Pro choice supporters which are for abortions and the mother’s choice, believe that the baby is considered alive when it can sustain life on its own. Some of these supporters believe that viability is around the twenty third or twenty fourth week of pregnancy because the brain has developed to a point where it is able to control parts of the body. However, others believe that viability does not occur until after birth when the child is able to supply its own needs such as …show more content…
On the other hand, critics of this law claim that it is jeopardizing the rights of women because it is giving pro-life activists a leg to stand on by the government recognizing the fetus as a life with rights. Rather than giving the fetus rights, they believe that only the mother’s legal status should be elevated. In addition to what supporters of the law claim, violent action resulting in a miscarriage or the death of both the mother and the baby involves “third-party criminal activity” whereas the standard abortion is only the mother’s choice (“Fetal Homicide Laws”). In order to end the confusion of why one termination of the pregnancy is considered murder and not the other, the fetus should be given rights in both situations. A criminal should not get away with murdering a woman’s baby, it should count as manslaughter. Likewise, a selfish woman should not get away with terminating her pregnancy because the baby never got the chance to defend itself. Nevertheless, fetal homicide laws are still very debatable because it demonstrates how the relevance of the fetus’ life is based off of nothing other than circumstances. Similarly, as stated in a “Public Opinion on Abortions” sidebar in 1995 from Facts on File News Services, in some cases, people believe abortions are okay and the mother’s choice, while in others they are wrong and immoral. Thus, proving the opinions of when life begins are primarily based on