Summary of Abortion Article

Danielle Silva

Professor M. MacKnight

WRT 104

23 February 2011

Summary of Abortion Article

In the article, “Abortion, Right and Wrong”, Rachel Richardson, a student of theology, explains her views on abortion.  Rachel is not for abortion; however she is not against abortion either.  She, among many other people, stands in the middle between pro-life and pro-choice.  Throughout this article, she explains the pros and cons of each topic.  The people who put themselves on the pro-life side sometimes become a bit too overwhelming with their “scare tactics”.  Also, many of the people involved with anti-abortion campaigns are usually on the religious side.  Therefore, they follow these reasoning’s simply because of their religion.  Rachel explains that she leans towards the pro-life side because she simply does not like the idea that abortion is “the taking of human life”.  However, she feels as though our society needs to figure out the “value of human life”.  She explains that in our society abortion seems to be such a big deal because one is taking the life of someone who is not even born yet.  On the other hand, we seem to have no problem taking the life of a person who is born and grown in ways like “self-defense, the death penalty, and war”.  Overall, the author of the article feels as though she cannot take side.  She could never come to terms with herself to agree that abortion is a good idea, however, she also feels as though in some circumstances woman need the choice.