by jcwitt

Created on: February 15, 2009

Abortion should not even be up for debate. There is no denying that a woman should have the right to choose abortion, especially in a country with anything even resembling freedom of choice. Abortion is a personal decision that should be up to the woman, who must carry the fetus whether or not she wants to birth it. There is the debate on when life truly begins, but in the case of the egg and the sperm it is more accurate to say "pre-life", because they are more akin to microbes. Finally, and I can't stress this enough, not all women would make good mothers. With so many children who go unadopted already, do we really want to add to this burden?

As I stated earlier, abortion is a personal choice that can only be made by the impregnated woman. It is the woman who suffers from the health risk and has to carry the creature growing within her body, siphoning her nutrients and causing her too eat more. It is the woman who has to deal with the weight gain, which can put intense strain on the joints and back. So it is only natural that it is the woman who should choose whether or not she should have to deal with this.

Of course, there are those who say that once the egg and sperm have joined, that life is created. Yeah, sure, technically there is life; but, there is also life in a blade of grass. Viruses are alive as well, but there is no fuss over killing them. Anything else that would causes the health issues that a fetus causes can be stopped, so why not a fetus? Until it matures it is microscopic and is more akin to pre-life than anything else. A fetus is a parasite until birth, so if there is a way for a woman to avoid letting it grow than it is only right we should allow her to abort.

Just because a woman is impregnated does not mean she would make a good mother. Some women are simply incapable of this. There is addiction, there is personality, there is the time aspect. What is the point in allowing the fetus to mature the full nine months and birthing it, if you cannot care for the child? What happens is in 18-20 years there is an adult who has major abandonment issues, a person who has trust issues, and who perhaps just repeats the same vicious cycle...if the child even survives that long.

Now, you may be saying that she could always endure the risk to her health, and the financial slam of the hospital bill, and give the child away. Either to a family who cannot have a child of their own, or to the state like so many others, This is a great idea, but whats the point? For the family who cannot have children, they could always adopt one of the thousands of children without parents; and what would be the point in added yet another child to the thousand without families?

What it comes down to is abortion is a choice only an impregnated woman can make. It is not a matter of right or wrong; and it has nothing to do with religion, because who's should we follow? To the pro-lifers who feel that life begins at the initial seeding of the egg, the fetus is more of a parasite and a pre-life than anything else. It is the woman's mind and body which must carry this creature, and endure the strains and threats that pregnancy brings, so what right down any person have to deny her the choice of going through with it? So, there is no contest, legally or otherwise, that a woman should be allowed the choice to abort her pregnancy.

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