Decide If These Statements Are PRO- LIFE Or PRO-CHOICE

Decide if these statements are PRO- LIFE or PRO-CHOICE.

Separate them into two distinct columns.

Challenge – add your own and use a few to explain your own views.

Contraception is widely available; abortion should not be used as a form of birth control. / Women should have the right to choose what happens to their bodies.
Many couples would adopt if babies were available. / The world is already over-populated, so why bring unwanted children into the world?
No one has the right to take human a life and the foetus is a potential human being. / The rights of the unborn child are equal to those of the mother.
The mother’s health or life is at risk. / Tests reveal an abnormality of the foetus.
Late abortions can be dangerous and use up hospital resources that could help others. / Abortion can cause the mother emotional and health problems in the future.
The mother is HIV positive and could pass the disease on to the child. / Life does not start until birth. The woman is a person and therefore has more rights than her unborn baby.
The circumstances of the mother need to be considered. / People with handicaps can lead full, rewarding lives.
If abortions are allowed the ‘sanctity of life’ principle could become increasingly weakened. / Abortion can cause the mother emotional and health problems in the future.

Decide if these statements are PRO- LIFE or PRO-CHOICE.

Separate them into town distinct columns.

Challenge – add your own and use a few to explain your own views.

Contraception is widely available; abortion should not be used as a form of birth control. / Women should have the right to choose what happens to their bodies.
Many couples would adopt if babies were available. / The world is already over-populated, so why bring unwanted children into the world?
No one has the right to take human a life and the foetus is a potential human being. / The rights of the unborn child are equal to those of the mother.
The mother’s health or life is at risk. / Tests reveal an abnormality of the foetus.
Late abortions can be dangerous and use up hospital resources that could help others. / Abortion can cause the mother emotional and health problems in the future.
The mother is HIV positive and could pass the disease on to the child. / Life does not start until birth. The woman is a person and therefore has more rights than her unborn baby.
The circumstances of the mother need to be considered. / People with handicaps can lead full, rewarding lives.
If abortions are allowed the ‘sanctity of life’ principle could become increasingly weakened. / Abortion can cause the mother emotional and health problems in the future.