Pro-life
Some people feel very strongly about abortion. People who think that abortion is wrong and that the law should not allow it are called pro-life. People who think think the law should let women choose to have abortions are called pro-choice.
People who are pro-life believe that all humans, including the unborn, have a right to life. For this reason, they believe abortion is wrong and that it is murder. They think the law should make abortion a crime in order to protect embryos and fetuses. Some pro-life people think that abortion is okay in some conditions such as rape or incest. Pro-life people think women who are pregnant and do not want to raise a child should look for alternatives to abortion such as adoption. There are many advocacy groups, like Life Action, the American Life League, and 40 Days for Life that want to help women considering abortion, try to convince more people that abortion is wrong and to try to get governments to make laws to restrict and outlaw abortion. Every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people gather in Washington, DC on January 22 to protest Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion and to celebrate life. Sometimes, people who are against abortion have used violence to try to stop abortions from happening, like bombing the clinics that do abortions or shooting the people who work inside them. However, the large majority of people who are against abortion do not do such things and believe that they are wrong, and so they try to stop abortions from happening through peaceful activism like protesting with signs outside of clinics or talking to people about abortion and why they think it is wrong.
