For several decades, the morality of getting an abortion has been questioned. It has been considered murder and in multiple states, the final decision is not up to the woman actually getting the abortion. Organizations, like Planned Parenthood, have gone under fire for performing abortions as many protesters believe it to be illegal and immoral. However, due to potential health risks, reasons behind the pregnancy or for the abortion, and a woman having the ability to make her own decisions about her body, performing an abortion should be legal throughout the country with no outside influence on the decision beyond those immediately involved. In 1973, during America’s feminist movement, the famous Roe v Wade case occurred. As a result of
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If a woman were to be raped and she fell pregnant, some states would not allow her to terminate the pregnancy. Rape is a very traumatic event both physically and mentally. Without the ability to get an abortion, the girl must now go through nine months of unwanted pregnancy, go through labor, and possibly eighteen years of childcare should they choose to keep the baby and not put it up for adoption. That is a lot to ask of someone who was put into the situation without their consent. Similarly, over seventy percent of pregnancies are aborted due to financial struggles. Going for prenatal appointments can cost around $2,000 throughout the pregnancy without any insurance. Actually delivering the baby can cost tens of thousands of dollars. If you don’t have any insurance to pay for part of that, that’s a lot of money coming out of pocket and you haven’t even bought the necessary formula, diapers, or clothes that a baby needs yet. While abortions shouldn’t be used as a casual form of birth control, they have the ability to keep someone’s life from changing dramatically. Getting pregnant at the very least will put someone’s life on hold for nine months and is very demanding with both time and …show more content…
While I do not wish to impose my beliefs on them, I do believe they shouldn’t push for abortions to be illegal with no exceptions. A decision so drastic should not be decided upon by people that will never come in contact with those who they affected by saying no. A girl under the age of eighteen shouldn’t be forced into carrying a child while she attempts to finish her education. A woman over the age of eighteen shouldn’t be forced into carrying a child either. Besides abstinence, no other forms of birth control are 100% effective. Surprise pregnancies do happen and that woman or family might already have four kids or maybe they simply don’t have the time to deal with a pregnancy or a young child. If someone doesn’t believe in abortions, then that’s their decision. But to take one’s own opinion and force it upon someone they don’t even know and greatly impact their life, that’s taking it too far. No one is forced into getting abortions so the ability to choose should remain to the female who fell pregnant. Not her doctor, not her grandmother, not a politician, not even a woman on the other side of the country or even the world should have the ability to control
If a woman were to be raped and she fell pregnant, some states would not allow her to terminate the pregnancy. Rape is a very traumatic event both physically and mentally. Without the ability to get an abortion, the girl must now go through nine months of unwanted pregnancy, go through labor, and possibly eighteen years of childcare should they choose to keep the baby and not put it up for adoption. That is a lot to ask of someone who was put into the situation without their consent. Similarly, over seventy percent of pregnancies are aborted due to financial struggles. Going for prenatal appointments can cost around $2,000 throughout the pregnancy without any insurance. Actually delivering the baby can cost tens of thousands of dollars. If you don’t have any insurance to pay for part of that, that’s a lot of money coming out of pocket and you haven’t even bought the necessary formula, diapers, or clothes that a baby needs yet. While abortions shouldn’t be used as a casual form of birth control, they have the ability to keep someone’s life from changing dramatically. Getting pregnant at the very least will put someone’s life on hold for nine months and is very demanding with both time and …show more content…
While I do not wish to impose my beliefs on them, I do believe they shouldn’t push for abortions to be illegal with no exceptions. A decision so drastic should not be decided upon by people that will never come in contact with those who they affected by saying no. A girl under the age of eighteen shouldn’t be forced into carrying a child while she attempts to finish her education. A woman over the age of eighteen shouldn’t be forced into carrying a child either. Besides abstinence, no other forms of birth control are 100% effective. Surprise pregnancies do happen and that woman or family might already have four kids or maybe they simply don’t have the time to deal with a pregnancy or a young child. If someone doesn’t believe in abortions, then that’s their decision. But to take one’s own opinion and force it upon someone they don’t even know and greatly impact their life, that’s taking it too far. No one is forced into getting abortions so the ability to choose should remain to the female who fell pregnant. Not her doctor, not her grandmother, not a politician, not even a woman on the other side of the country or even the world should have the ability to control