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As a teenager who has his entire life ahead of him, I can understand why the freedom to choose is extremely important. Oftentimes, pregnancies occur when they are least expected and can disrupt a woman’s life. By giving a woman the right to choose, she can make a decision in the best interest …show more content…
Evidently, a pregnancy can be dangerous to a woman’s health and an abortion may be required to prevent death.
Finally, in today’s society where true gender equality has yet to be reached, the freedom to choose also helps advance this cause. As my own mother likes to remind me on every
Mother’s Day, a pregnancy is taxing and difficult on the mother. It causes many distressing changes to a woman’s body such as morning sickness, cramping, and drains her of all her energy. There is nothing comparable that is demanded of men so it is unimaginable to insist that a woman must give birth to a child if she does not want to. Otherwise they stop being human beings and simply become “two-legged wombs, that’s all: sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices” like in the dystopian society of Gilead (Atwood 157). Simply put, women must be given the right to choose what to do with their own bodies because it is a fundamental human right. As can be seen, it is obvious that legal abortion is critical for the wellbeing of women.
Imagine a medical procedure that prevents babies from living short and painful lives, helps empower women, and is safe. That’s what abortion is. As shown above, there are