Peter Singer Should Legalize Abortion

In his article, “The Choice of a Pregnant Woman Always Outweighs the Life of a Fetus,” Peter Singer makes interesting points defending his stance on maybe one of the most controversial topics to ever be known. He thinks that abortions should remain legal for different and, in his eyes, good reasons. He believes that a “woman’s interests always outweigh any supposed interests of a fetus.” Singer uses different scenarios and statistics to further explain why illegalizing abortion may make matters worse. One point that Singer makes in his article is that, if abortion were illegalized, the amount of abortions would still remain high. “Although a majority of countries in Africa and Latin America have laws prohibiting abortion in most circumstances,” Singer states, “ official bans do not prevent high abortion rates.” It is simple to understand Singer’s reasoning- whether or not it is legal, the people that want the abortion will get it someway somehow. Going by the statistics he has gathered, Singer explains that, even though abortions may be illegal, official bans will not stop the amount of abortions that will still occur. His opinion that abortions will still remain common, even if they are …show more content…
He mentions that the abortion related death rate would remain lower if abortions remained legal. Once again, however, I do not think that just because some people are idiotic enough to seek potentially harmful methods of abortion it should remain legal. If abortions were to be illegalized and one wants to disobey that law, then let them have at it; they will pay for their stupidity. My idea may seem very careless to some people, but the “fetus,” which will eventually become a human being who matters just as much as the woman carrying it, should not be able to kill freely for the convenience of the