One of the problems I believe our national government struggles with the most is the sensitive subject of abortion. Many issues arise with this argument and currently I do not believe the government is taking the appropriate steps to find common ground between the two sides. The majority, being pro-choice, should consider that they might be making a horrible mistake.

First, I believe it’s important to determine when life starts. The two sides either believe life starts at conception, to life starts when the baby takes the first breath. My question is, how can we make an ethical decision as a country if we cannot come to a middle ground on this question. If we can’t answer that question, and we continue to pass bills for third trimester abortions, then how do we know it’s not murder?

The government can help to solve this issue by actually examining the development of a fetus rather than jumping to conclusions just because the fetus is not outside the womb. Personally, I feel like bills about long term abortions are being passed too quickly. It feels as though we are not even considering that a fetus could actually feel pain or if they are a living organism. America does not want to be a country known for violence. Maybe being uneducated about abortions is what will bring us there.

Pro-life activist and abortion survivor Gianna Jessen expressed, “If abortion is about women’s rights, then what were mine?” The national government should examine closely what they are actually doing to the lives of these “potential” citizens, because maybe they already are citizens.