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Part 2: Introduction

On January 22, 1973, “Roe v. Wade was a legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (7-2) that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional” (Roe v. Wade, 2018). As stated in the Britannica, Justice A. Blackmun came to a conclusion that, “criminalizing abortion in most instances violated a woman’s constitutional right of privacy, which it found to be implicit in the liberty guarantee of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment” (Roe v. Wade, 2018). This case was huge case back then and it is definitely still relevant now.

Part 3: Position Statement

There has been a debate for a long time about whether abortion should be legal or not. In my opinion, I think that abortion should be legal. Some say that abortion should be illegal because it is considered killing a fetus, and some say that it is against the bible. Primarily, abortion should be legal because it should be a woman’s choice to do what she wants with her body. If abortion was illegal, the law is taking away a woman’s decision to do what she wants. Abortion being illegal is almost like taking away a woman’s right to her body as well. Why would anyone want a woman to bring an unwanted baby into the world and not provide them the best life possible?

Part 4: Reasons in Support of Your Position

The reason why I support abortion is because that a woman should be about to make choices for herself, and not let any man or law do that for her. The reason why Roe v. Wade was passed was because that it violated a woman’s right to privacy and deemed unconstitutional. Also, one huge argument, is that women get raped and sexually assaulted more than we know. If the victim of rape was to get pregnant by her perpetrator, she should have the right to have an abortion because it was an unwanted pregnancy.

Part 5: Opposing Position Statement

Abortion should be illegal because it is killing a human being.

Part 6: Reasons in Support of the Opposing Position

Some people would rather bring a baby into this world and then put the baby up for adoption so that it could have a chance of living. Pro-life supporters think that killing the fetus is the worst thing anyone can do because it just like killing a human being in their eyes. Also, not only do they think it is killing a human being, it is also against the bible. Some people are religious and think that abortion should be illegal because it is against their religion.