Introduction Pretend you were at work or school at one minute and suddenly woke up handcuffed and chained to a person or object that you have either: no feelings for, a strong loathing for, or negative and haunting thoughts being around. Although this situation is a bit fabricated and likely to never happen, pregnancies are what do happen. Teenage pregnancy, pregnancies occurring outside of a marriage or committed relationship, as well as pregnancies from incest. When weighing possible benefits and potential negative outcomes, the girl or woman affected needs to make a decision that will benefit herself, the fetus, and those directly involved. The topic of abortion is very controversial, often causing heated political and religious debates. Understanding the potential life that can come of a pregnancy is one thing, but having the understanding of how a female feels in this situation is another. Women should be able to choose if they want an abortion mainly because it is their body, but maybe she is unfit to care for the child, or maybe she was raped, the baby would bring haunting memories back. Laws prohibiting abortion hinders the an individual’s freedom of choice. Through textbook readings and secondary sources, I will solidify the reasons why abortion needs to legalized nationwide. Applied Issue For this particular paper, I am using abortion under the definition of the deliberate and forced removal of a fetus established in the womb of a female. This removal is only granted after a request, or other means, by the mother for the dislodgment of the fetus, resulting in its death. Human abortion has been legal in all 50 states since 1973, and should stay this way. In short, this paper is aiming towards abortion as the voluntary and deliberate removal of the fetus. Ethical Theories For this topic, I chose two ethical theories I felt go along with the pro-choice side. One theory that can be used when discussing the debate on abortion is utilitarianism. This specific theory was chosen because it is a theory centered around the rightness of an act. The rightness of an action is determined by the pleasure is generates for not only oneself, but those directly affected by the action. In addition, the utilitarianism theory focuses on how to come to terms with a problem’s resolution, even if the outcome was not the desired. he ability to be content and make the best of any outcome is the basis or a utilitarian thought process. In the utilitarian ethic, I chose the Rule portion specifica