What are the main points of a pro-choice view of abortion?
• Pro-choice advocates argue, “It’s not a baby/person – just a blob of tissue.” Pro-life advocates suggest that there is proven scientific research that says the fetus is a living organism from the moment of conception. The baby’s blood supply is also completely separate from the mother’s. There is no doctor who would kill a newborn baby at the time it is born. So, their question is, “At what minute can one consider life to be worthless and at the next minute, that life to be precious?” • Pro-choice advocates argue, “It’s my body – a woman’s choice.” Pro-life advocates counter this way. The fetus is a completely separate life from the woman. It has a different blood type and genetic code. It is not just a part of the mother’s body. It is only residing there, and birth is just the change of residence from an already living, active person. Just because the fetus is dependent on the mother for its life for nine months does not give the mother the right to choose to end its life. • Pro-cho
