to choose abortion because there is a life in the girl/ women’s womb, that option should be left for them to decide whether or not they want to keep the child. The mental and physical scars of such an act are deep and pervasive, when a women or a girl is raped. For other rape victims, the idea of continuing with a pregnancy may be unbearable or may pose a danger to her life or health particularly if she is very young. Other countries in the region have laws permitting abortion, but often create judicial and other obstacles in order to make accessing legal and safe abortion services virtually impossible for women and girls in need.
The mental and physical scars of such an act are deep and pervasive, when a women or a girl is raped. “A state …show more content…
“A state can choose to adhere to its international human’s rights obligations to provide the victim of rape with a remedy to the harm caused to the victim” “Protecting Reproductive Rights.” Americas 13 January 2012: 36-38. EBSCO Web. 19 November 2014. There are only some states that support the rape victim’s decisions if the victim wants to have an abortion and they help provide a safe and accessible place to do this procedure. Access to such services as abortions, though is not enough for pregnant girls and women who are confronting risks to their health or life, or for those who find themselves pregnant after rape, having this option of accessing safe and legal abortion services is life and health …show more content…
There is no women or girl that should not be allowed to make that choice. They already have enough to deal with the physical and mental scars that may take them the rest of their lives having to deal with and then to have a reminder of a child could be much worse. Every rape victim is at risk but the ones who are more at risk would be the little girls that come out pregnant; their bodies are not capable just yet to carry a child in her womb. This should be allowed to be her decision instead of calling it “illegal” for them to have this choice. Women are now speaking up and becoming more aware of this problem and taking action towards making it be known that rape victims should have this option specially for these young girls that haven’t reached the age of
The mental and physical scars of such an act are deep and pervasive, when a women or a girl is raped. “A state …show more content…
“A state can choose to adhere to its international human’s rights obligations to provide the victim of rape with a remedy to the harm caused to the victim” “Protecting Reproductive Rights.” Americas 13 January 2012: 36-38. EBSCO Web. 19 November 2014. There are only some states that support the rape victim’s decisions if the victim wants to have an abortion and they help provide a safe and accessible place to do this procedure. Access to such services as abortions, though is not enough for pregnant girls and women who are confronting risks to their health or life, or for those who find themselves pregnant after rape, having this option of accessing safe and legal abortion services is life and health …show more content…
There is no women or girl that should not be allowed to make that choice. They already have enough to deal with the physical and mental scars that may take them the rest of their lives having to deal with and then to have a reminder of a child could be much worse. Every rape victim is at risk but the ones who are more at risk would be the little girls that come out pregnant; their bodies are not capable just yet to carry a child in her womb. This should be allowed to be her decision instead of calling it “illegal” for them to have this choice. Women are now speaking up and becoming more aware of this problem and taking action towards making it be known that rape victims should have this option specially for these young girls that haven’t reached the age of