Overall Summary:
Pro-choice citizens have declined by seven percent this year and it is giving hope to pro-life voters. Studies have shown that the diminishing pro-choice voters are of every ethnicity, religion, and background with the exception of African-Americans who remain mostly against abortion. Anti-abortion activists are rallying even stronger after hearing the decline in pro-choice opinions. Some say that the change in opinion is subject to marginal voting error while others say the recently elected pro-choice president may be responsible.
My Opinion:
I believe that every woman should have the option of abortion when necessary. Cathy Ruse, from Family Research Council in Washington, states that "all women deserve better than abortion" whereas I believe that all women deserve to make the choice themselves. I understand that anti-abortion has many religious ties and therefore has many supporters, for other reasons as well, but I also think that pro-life opinions should not be pushed onto others. I think that those who are pro-life should support each other and their views but regard state abortion laws as a legal matter not a moral one. I think that taking away a woman's right to abortion is a violation of personal rights to do what one pleases with their own body and medical matters. This topic in particular could go further into safety of a human being. Approximately two percent of woman in the country have an abortion each year. Two percent of woman, within a certain age range none the less, is not a dramatically large number of people. I think that the idea is really what bothers people with strict beliefs moreso as the practical reality. The opportunity for abortion should be legal for the few who need it. If abortion is deemed illegal nationwide I fear that we would be taking one step back from bettered and more open-minded laws.
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