Abortion Debate Pro Choice Stefan Pirone Miami Lakes Educational Center

Abortion Debate- Pro choice

Abortion Debate Pro Choice Imagine you are a twelve-year-old girl living in a third world country having to deal with an alcohol-craving father and with lack of family care. Imagine that one night, your beloved uncle takes advantage of you and sexually abuses you leaving you pregnant. Afraid of that your parents will beat you, you hide the pregnancy as much as possible, and when your parents find out, they beat you and do nothing about the pregnancy due to financial problems. When you start having complications after 4 months, your parents finally take you to the doctor. The doctor reports that if the pregnancy goes through, your life is in great danger. Without a moment to spare, you choose to get rid of the fetus. The doctor tells you that it is impossible due to ethical laws that prohibit abortion. I believe that Abortion should be legalized all around the world due to the facts that women should have the right to choose the best for themselves, abortion reduces risk to social problem complications, and because abortion is not murder. In America, we have given rights from birth that are equal to men and women. We all have the right to choose for ourselves. In situations of rape or incest some women are forced to carry the dreadful burden throughout the nine months and give birth to a child that was a result of unwanted sex. Some conservatives argue the fact that abortions are used as form of birth control but in reality women very rarely choose this path due to the wide varieties of contraception that are less troubling than abortion. The morning after pill is becoming a popular method for dealing with unprotected sex. Christianity has always emphasized the importance of responsible decision making, and nothing is more important than the decision of when, or whether, to have children .... one thing I know from the Bible is that Jesus was not

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against women having a choice in continuing a pregnancy...Jesus was for peace on earth, justice on earth, compassion on earth, mercy on earth, and choice on earth. The quoted sentences come from a member of the United Church of Christ that agrees that the right to choose is given from birth and nobody could take that away. If the right to abort would become illegal, would that mean that the government would have the power to force women to practice contraception or undergo sterilization? A woman has the right to choose what is best for her. Another factor in the process of forcing women to carry out unwanted pregnancy is the possibility of complications to occur. Women who end up giving birth to unwanted babies are at very high risk to psychological problems. In the case of rape or incest pregnancies would further harm or scar the woman permanently in addition to the harm done by the offender. Abortion does cause stress but the American Psychological Association discovered that stress is greatest prior to an abortion. This means that aborting the unwanted fetus relives and helps the mother relax and try to heal the damage done during the violent act. Abortion is a safe medical procedure. Medical abortions have less than 0.5% risk of serious complications. They almost never affect a womens health or future ability to become pregnant or give birth. A very important social problem is the practice of non-medical abortions. In countries who are very conservative and do not have laws concerning abortion, the practice of abortion out of a medical or sterile environment is very common. In those cases, the risk of injury, infection, or even death is very large. There are and there will not be any ways to completely remove abortions whether they are medical or non-medical from a country or even a city. Teenagers who become mothers have grim prospects for their future. They are much more likely to not focus on school and end up their educational life as a drop out. Also teenage mothers are also more likely to receive inadequate attention from their parents and are very likely to develop

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health problems. The father of the child might not be even interested in being a parent so the situation where a young mother must raise a baby by herself is very probable. In countries where there are no laws specific to legalized abortions, there is minimum population control and there is mass poverty. Critics argue that giving a baby for adoption is a very good alternative to abortion. In contrast, very few women who give birth choose to give their child up for abortion; in fact three percent of unmarried white women and two percent of black woman choose to give up their babies. Another fact is that only eight percent of women who have abortions did not use any form of birth control. The main reason that critics do not support abortion is because they think it is murder. I believe that an abortion is not murder; it is a way to keep a life from being unwanted, or have bad parents, and also a way to keep the mothers future open to any opportunity. Scientists have shown that life begins at conception. We, humans, are mammals and give birth through the vagina after it was developed in the uterus then eventually fed milk from the inside of a womans body. There is a difference why babies are not referred to as fetuses and vice versa. Fetuses cannot exist independent of the mother. Using our current technology we could only maintain a baby out of the mothers womb after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Most medical and sterile abortions take place in the first trimester or in the first three months of pregnancy. As a fetus is attached by the placenta and umbilical cord, its health is dependent on the mothers health and therefore could never exist independently. A fetus used the mother as a host and uses her a source of food and nutrients needed for survival. I believe that after those mentioned facts, the mother should have full control over her own body and have legal rights to terminate an unwanted abortion. Tom Head from About.com quotes First trimester abortions may have absolutely no moral implications whatsoever--perhaps a first trimester embryo is no more

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conscious than a kidney or spleen. The concept of personhood is way different from the concept of human life. We know that a fetus is a seed that would later develop into a human. A fetus, in the first trimester has no feelings and cannot be classified as human yet. I believe that the laws concerning legalized abortions should be allowing women to terminate the pregnancy no later than the first trimester. Another point I would like to mention is In Vitro fertilization. In Vitro fertilization is the process where fertilized eggs are inserted in the uterus of a woman that has complications in carrying out a pregnancy. If the law prohibits that women cannot terminate a pregnancy even at the stage where the fetus or embryo is no more than a fertilized egg then why should In Vitro fertilization be allowed? In Vitro fertilization is a process where fertilized eggs are thrown away routinely. Any fertilized egg has the chance into becoming a human being yet the law allows In Vitro fertilization as a practice. Well, some may now question In Vitro fertilization and think that a practice like that should not be allowed. If this process is terminated, then the government is taking away the right or the only chance for a woman who is physically unable to carry a pregnancy due to hereditary, or disease, to have her own child. "Pro-choice and pro-life activists live in different worlds, and the scope of their lives, as both adults and children, fortifies them in their belief that their own views on abortion are the more correct, the more moral, and more reasonable. When added to this is the fact that should 'the other side' win, one group of women will see the very real devaluation of their lives and life resources, it is not surprising that the abortion debate has generated so much heat and so little light." Kristin Luker mentions above the common sense idea behind this debate. Abortion will always be a gray area that will always bring up conflicts or cause arguments due to ones race, culture, religion, or personal beliefs. Once again, I will state my reasons and would like to

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begin with the fact that I am not pro-abortion I am pro-choice. I believe that women should have the right to choose what happens to her body and have the right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy that if left alone, will result in complications. Having the legal authorization of the government to terminate an unwanted pregnancy reduces the chance of social problems like non-medical abortions, psychological complications, or even poverty. Last but not least, the process of abortion is not murder. A fetus cannot live independently away from the mothers womb before 24 weeks and therefore is one hundred percent dependent to the mother. Without laws favoring the mothers choice, rape or incest victim are left defenseless and are obligated to carry out and give birth to an unwanted baby or the child of a criminal. I have stated my points on why abortions should be legalized and I would like to end this speech with a quote from John William Warner: I am pro-choice with limitations, pro-life with exceptions