I feel that although abortion is the removal of a child from this world it is morally permissible and should be legalized. First and foremost I think that it is absolutely not the governments job to dictate whether an abortion is permissible or justified. I think that the choice to have an abortion is a private matter between the woman and her doctor, and I would like to think that if I became pregnant and had any reason why i would not want to be pregnant that I would have safe, qualified doctors who could help me. I do not think that because abortion is "murder" it should be illegal, because just because something is illegal does not mean that it is eradicated(look at illegal drug trade, child trafficking, stealing, embezzling, or any number of illegal things that still happen regardless of their legal status). Making a risky medical procedure illegal is an absolute nightmare. Abortions are still going to be performed, making them illegal is guaranteeing that the women who choose that alternative are going to be void of safe and responsible medical help. It has been reported that 47000 women die yearly from unsafe abortions, just imagine how this already high number would sky rocket if the means for a safe abortion was taken away.
Additionally, if you look at instances where a country had made abortion illegal it is obvious that it is just a bad idea. For example, Romania banned abortions in 1966 for just under fifteen years. During fifteenish years in ONE country over 9,000 women died from unsafe abortions and countless others were permanently injured. That’s around two women dying every day. When the policy was reversed, maternal mortality rate plummeted to one-eighth of what it was at its peak under the no-abortion policy.Also, if women couldn't have a safe abortion, the obvious thing to do with an unwanted child would be to adopt the child out. Romania’s abortion caused a nationwide orphan crisis, as roughly 150,000 unwanted newborns were placed in nightmarish state-run orphanages. Many of those orphans now suffer from sever mental and physical health problems, including autism, reduced brain size, schizoaffective disorder, and sociopathy.
Ultimately I think that abortions are the right of the mother and have many instances where they are a necessity and not just a luxury. Also i feel that if it has been tried before and the results were very very bad and irreversible we should probably not repeat history.
I agree with you Renee, women should have the right to choose what they would like to do with their body.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't think that abortion is morally permissible except for in the case of rape or incest. I personally believe that although i don't believe it is right it isn't up to the government to make it illegal. The government would be violating your constitutional rights by making it illegal. Having said that, I don't understand how someone could believe that abortion isn't murder. You are purposely killing an unborn human child who has no way of living on its own. Life starts at conception, simply because we refer to a single cell in the body as living, what makes a human baby any different. It is alive and has every right to life than you do! If abortion isn't considered murder, why is it that when a pregnant woman is killed by someone, why is it called a double homicide? Abortion in my opinion shouldnt be such a huge problem in the world. I cant bring myself to understand how someone could not understand that having sex can get you pregnant. That is ridiculous. If you are not financially ready or willing to have a child, than don't have unprotected sex. It is a simple as that. If you don't have sex, than you wont get pregnant! I know nobody wants that, so protection should be used. In my opinion, having a child unwillingly and not being able to take care of the child is just as unfair to the child as having it aborted. That's just my opinion on the whole matter. I would never have my girlfriend go through an abortion. I was raised to either not put myself in that situation or man up and take responsibility. I don't know how any woman who has aborted a child can sleep at night knowing that she denied a child a life because she was not ready. The idea of abortion really sickens me.
ReplyDeleteI do not think if your just getting an abortion due to the fact that having a baby is inconveniencing you then it should not be allowed. In the case of an abortion being medically necessary or pregnancy by rape then I can understand.
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