by Sebastian Talon

Created on: April 01, 2010   Last Updated: April 02, 2010

Why Roe vs. Wade should not be overturned: Upholding the right to choose

As an adopted child, I may not have a completely unique view on the issue of Abortion, but it is different enough that it needs to be expressed at every opportunity. I was born in downtown L. A., in the year 1967. Adopted at birth, my biological mother's name does not appear on my birth certificate.

The country was different then, and my parents had both times gone through the entire process to adopt my sister and I. My Bio-mom, opted to have me, and give me up, instead of seeking a different, but no less permanent, option, which was certainly available to her in a city the size of L.A.; an act of love for which I will always be grateful to my biological mother.

I therefore, am personally against the procedure. I believe there are still many couples willing to adopt a child at birth, instead of from the foster care system, for obvious reasons. While I feel for all the children in that system, it cannot be denied that they have issues a new born child does not.

So, it is obvious that there are other options for women who find themselves, mostly through their own fault for having unprotected sex (I won't get into the exceptions), pregnant. It seems a reasonable attitude for me to have, and I really don't care if you agree.

Now, having related that, let me say that while I do not like the practice of abortion, I do, 'fully' and 'wholeheartedly', support a woman's right to choose. The reasons are varied, but I have repeatedly come to the same conclusions no matter how many times I have run my available data through the Gray Matter. Let's start with the most obvious ones first: the science, morality and cost of reproduction.

We all know that it takes two to make a child. Usually those two are willing. Again, there are exceptions that are not relevant to this article. I don't think many really begrudge a woman who has been raped the right to abort that child. She had no choice, and therefore, most certainly has the right to make that decision, if only for her own sanity.

Great. I hope we can all agree on that, at least mostly. I know there are still those who would deny the option to even those women. Back to the point, however.

When two people, of legal age or not, drunk or not, have made the decision to have sex without using any form of birth control, they should be made to live with the consequences, at least for the nine months the child gestates.

Then they can make the same choice

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