When I was younger, I thought of abortion as the worst thing that could ever happen. Why would anyone want to kill a baby? But not many women want to kill their own child. According to Frederica Mathewes-Green, “No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal caught in a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg” (Mathewes-Green). I believe that abortion should stay legal because of three reasons: It could cause endangerment to the mother (12%), the mother was raped (2%), or the baby has a fatal medical condition (41%). The other 45% are women whom are unable to take care of the child or they do not want the child.
Would you be able to give birth to a child knowing that there is high likelihood of it endangering you? What if a malignant …show more content…
You could not be more excited. You and your partner have been trying for a baby for months and it finally happened. You are now 20 weeks into the pregnancy and find out that it’s a girl. You really wanted a girl. They do prenatal diagnostic testing. You find out the baby has Down Syndrome. No big deal, you can handle that, it could be worse. A few weeks later you go in again for more testing and fluid has built up from the babies head to its lower back, this is called Cystic Hygroma. This is a very rare disease and in this case there is nothing they could do for the baby at the time. Her life would be surgery after surgery and a lot of treatments, but most likely it would be all for nothing. She would live a painful, short life. Why watch your child go through that? You can’t fix her pain. You can’t make her better. There’s nothing you can do. Some people can handle that, some can’t. The people that can’t just try to make the best decision for their child. If they choose to terminate the baby, they are doing it for the baby, not them. They are doing what they think is right and that more acceptable than going against what they
Would you be able to give birth to a child knowing that there is high likelihood of it endangering you? What if a malignant …show more content…
You could not be more excited. You and your partner have been trying for a baby for months and it finally happened. You are now 20 weeks into the pregnancy and find out that it’s a girl. You really wanted a girl. They do prenatal diagnostic testing. You find out the baby has Down Syndrome. No big deal, you can handle that, it could be worse. A few weeks later you go in again for more testing and fluid has built up from the babies head to its lower back, this is called Cystic Hygroma. This is a very rare disease and in this case there is nothing they could do for the baby at the time. Her life would be surgery after surgery and a lot of treatments, but most likely it would be all for nothing. She would live a painful, short life. Why watch your child go through that? You can’t fix her pain. You can’t make her better. There’s nothing you can do. Some people can handle that, some can’t. The people that can’t just try to make the best decision for their child. If they choose to terminate the baby, they are doing it for the baby, not them. They are doing what they think is right and that more acceptable than going against what they