My opinion on abortion is that it should be up to each individual woman. I do not think that our country should make a law that affects every single woman, because there is no one choice that is completely right for each woman. Every woman who choices to get an abortion is in a different situation and has different reasons for having the procedure. Also, there are many different beliefs that go along with abortion. Many people lean on their religious views while some may have a lack of religion in their life to lead them to their decision. Either way, everyone comes from different walks of life and different experiences, therefore they should be able to make their own decision.
Some people who are pro-life believe that in "certain situations" women should be allowed to have abortions. One of the more common situations they discuss is only women who were raped are allowed to have abortions. However, who is to decide if a woman is raped? Our judicial system is not perfect, and many times we have been known to fail someone who has been assaulted or mistreated. Additionally, some women may be too embarrassed or ashamed to go through the courts in order to get justice for what has been done to them. Therefore, those women would either not be able to get an abortion and have to carry their rapist's child, or they would do some sort of illegal procedure that would not be safe for them.
I am, however, uncomfortable about people, like my father's latest wife, using abortion as a method of birth control. And don't even get me started about the language as a miscarriage is technically a spontaneous abortion.
ReplyDeleteI would rather all the energy that is put into stopping women from aborting be instead put into stopping them from getting pregnant in the first place. The United States has one of the highest rates of unplanned pregnancy in the developed world.