by Nautica Mourey

Created on: August 24, 2008

It is amazing that this topic is still a major issue in today's society. Though women have gained the right to choose, we constantly nitpick and tear them apart for doing so. The decision to have an abortion outweighs any factor on whether women should be allowed to have them or not. Though pro-life activists might think that choosing to terminate a pregnancy is an easy decision, they are sadly mistaken. Not only do you have to make the decision to terminate the pregnancy, in addition you have to live with that decision for the rest of your life.

Let's put situational ethics aside for a moment and focus on the act of having an abortion. An abortion is a medical procedure. This alone should tell you that it is not the government's right to chose, or even your neighbors. I would not consult congress or my next door neighbor if I wanted to have a hysterectomy, which is also a medical procedure. So why are so many people fighting to make the decision for others?

Furthermore to include situational ethics into the argument, how can we honestly deny a woman who is pregnant as a result of victimization? You might say that she has the right to put the child up for adoption. While that is a commendable act, we are paying for too many children that are in foster care and orphanages as it is. Instead of overpopulating the world with children who were deemed unwanted at birth, why can't the pregnancy be terminated? It is a slim chance for a child of a certain age to be adopted. Therefore, they are stuck in foster care or state care until they become eighteen. These children are more susceptible to criminal activity and drug usage because of the care they received from our government with our tax dollars. These children are the ones that we complain about when we are talking about juvenile delinquency. Imagine the ripple effect that we stop by allowing women to choose.

In addition, why should a woman with a medical condition be forced to carry to term and risk her life? Is it moral to allow a woman to sacrifice her own life for a fetus, which is not technically a child? It is absolutely absurd to allow a woman to make the decision between her life and that of a child the size of a pen point.

In conclusion, it is easy to state your beliefs on abortion if you have never been in the situation where one might be warranted. In some instances such as victimization (rape), medical problems, and sometimes naivety and youth, abortion can be an admirable choice. Why should we condemn two or three lives, when they could all be spared from a life of unreachable dreams and unnecessary hardships?

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