Introduction
Abortion is one of the issues in the history of America that has never had a clear resolve over the years. The American people are always divided on this issue raising arguments based on different views including religious and social elements.
While some feel abortion subjects the unborn child into unfair death, others hold the opinion that abortion gives women a choice to decide on what they would like to do with their pregnancies. Tom Trinko on his article identified some of the reasons, which those in favor of abortion base their argument. This paper sets to analyze Trinko’s essay discussing his level of understanding of the matter and his effectiveness in presenting the issue of abortion.
The majority of Americans support the legalization of abortion under circumstances connected to social justice. With the rising number of rape cases, many people feel that it is fair for a woman to make a choice of whether to keep or terminate a pregnancy conceived under such horrible circumstances.
Rape in itself is quite traumatizing and anything that refreshes the reminiscence of such an event is a bad memory of the victims. Those who support the legalization of abortion argue that in such unfortunate cases, women should not be forced to carry the unwanted pregnancies to term.
Who Should Take the Decision
The decision should be left to them because they are the victims and the outcome affects them. The sources used by the author are quite resourceful and valid. He has used recent resources citing the most recent political events that surround the issue of abortion. Most of his arguments are common knowledge, which is in the public domain.
The use of recent resources has given his arguments a contemporary base. The author engaged reputable resources such as the New York Times, the national memo, and the American thinker. All these are quite resourceful and legitimate sources of information especially on public matters such as abortion and politics.
Tom’s assertions gain favor with the Americans who support the legalization of abortion. There are certain circumstances that may require abortion to take place in order to save the life of the mother.
Many cases have been reported from maternities whereby doctors have had a difficult choice to make on whom to save between the mother and baby. This normally happens in the event when only one of the two can survive. Nonetheless, this situation accounts for actually less than 8 percent of the total number of cases that require abortion.
Abortion Supporters
The majority of those who support abortion are however quick to note that the act is not a good thing but just the unfortunate necessity. They agree that the reasons that justify abortion are quite unfortunate circumstances. Hence, there lacks a good reason to justify abortion.
To prove this notion, the article presents figures that show clearly, how Americans are opposed to Obama’s extreme position on the same. Obama supports abortion anytime and for any reason, which many people in the United States have rejected. According to the writer of this article, this clearly shows that those who support abortion do so for reasons that place the best interest of the mother first.
Therefore, it is correct to assume based on the article that most of the Americans who support abortion believe that the act should only be performed under specific circumstances. However, looking at the findings of Tom in his article, the American population is not well informed on the legality surrounding abortion.
Most of the people just assume that the law restricts abortion but not many of them are sentient to what extend the law restricts it. The author has done an intensive research to identify how much the law restricts abortion and in his article, he clearly put his findings. He submits that the laws on abortion legalize abortion for whatever reason up until the child is actually born.
Abortion and the Majority of Americans
However, it is important that the feelings of most of the Americans on this issue be addressed. The majority of the American population does not support the extreme legalization of abortion based on the ‘anytime’ and for ‘any reason’ argument. On the contrary, they support abortion that is based on social reasons like those that are mentioned earlier in this paper.
This article proves the fact that abortion is detestable within the American society and the evidence is clearly shown by the restrictions pegged on the issue. Almost every state has a law that either restricts abortion completely or makes it a rare event.
The vote for medical care for children who survive botched abortions is a clear indication of how much the issue is haunting the Americans. It is also with a lot of concern that the congress banned the partial birth abortion. The author assumes based on his resources that this indicates the intentions of the American government to renounce the act of abortion.
These include passage of the parental consent bill while other states have passed laws that restrict the period that one can have an abortion to the first 20 weeks. Nonetheless, a good percentage of the American population feels that abortion should be legal up until the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
The Author’s Take on the Issue
In his view, the author assumes that unlike Bill Clinton who wanted to make abortion a rare event within the American society, the Obama administration has a contrary opinion. He argues that Obama supports a more liberal approach with regard to the issue of abortion. The author in addition argues that Obama has openly been opposing the mainstream laws that govern the legality of the practice.
He however admits that there are no solid evidences to substantiate his claims with regard to the position Obama and his administration takes on this issue. Nonetheless, the author has submitted some active political remarks that clearly show that his administration is supporting abortion without considering limits on the circumstance at hand.
Some of the political stands taken by the Obama administration clearly prove his position on the issue of abortion. He for instance voted three times in opposition to a bill that supported medical care for infants who survive a botched abortion. His remarks on such infants are rather obvious on what position he takes on this debate.
He calls the infants born out of the botched abortion ‘fetus outside the womb’. Going through the history of the Democratic Party, under the leadership of other presidents the party has always held a position of making abortion a rare practice. This has however changed since Obama took charge and the term rare was dropped. Today, the democrats show complete support for all forms of abortion.
Conclusion
The issue of abortion is an issue that has social and political aspects surrounding it. In addition, this issue has been questioned for quite a long time in the history of American. The author was quite wise to choose the topic since it has a wide range of discussion. The discussion of abortion has quite a number of dimensions and the author has been keen to touch on almost all of them. With his evidences and extensive research, the author is without a doubt very convincing with his arguments.
He for instance admits lack of evidence for a particular claim but supports his claims with factual utterance that give credit to his presumption. The author has successfully convinced his audience on his assumptions and arguments through legitimate proof. His success is also pegged to the fact that the issue of abortion is one of the most publicly known debates. Therefore, his remarks and arguments are verifiable.
The author has also quoted some of the remarks made by the current president of the United States for instance on his rationale for abortion. He quotes the president’s remarks, “I’ve got two daughters, 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first about values and morals.
But if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.” This particular article is very informative to everyone who reads it. It has a lot of information, which is a clear indication that the author is extensively informed on the subject. It also shows that the author did extensive research to be able to pick up such detailed remarks.