f personal opinion, morals and values. The issue of abortions has also taken a toll on the justice system. Several people went to court to fight for their right to be able to have abortions, instead of killing themselves by have illegal abortions. Abortion has joined racism and war as one of the most debatable subject of controversy. Many people want to be able to decide the destiny of others. Everyone in the United State is covered under the United States constitution, and under the 14th Amendment women have been given the choice of abortion. In 1973, Harry A. Blackmun wrote the majority opinion that its a womens right to have an abortion. Roe v. Wade legalized abortion. Even though these women have been given the right, the case is not closed. There are many points of views toward abortion but the only two that are distinct are pro-life and pro-choice. My concern in this research paper is to examine the extent to which arguments used by both sides of this debate are valid, and report on my interviews. The common acceptance of bad reasoning as self-evident always serves to down play the opposition and to further rationalize and irrationalize the whole debate. While Im personally in the pro-choice arena, I was very disappointed in learning about some the incidents and bad arguments that go on between the pro-life and pro-choice activist. The heated rhetoric argument isnt any help in reaching a political or decision on the issue of abortion. Pro-life activists carry a strong argument. They feel so strongly about these beliefs that violence has broken out in many known instances. Their argument is based solely on the fact that human life starts with conception. Their view is that there is no natural point of division in the life of a person between the fertilization of the egg and the point of the viability of a fetus to survive outside the womb, let alone birth. That abortion results in the intentional death of the u...
