As many of you know, abortion is a very controversial subject. Women advocates argue that banning abortion procedures is violating women’s rights. Is making suicide illegal violating human rights as well? Should we have the right to end our own lives as well as the lives of our unborn children?
Going on, I would like to say that when it comes to the law, I do not believe that it should be made illegal again. I do not agree with abortion, but I also believe that there is no stopping it. Before 1973 when abortion was illegal many women still had them. One 1932 study estimated that illegal abortions or complications from them were the cause of death for 15,000 women each year. Some of these deaths were the cause of the abortions themselves, but many were from infection and hemorrhaging afterwards. Many women and their physicians kept abortions a secret for fear of being punished or ostracized. Making abortions illegal will not stop it from occurring, it will only increase the number of illegal abortions and make it less safe for women to actually have them.
In the United States, it is legal in most states to have an abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. At 8 weeks of pregnancy the fetus already has a heartbeat. After 12 weeks of pregnancy the fetus’ organs are usually already formed. At 24 weeks of pregnancy the fetus is almost completely formed and could survive if born at this time in an intensive care unit. In the United States, nearly nine in ten abortions occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and 56% occur in the first eight weeks. Although I stand that abortion should remain legal, I also believe it should only be legal up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. When an abortion is executed at 24 weeks of pregnancy it can be done using the partial birth abortion method. The abortionist grabs the baby’s legs with forceps and pulls them out into the birth canal, and then delivers the entire baby except for the head. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull which are then opened to enlarge the hole. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted to suck the child’s brain out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed. I do not believe any woman should have the right to choose this fate for her baby because the baby can survive outside of the woman’s body with assistance. At this point the baby is being murdered.
I believe that woman should only have the right to an abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy unless she needs one due to health complications to herself or her baby. Even in rape cases women can take emergency contraception up to five days after the rape and not get pregnant! There is no excuse for an unwanted baby. There are also many people who can’t have children or just want to adopt a baby. Adoption is always an option.
I also believe it should be mandatory in all states to give mental counseling before choosing abortion. In many cases women as well as men have come to regret their decision about using abortion as a method of solving their unwanted baby problem. They should know both sides of what they are getting themselves into and know all the options that are available and possible consequences to each of these options. Abortion can be both mentally and physically hard on a woman. Physically it can do damage to the uterine wall which may lead to a hysterectomy. It can also do damage which would cause the woman to not be able to become pregnant again. Mentally it may destroy a woman and/or her partner. Many people have been okay with their decision until many years later when they realize that they murdered their own child. This can lead to depression, drug abuse, neglect to any children they may have and their spouse, and possibly even suicide.
There are many things a woman and her partner must consider before having an abortion and I believe having counseling will help more people realize that abortion isn’t always the solution to their problem. In fact, it may even be no solution at all and only cause more problems. Abortion is a life changing decision that shouldn’t be handled lightly. I believe that some people can be happy with their decision of having an abortion their whole lives, but many will live with it in regret. When considering abortion, it must be a well thought out and educated decision.
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Another point is that there are WAY too many holes in making abortion illegal. Though for the most part I disagree with it, I know that people will find ways around it being illegal. Could honestly say a woman cannot have an abortion after being raped when she did NOT willing become pregnant? Well sure you can, but if you say that publicly somebody might murder you on the streets or rape you and see you feel after. Abortion isn't to fix mistakes for everyone, but sometimes to prevent more hurt and harm in a womans life.
I am very much Pro-choice. I think that if a women feels that she is incapable of caring for the child that she accidentally or otherwise is going to have, she should be able to take measures against it. The concept of abortion itself, while not morally wrong to me (i don't consider it murder, but thats my personal opinion) is by no means a good thing, and by no means should be the first choice that a women would make. As you said, abortion can have many psychological effects on the mother, as well as physical.
However, whether it is better for the child to die, or to be raised in a home where they are poor, under-parented, malnourished, etc. Is not my decision to make, but some mothers see the life for their unborn child unbearable, and they are not willing to put their child through that. Then there is the case of rape, where the child would only remind the mother of that horrific time, and she may not be able or willing to go through that for the rest of her lfie
Personally, i say if you don't want the child, put it up for adoption. At least then it has a chance for a good home, rather than death.
I wish that people would realize that there are other options other than abortion. If you decide you don't want the baby or feel that you won't offer the baby a good home you should consider adoption. It is a good choice and plenty of couples want to adopt babies.
Adoption is usually more traumatic for the mother than abortion is. Also, there are millions of children all over the world dying for a lack of a loving family. Why add even more?
but it isn't easy, prenancy can have complications, leave you emotionally unstable, and is also very expensive. Another probelm is that the mother becomes too attached and in many cases pulls out of the adoption. And I am sure there are many more reasons that adoption is too difficult.
That's very true, but there also complications with abortions. I just think that if you weigh the two options, adoption seems like a good idea. You would be saving a child's life and giving a couple something they wanted. Either decision is very hard to make and will have complications.
You may be keeping the child ALIVE but are you saving its life? There really is a difference. The majority of abortions are along the poor and the poor also have many more children because they do not have the right resources to set up an adoption. Keeping a child alive may not save its life.