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As a woman, I have to wonder what exactly allows the law or a fellow man to decide what any woman should be free to choose to do or to not do with her own body. As an American, I often wonder where in the Constitution lies that such a private issue such as abortion should be made by anyone that it does not directly affect. I think that any woman in the world should have the right to choose an abortion. I will not stand on the rooftop and shout to the world that abortion is the greatest liberty that we have ever been given, on the contrary, I believe that an abortion should be something that is considered very carefully. Options should be made, and discussions should be had before an abortion is even considered. Some times,there are reasons that should absolutely allow a no question decision to abort. But women, should have every right to choose or not to choose.

I should go as far as declare that no matter what the reason, the thought, or the emotions involved if any woman considers an abortion it is her business, and her business alone! No one in the world has any right to deny her, nor to question her, or dissuade her in this instance. In 1972, the courts ruled that whether within, or outside of a marriage, an person has "right to privacy . . . to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision to bear or beget a child". This was a mere year before the infamous Roe v. Wade decision that allowed the legalization of abortion, though still allowing individual states to set general boundaries, or guidelines within the right to an abortion.

It's all about freedom, you see. America is a free country, we are free to choose anything from the food we eat, the books we read, or the clothing that we wear. We are free to live our lives in whatever way we deem fit. That doesn't mean that we lead lives of complete virtue, or that we are the epitome of perfection because of our choices. But this leaves us to answer for our own actions, instead of those that the government imposes upon us. When I reach judgment day and I stand before my maker, I will have to defend my own actions, not those of others.

The most recent abortion issue is that of men claiming 'lost fatherhood', and yearning to institute a law that will require any woman to have the signature of the father of the unborn fetus before she has an abortion. This also would put doctors in a place where they would have to either deny a woman the choice,

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