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This is an extremely difficult issue for me... While many people I know have very concrete opinions about abortion, I'm deeply conflicted on the issue.

On one hand, I'm opposed to the process of abortion. I feel that it is a form of killing and that from conception, a fetus has a soul (a belief that stems heavily from my religion). I also feel that there are a variety of other options, including adoption, that would prevent what is essentially a murder.

Yet abortion should be legal; to illegalize abortion could prompt disaster.

One of the most important of abortion has affected women's rights. Ever since the Supreme Court deemed abortion legal in Roe vs. Wade thirty years ago, abortion has become a corner stone of the women rights movement; because women had true control over their reproductive freedoms, the concept of gender roles became weakened. As time has gone on, many of the rights gained by women have been a result of the right to choose whether to have an abortion. As a nation without a gender equality amendment to our Constitution (something I believe is way overdue), the illegalization of abortion would hurt the women rights movement. In some ways, we would be back to where we started thirty years ago.

In addition, ever since Roe vs. Wade, crime has steadily decreased. This is because families are more in control of family planning, thus insuring they can afford to support their children. Because of this, the problems associated with over population in the United States (which would include rocketing unemployment and poverty, pollution, and shortages of resources) have been avoided.

In conclusion, though I personally feel abortion is wrong, the right to have an abortion has strengthened the rights of women and allowed the United States to avoid problems associated with overpopulation. Therefore, as a nation we cannot afford to ban abortion.

That's true... Just asking for sake of argument, though.