낙태와 헌법상의 근본가치: 여성의 자기결정권과 태아의 생명권

Abortion is a highly controversial subject. Abortion in today"s society has become a very political issue. Society is too quick to judge these poor women who have no choice but to resort to abortion as murderers. Abortion can also be harmful for the mother who gets the abortion. Most people think, for example, that abortion is always morally problematic, and must never be undertaken except for good reason, but that it is nevertheless from time to time justified. Some think it justified only to save the life of the mother. Other overlapping but nonidentical groups think it justified in other circumstances as well: to protect the mother from non-life-threatening physical impairment, for example, or in cases of rape and incest, or in cases of serious fatal deformity. I am pro choice and I believe people have the right to chose. Once she decides to get an abortion, her choice must be respected. There are some groups who do not agree with abortion, but do accept that it happens or is sometimes the lesser of two evils, whether as the result of something like rape, the endangering of the woman"s life, or sometimes because of a belief that the soul can be reborn into another body. Most religions disagree with abortion because they argue that it is killing an unborn child and that life is created and ended by God. However, many people feel that abortion should be available to women who choose to have it and their right to choose shouldn"t be restricted by religious beliefs.