Abortions: Good or Bad?

The debate over whether abortions should be allowed or should not be allowed has been highly controversial for a very long time even though in the supreme court decision Roe v. Wade the supreme court said that abortions were a "fundamental right" and that women could have abortions. There are a lot of people who are pro abortions and anti abortions. The people that are pro abortions say that having abortions is a right and  should not be limited by the government or by any religion because the right of the women having the abortion is a lot greater than the right of the fetus who is not even born yet. They also say that if the government takes away the ability to have an abortion legally that women who are having a baby that they do not want will resort to life threatening things to do the abortion on their own illegally. Some people pro abortion say that abortions should be used only in life threatening situations, rape, or incest and other want to be able to have one any time. There are a lot of organizations that support abortions. The people that are against having abortions, which I agree with, say that becoming a person (personhood) begins at conception and that means that it is not right to kill an innocent human being. They also say that having an abortion is painful to the fetus and is not right to hurt something so innocent. There are also many organizations that are against abortions. My opinion on abortions is that they are wrong. I think that it is like killing someone who go no chance to live and that is not fair. Some lady should not be able to decide if she wants this child to live and grow up and have a life or say that she doesn't want the baby so they should kill it. I do not think that is right. In the U.S. 51 percent of people are against abortions and 42 percent were for abortions. That is the first time since the survey started that the majority were against abortions so hopefully people are starting to see that what they are doing is wrong.

http://abortion.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=003914 This is a political cartoon talking about abortions.

Under God in the Pledge

Having "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance has been very controversial topic for many years. 1954 was when "under God" was officially added to the pledge by president Eisenhower and Congress. The people that appose having it in the pledge say that church and state have to be completely separate as intended to by the founding fathers. They also say that the constitution protects minority rights against majority will. They say that having under God in the pledge violated the establishment clause of the first amendment because it is a religious phrase. People that support having under God in the pledge say that America is a Christian nation. 80 percent of Americans support the phrase. They say that under God is a reflection of our cultural heritage and that it is not prompting the United States to be pro Christian. They argue that having under God is alright to have because in the presidential oath there is a reference to God thus if you want to take it out of the pledge you would have to take it out of the presidential oath as well. My thoughts on this issue is that it is perfectly fine to have under God in the pledge because there is nothing saying you have to say the pledge or you have to worship God or bow down to him or anything. I think that if you oppose having it in the constitution you just should not say it or just ignore it because it brings no harm to anyone. Saying under God could only bring good not bad because nothing bad could possibly come out of it unless someone hates it so much that they do something radical or something. In the supreme court case Lynch v. Donnelly the court said that if the city of Pawtucket wanted to display a nativity scene they could because there was no obvious attempt at advancing any religion it was just an acknowledgment of our religious heritage. Since a nativity scene is able to be put out by the city and be constitutional having under God in the pledge is just the same we are acknowledging our religious heritage and not advancing religion in any way.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Establishment_Clause_of_the_First_Amendment
This can help you understand what the establishment clause is when it is talked about in the first video and in my writhing.