According to a study, 49% of all pregnancies among american women are unintended. That goes to say if abortion is illegal half of the children born, will be victims to neglect and undergo the challenges of violence and poverty. Although many people think that abortions are murder they should stay legal. They are beneficial to society, in some cases they lower the rates of violence and poverty. The legalization of abortion should not be a legal debate considering that there is a separation between church and state.
News 24 stated, “A fetus is not legally or scientifically a person or human being so abortion cannot be equated to murder or taking a life since the fetus is not a person nor alive.” An abortion is a procedure done to a …show more content…
A fetus having more knowledge than a doctor is unlikely. There are however, valid arguments. What if the cure for cancer lives in the person with a “black sounding name” and gets their application thrown out? The cure for cancer may live in the mind of a mother who becomes pregnant and is forced to quit school to raise her child. What if the cure for cancer lives in the mind of someone who starves to death? The cure for cancer could be in the mind of someone who was raped and quits science because of the trauma. There are plenty of things that prevent scientific advancement real life things, racism, misogyny, violence, and oppression.
It is more than likely that someone who has strong religious beliefs will be anti-choice. The separation of church and state is not applied to this situation. Abortion should not be a debate that involves the state. The average American is entitled to their own religious beliefs, not forced to believe anything but if abortion was illegal, religious beliefs are being enforced upon the people.
Clearly abortions are beneficial to society