by Rocket

Created on: April 12, 2008

Abortion, like all moral issues, is something we all have an opinion about until we personally are faced with the necessity of making a decision. No doubt, many decisions will be made opposite to the person's own and inherent moral belief.

The overriding issue for most women will be "responsibility". Responsibility is not just regarding the infant, but regarding the father and regarding whether the mother feels she is fit and ready to raise a child. In the past, it was said that everyone feels that way, but never before has the pressure to be the best parent and the obstacles to do so been so great.

Despite personal desires and plans for careers, inside every woman is the desire to have a child. And when the possibility becomes real, feeling that little life stirring in her stomach, the desire to make that life real and love and be loved is so strong that I believe the decision to terminate is by far the harder decision than to continue the pregnancy. Because despite the lack of control of over one's body, the amount of pain and changes a woman goes through during pregnancy, going to full-term creates a sure and positive path for the woman and mentally clarifies for her what her immediate future will be. It gives her a focus, a clearer conscience and the right to ignore the myriad of confusing options that life will throw her way.

Termination is another story. To have a child when one is young with no job or no skills for future jobs or to have a child in a marriage that maybe shouldn't have been is indeed a very selfish act. Giving up being a mother, giving up that small being who might love you naturally for the rest of your life is the biggest sacrifice a woman can make.

Even if the same woman might have children later on, she would never, ever forget such a thing, because in the back of her mind her basic belief in the fundamentals of life would have been so basically shaken. Once and a while she would look at the children she so adores and would silently have to live with the ambiguity of her feelings.

The divorce rates all over the world are very high. Children do best in families. Families are broken down. Children do not just need food and shelter, they need a consistent stream of love and stability from a sane person. The possibilities of that in the world today are so slim.

It is so easy to chastise women and girls who have abortions, but remember, these are people who would never have considered such an option until they were pushed to the wall. And if

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