Martha Mendoza's Essay On Abortion

The Mother or the Child Abortion is a sensitive subject for most because it is, for many, an opinion that can vary depending on the situation and condition of both the mother and the unborn child. Some people will leave the room if the subject is even mentioned People form their opinions on things like their religion, their research, and their parents’ beliefs. However, the debated question for everyone is, whose life matters most? In Martha Mendoza’s essay, “Between a Woman and Her Doctor,” she describes her struggling experience when her unborn child dies. She is left to fight for her life to receive the less risky procedure due to a law passed in 2003. Mendoza illustrates how she and women in the same situation as her are treated like their life is not valued if they need a dilation and evacuation procedure and how the law needs to be modified for patients because the mother’s life still matters in cases like the one …show more content…
One setback for making a general law, is that there are many scenarios to take into consideration when deciding if abortion is the best decision or not and how to make a more specific law to cover most situations. The subject of abortion is difficult to discuss due to strong emotions and differing thoughts and opinions, but it still needs to be reviewed to work out the problems including: the lack of training and education given to medical professionals, the legal points compared to the realistic points of the law, and if there will be any exceptions to the law. These factors need to be analyzed because it is not right to have an abortion for the wrong reasons and kill an innocent life. Ultimately it is the mother’s choice; however, it is not right to take the life of a child who did not get the option or the opportunity to give their input in the matter, when it is the child’s