A Mother's Argument Against Abortion

As a doctor, I see an enormous amount of teen and unwanted pregnancies. I also see mothers decide to have a baby with the intentions to raise and take care of the child, but sadly, not all mothers are mature enough to raise a baby, and eventually let another family member take the child. In todays world, women who are considering an abortion are forced to decide in just 24 weeks, and some politicians want to shorten that time or even abolish abortion fully. On the other, there are some people who are “pro-choice” meaning the believe the mother has the choice to abort the baby up to 24 weeks. I know of one case that is personal to me. In 1977, when I was attending Yale’s medical school, there was a young lady in a Biology class. We became good friends throughout the semester. Towards the end of the semester she told me she was pregnant and she is not going to return to Yale next semester. Me being a supporter of pro-choice, suggested for her to look into getting an abortion. My friend thought over my advice, and after a few weeks decided to have the baby. Her parents allowed her and her child to stay at their home. As the years went by I always wondered how she was doing. Then one day on my way to my …show more content…
Baby’s or small children cannot make decisions for themselves and require an adult to make the best decisions. I believe the best time to abort a child is between the baby developing and when the child is six years old. We have done countless studies and we have proven that a child of the age of six cannot make decisions regarding his family’s best interest. We have also studied a wide range of children minds and we have found that a person will forget 99% of when six years old or younger. With this being said I feel that the more experienced and educated parents should be able abort their child if they feel it will help them in the long