In the United States, pro-life groups favor greater legal
restrictions on abortion, or even to complete ban it. They argue that a human
fetus is a human being with a right to live, so abortion is like murder. On the
other hand, pro-choice groups argue that a woman has certain reproductive
rights, especially the choice on whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term. The
Government will never ban Abortions. They don’t want to deal with outcome of
this reality. The Supreme Court would most likely shoot it down as being unconstitutional.
I personally think abortion should be legal. I don't like it, but I think
abortion is tragic and horrifying.
One of the most common reasons why some women want to have
an abortion is simply because they are afraid it will affect their current
lifestyle. Such as, not wanting to stop work or schooling, and because of
financial or relationship instability. If someone who couldn't afford to raise
a child was to get pregnant, should we then force them to raise it? That child
will most likely have to lead a life in poverty, which is not going to be a
good life. Rape is a very credible reason for why abortion should be allowed.
If a woman is abusively/forcefully impregnated, she should be allowed to get an
abortion. Having to live with the scaring fact that she was raped is tragic enough.
She shouldn’t have to wake up to the outcome of a child to remind her every day
of the horrifying event.
Let’s say abortion is illegal, how do we enforce that? How
do you even begin to control and regulate that? Some women that still want an abortion would
go the "back alley" way, which would lead to infection and possibly
death of the mother. Does a woman become a ward of the state the second she
becomes pregnant? It seems to me that what we would be saying is that the
second a woman becomes pregnant, her body is no longer her own. That's leading
us down a very dark path indeed. It sets a model that says other people can
decide what should happen with your body. At the end of the day, it’s the
woman's body, it’s INSIDE her body. I am taking the pro-choice stance. I would
not deny a woman her right to choose.
I have four objections to your opinion.
ReplyDeleteFirst, you said that we should not force a mother to raise a child, especially since they will most likely lead a life of poverty. While it is true we cannot force a woman to raise a child, there are other options that do not include abortion. She could give the child for adoption. You also said that since they will live a life of poverty, they will not have a good life. This is a very quick judgment that denies a human child the opportunity to live their life and make something better for themselves. Steve Jobs’ parents gave him up for adoption, and he became one of the most successful people in history.
Secondly, you said rape was a valid reason for abortions. I do understand that this is a very complicated and awful situation and I wish we never had to talk about it. However, rape is not a valid reason to kill a human being. If a mother kills the baby because the father is a rapist, then we are allowing the baby to be punished rather than the father himself. If the mother had the child, and then decided when he was 5 that it reminded her too much of the father, we wouldn’t let her kill the child then. It is a horrific situation but it not make it okay to kill a human. Also, situations of rape make up less then 1% of all abortions, which means 99% of abortions are just because the mother doesn’t want the baby.
Thirdly, you said that if we make abortions illegal, we would force women to have back alley abortions. However, making abortions illegal does not mean we are forcing anyone to have abortions. We are not forcing anyone to have abortions, legal or illegal. If a woman wants to have an abortion and they are illegal, she will have to make the choice to do it illegally herself. Also, illegal things will happen whether they are illegal or not. We won’t make murder legal simply because people will do it if it is illegal anyways!
Lastly, you said we can’t force a woman to carry the baby to full term because it’s her body and only she can make choices about it. But the fact it, it is not her body that she is making a decision about. She is making the decision to kill another human being, who has their own body. An unborn baby does not become its own person only after it is born. It is a human being from the moment of conception and therefore has the human right to live its life without fearing its mother will kill it before it even has the chance.