by Marc West

Created on: July 16, 2009   Last Updated: July 18, 2009

Of course a woman should have a right to choose abortion. Now, I don't support it, but there are a few cases where it is imperative to have an abortion. As bad as it sounds, this is completely true. Something like this happened to one of my friends.

A very special female friend of mine has been with this guy for about two years and they were meant for each other. She has Type 1 Diabetes and was slowly getting herself back together after she stopped caring about herself years ago. The man she is with today has changed her life and she wanted a reason to live her life. She went to the emergency room because she was experiencing severe pains in her stomach, followed with non-stop diarrhea.

The Doctor came back after doing some tests on her and he told her that she tested positive for pregnancy. She and her boyfriend were shocked, but so very excited at they same time. They immediately started planning on getting things ready for their new child.

My friend got a call from the same doctor a few days later. She was told she needed to report to his office as soon as possible. So she and her boyfriend go to the doctor's office to find out that her kidneys were very weak and would be too risky to have the baby. She was told if she were to go through with having the baby, she would most likely be either put on dialysis or die. This made them both very sad and they had no clue what to do. This doctor said the only option would be abortion.

This shocked my friend and her boyfriend, especially hearing this coming from a doctor. They realized it was either risking losing both her and the baby, so they felt they had no other option. She went to get the operation done and knew that if it wasn't done, she and her baby wouln't have survived.

To this day, they are still heartbroken and sad about the situation, but once again they realize it was for the best. Abortion is never a good option for anyone to undertake. I agree, it is considered murder in my book, but what other way was there for them? They made the choice and are still together to this day, healthy and happy.

Abortion causes physical and psychological damage to anyone involved and should never be told it's a choice. The choice should only be made by the people involved, so I do support that women have rights to choose abortion, but only if it is the absolute last option.

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