Alexa Jones
1/8/11
3/4
Abortion
Unborn babies are dying all over the world every day because of accidental pregnancies. The argument over whether abortion is wrong or right has been going on for centuries, and it is still a considerable issue. Although sometimes having an abortion might seem to be the only choice, there are ways to avoid putting yourself in the position of having to make that decision. “No woman wants an abortion. Either she wants a child, or wishes to avoid pregnancy.” (www.quotegarden.com) This unknown author makes an excellent point about women, and the topic of abortion.
Today, in the US, more than one in every five pregnancies end in abortion. Ninety-four percent of women who go through with abortions are between thirteen and fifteen years of age. For the most part, women and girls are left emotionally scarred. “My entire fifteen year old life is filled with 'what ifs.'” (www.bebo.com) Until the late 1800s most abortions were illegal, unless they were necessary to save the life of a woman. In 1973, the US legalized abortions, but stopped funding them in 1977. Illegal abortions were not always secure. Not even fifty percent of women survived them because, most abortionists didn't have clean tools or the proper education to perform a sanitary procedure. Nobody would want to be part of the other fifty percent who didn't make it. Women were often turned away unless they could pay one thousand dollars or more in cash. However, some male abortionists insisted on having sexual relations before the operation, in alternative to being paid in cash. “I pray to God every night, that during the abortion procedure they made a mistake, and that my baby lived.” (www.bebo.com) This young, anonymous girl, didn't necessarily want an abortion; she felt that her mother was disappointed in her, and wanted to make her mom happy. While some abortions may take place to save a persons life, or because a girl feels obligated to do what her mother expects, the ones that happen just because a forty-year-old lady loathes kids, are not okay.
There are ways that everyone can help to prevent any unwanted or accidental pregnancies, so there is no longer any need to have an abortion. “Abortion is a failure of the feminist establishment. With every kind of birth control in the world, abortion is not something to be proud of. If you need an abortion, you have failed.” (www.thinkexist.com) All that anyone has to do is be more careful about sex. Birth control pills are an excellent example. One pill a day is all it takes to prevent pregnancies in both teenage girls and women. Reading stories about young girls, who chose to have an abortion either because their boyfriend left them, or it's what their mother wanted, will break your heart. “This is what my mother wanted me to do, and if it was going to make her hurt go away, then I was going to do it.” (www.bebo.com) No one, especially an under aged girl, should be faced with that monstrous decision to make by herself. Also, middle-aged women, who feel they do not want to raise any more children, can have their ovaries removed. That way, they do not have to worry about birth control, or unprotected sex anymore. Even though some people think that abortion is wrong, it is legal, and should remain that way for certain reasons.
Some people confuse the differences between being pro-choice and pro-abortion. Senator John Kerry makes a great point when he states, “Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It doesn't. I am personally opposed to abortion. But I don't believe that I have a right to take away what is an article of faith to me and legislate it to other people. That's not how it works in America.” (www.thinkexist.com) Abortion is, legal for assured reasons. Young girls around the world, who end up pregnant because they were raped, do not want a baby that will remind them of that terrifying experience. Therefore, they would have an abortion. If a teenager gets pregnant with her boyfriend, and after eight months of the pregnancy, he dumps her for another girl, she should not be able to abort just because she’s mad at him. It would be too much to murder an almost fully developed baby. However, if she weren't emotionally ready for a baby, then it would not be nearly as horrific to kill a mere embryo in the womb after only one or two months of pregnancy. In Robert Casey, Pennsylvania Senator’s, opinion, “All that abortion is is a question of choice.” (www.brainyquote.com) So in order to help stop the incorrect choices from happening, abortion should only be legal for girls, age 16 and under, and if the fetus is less than three months developed. That, most will agree, is a reasonable conclusion.
Abortion is a worldwide problem, and will always be, no matter what. Be that as it may, there are solutions that we can use to make it less of an issue. Making most abortions illegal, with the acceptation of girls and zygotes of certain ages, will hopefully save the lives of many children to come. This way, you will not always be hearing stories on the news about women who went into this tragedy of an operation, and never came out. Unnecessary abortions need to be stopped, and everyone can do something to help.
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