A dialogue on abortion 38 Articles

by Stephen Vitelli

The Moral Relativism of Abortion A philosophical treatise There is a reason why abortion in America is such an inflammatory issue when compared to many other cultures around the world. The controversy has its roots, i...read more

by Karon Brandt

According to a Newsweek article in July of 2007, one woman is dying every minute because of childbirth or related complications. In the U.S., the numbers are one woman per 2500 births. There are risks to pregnancy and deli...read more

by RW MacAlisdair

Why is abortion legal? Abortion did not become legal as a result of the Women's Liberation movement. This movement has served some very important purposes in the lives of Americans. One of the greatest achievements oc...read more

by Brenda Bowers

The thought of abortion doesn't suddenly spring up unaided from out of the blue. The seeds of abortion are sown early and cultivated by many hands. The seeds of abortion are the behaviors of individuals that are condoned b...read more

by Brian Meyer

Will the two warring sides in the abortion verse pro-life argument agree to a civil debate? Not while they each debate a different subject or perhaps better stated, not while they each debate a different perception of r...read more

by Michael Bettencourt

ABORTION AS CIVIL RIGHTS The debate over abortion has been so mucked up by invective and fantasy that pro-life and pro-choice people will never agree on anything. The pro-life group sees itself as the equivalent of the...read more

by Vicki Brown

Abortion has been a controversial subject for many years. People have very strong beliefs on both sides of the issue. We're talking about human life and the taking of a human life so it should be taken very seriously. H...read more

by Patrick Julius

I have a proposal on abortion that compromises between the two major positions (and thus will probably be agreed to by no one, yet nonetheless would much better represent the overall opinion of the United States), one that...read more

by Todd Pheifer

We live in a rights-based society. That is our constant societal ethic and some people will defend that right with their dying breath. What is unfortunate is that some do not stop to consider whether or not they should h...read more

by Jeremy Jameson

I am fully aware that many will regard the views I am about to express as extreme, but there are some issues on which I feel no middle-ground can morally be taken: the practice in question is either right or wrong, no in-b...read more

by Angela S. Young

There is a Seinfeld episode in which Elaine won't eat at a restaurant where the owners didn't believe in abortion and wouldn't date someone because of their stance on this issue. After watching it, I started thinking abo...read more

by Andrew Spriggs

Like so many other unresolved ethical dilemmas, each side of the abortion conflict - pro-life and pro-choice - is fueled with charged vocabularies, charged terms, and irreconcilable differences. One side can't see the othe...read more

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by Philip Vanderwell

Abortions and Death Toll - USA I believe in the Bible. I believe that God knows more than man, and also that man is constantly trying to find justification for sin. Murder is sin. Abortion is sin. For the doctor and ...read more

by Antonio Aguilar

I am a man, so I realize that some people would say that I have no say on abortion, seeing as I can never be pregnant. I would argue that since it takes a man to get a woman pregnant, a man should have some say in the issu...read more

by Byron Huguley

In today's society, it is common for any woman to get an abortion when they feel it is necessary. The public's view on abortions is usually influenced by either religious or political factors. Personally, I think that abor...read more

by Gwendolyn Walls

Take a look outside any abortion clinic. What do you see? You see picketers protesting the death of unborn babies, usually with nauseatingly vivid pictures of unborn fetuses that have met their untimely demise. These peopl...read more

by Stephen Williamson

When does life begin? This is an important question because many people have abortions thinking that they are not committing murder, but if the unborn baby is alive, then it is murder. The ethics view (not the legal vie...read more

by Barry Davidson

The biggest and most vocal of groups against abortion are Christians, mainly Roman Catholics. They seem to believe it is a crime against God, and is banned in scripture. If any of them were to actually read the bible they'...read more

by Raymond Torres

There can be no reasonable dialogue on the emotionally charged issue of abortion. It is an issue that exposes all of one's beliefs, hypocrisies, prejudices, morals and circumstances on the most personal of subjects. It i...read more

by Michel Leguerrier

What happened to morality? It seems that all we hear today in terms of justifying abortion, are arguments based on the "value" of preserving one's autonomy. But is that really what morality is? It seems to me that when ...read more