Hobby Lobby's Argument Against Abortion

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Anti-abortion communities also see adoption as a way out of abortion for pregnant mothers. They believe that many abortion can be avoided if they mother has the option to give birth without needing to actually raise the child. In 2010, 143,343 children were adopted according to Guttmatcher.org. Many anti-abortionists believe abortion is completely unnecessary if mothers have the option to give their child to adoption instead. In 2006 teenage abortion rate was 19.3 abortions per 1,000 women this figure was 56% lower than in 1988, but 1% higher than the 2005 rate (guttmatcher). Many pro-lifers worry about the psychological harm done to these teenagers since many may later find remorse when they grow older. However, according to several studies post-abortion reactions report that women …show more content…
Many religion ideas are turn into people’s morals and influence their stance on abortion. This type of logic behind choosing a stance is more evident in the Hobby Lobby case in March of 2014. The Hobby Lobby case argues a store owner who opposes to provide healthcare to its employees that decide to do an abortion. Earlier this year, the ObamaCare Act made it mandatory for business owners to provide healthcare for their employees and store owner of the Hobby Lobby Craft Store refused to do such thing because abortion goes against his religion. Religion is not a logical reason for a store owner to not want to provide healthcare for women to choose to stand for abortion. What many of these employers do not realize is that this women might barely be getting by with their jobs for this company or companies similar to this one where pay might not be the best. Many argue that the Hobby Lobby case is unreasonable for employers like that of the Hobby Lobby, to want to provide healthcare with exceptions since it’s not the employers right to say what his or her employees do outside of work that does not disrupt their work environment and
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