XII C.L.

Sylianco
Leyte National High School English Academic Purposes Program
Mrs. Lorie Jasmin Badique

Position Paper

Social Issue: Abortion

Stand: Affirmative
Title: The Insidious Origins of the “Moral” Argument Against Abortion Rights
 Abortion is one of the hottest issues of the people today. As the number of minors
getting pregnant increases, the number of abortion cases around the world is also increasing.
The process of ending a pregnancy by removing or expelling a fetus or embryo is known as an
abortion. “Spontaneous abortion” or miscarriage refers to an abortion that happens naturally;
between 30% and 40% of pregnancies result in this type of abortion. However, this beliefs origin
is not as humanistic as its present proponents would have us think. The claim that abortion is “
murder” and that murdering an innocent fetus is the most horrible act a woman can commit is
one of the most arguments against a woman’s right to make her own decisions. This
perspective is purportedly based on a profound respect for human life.
Since abortion violates the fundamental feminist tenets of fairness, non-violence, and non-
discrimination, some feminists are against all types of violence. We think that a woman should
have the freedom to manage her body, regardless of where she resides-even if that’s still inside
their mothers womb.
According to the topic of women having abortion there is “Women for Life''... that males tend
to plot abortions. Another group opposes abortion because they believe it to be a masculine
conspiracy. As a matter of fact, a large portion of this group does not oppose abortion; rather,
they want the public to know that men frequently favor abortion for very negative reasons. They
contend that males believe that the possibility of becoming pregnant prevents them from
engaging in sexual activity when they want to. Abortion must be readily accessible as a backup
form of contraception if males are to attain complete sexual freedom, or the ability to engage in
sexual activity without accountability. In order for men to be able to have women whenever they
want, abortion on demand is therefore essential. As a result, men are advocating for abortion in
order to keep abusing women. This was among the reasons why feminists of the 19th century
opposed abortion: they saw it as a method for men to have sex with women and not have to
bear the consequences of any children born from that relationship by forcing the women to put
their lives in.
To sum up, this topic into the causes and effects of induced abortion has revealed some
significant trends. For instance, induced abortion is not just used on teenagers; it can also
happen within a marriage to reduce the number of children. Both in areas where family planning
is uncommon but contraceptive prevalence is high and family planning services are readily
available, induced abortion is whispread, albeit for opposite reasons. In the former, women have
a strong desire to restrict the size of their families and would do whatever it takes to avoid
getting pregnant if contraception fails. In the latter scenario, induced abortion is one of several
options for regulating incipient fertility, the majority of which are conventional and ineffective but
also include some misuse or incorrect application of contemporary techniques. At the beginning
of the pregnancy, very few abortion seekers-and even fewer of them are teenagers-where
taking a contemporary form of birth control. In many countries, a high prevalence of traditional
methods causes abortions because women and couples do not follow guidelines about the safe
time. Adolescents and less wealthy women are more pron to seek unsafe covert abortions. The
results of this topic are increasingly being used to challenge the legality of abortion in nations
with restrictive laws or to bolster family planning initiatives in an effort to lower the number of
abortions.
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