Liberalism Vs Conservatism

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Liberalism and conservatism has been modified throughout the years to make up what we call government today. Liberals and conservatives have different views on how the government should run today. People that believe their beliefs are conservative belong to the Republican Party while people that believe their people that believe their beliefs are liberal related belong to the Democratic Party. These two parties seem to have different views but they debate on identical topics. Liberals are more for helping individual’s rights while conservatives concur with the ideas they don’t agree on affirmative action. Liberals are for more government controlled actions while conservatives are for small government. Liberalism first became a political …show more content…

Liberals believe that the death penalty should be abolished in every state. They think it is inhumane and is cruel and unusual punishment. Their beliefs show that imprisonment is the best way to punish a criminal for murder. They also say every execution risks killing an innocent person. While liberals want to abolish the death penalty conservatives want to keep it and use it when it’s supposed to be used. They think the death penalty is a punishment that fits the unhuman like crime of murder; it is nor cruel or unusual. Their beliefs show that executing a murder is the appropriate action for taking an innocent life. In addition, this topic is widely debated on as you might be found guilty when you’re not and you could be found not guilty when you are. This is why this topic is greatly talked about as you may never know if that person really committed that …show more content…

Abortion is the killing of the fetus inside the woman’s stomach. Liberals believe that a woman has the right to decide what happens in her body. A fetus is not a human life so they conclude that it doesn’t have its own individual rights. The government should provide taxpayer funded abortions for all the woman that cannot afford them. They also think that the woman has the decision to have her own abortion if she feels like it is necessary to have one. Liberals also think the government should be protecting this right for women. Woman should have the right to safe and legal abortions that also includes partial birth abortion. With liberals supporting abortion conservatives believe that abortion should be illegal. They concurred that human life begins at conception. Also, abortion is the murder of a human being no matter what age the fetus is. That fetus that is in the mother’s stomach is given separate rights from those of the mother. Taxpayer’s dollars should not be used in any way for abortions. Conservatives support legislation to not allow partial birth abortions. This is called the Partial Birth Abortion ban. Recently, in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker passed a bill that cut funding to all Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is where pregnant mothers go to talk about the things that are about what is going to happen when she has the baby. Then the mother will decide if she will either keep

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