Issue of Abortion

[Megan Tyson]

     Abortion is an issue that deals with rights of citizens and the observation of established laws. When the question of "should abortion be legal?" is posed,  it is a wonder that so few people see it as murder. Our society puts anyone who kills another human being without just cause in prison, but yet a baby can be aborted before the age of 24 weeks and no one even blinks an eye. When was it that government began to see itself as God with the right to give and take life? Granted, there are cases when the life of the mother is at stake if the baby is not aborted. And still there are other cases where a woman is raped and becomes pregnant. It is in these cases alone that some reason can be seen in abortion, but it still does not make it right. Abortion is murder and murder in no respect is right. 

     And the issue of it being the woman's body and her right to choose, she chose to partake in sexual intercorse and should have been aware of the risks. There are consequences to all actions whether good or bad. Society tries to dodge consequences whenever possible, but someone ends up paying for this immaturity. From the standpoint of a Christian, I cannot help but think of the scripture in Proverbs 6:17 that says the Lord hates the shedding of innocent blood. If the death of unborn babies at the hands of man is not shedding of innocent blood, I do not know what is. My heart grows heavy when I think of the punishment our country is due for letting this go on. 

[Megan Tyson]

Oh my goodness that is absolutely ridiculous! The inconsistency of the government on issues such as these is quite upsetting and somewhat comical. 

[Francisca Arenas]

I agree with you on this issue. Abortion has been a controversial issue and in many ways handled the wrong way. Even thought they say it is the mothers right to choose I feel the government is giving them to many options. It is like they are giving them the option to murder. No one gets to choose if someone lives or not, like you said that is up to God. I think in some cases like rape there should be that option for the mother, but in cases where the mother is just irresponsible then abortion should not be the easy way out. They take abortion so lightly, like its nothing to kill a human being. They use the excuse that life does not begin when the baby is still in the womb, but when it takes its first breath. This to me is so stupid and makes no sense at all. It is like they are trying to hard to justify killing a human.