Abortion Speech

Marissa Alvarez

Abortion Speech

How would your life change, if you were to have a child at this very moment? Taking care of just a single child, takes a great deal of responsibility and money. Abortion, said to be a solution for some people, has been a very controversial issue over the recent years. I support the concept of having abortion as a choice and for it to remain legal.

Abortion should remain legal because in some cases, the birth of the child could potentially harm the mother. For example, the mother could die trying to give birth to the child due to certain health issues. Already, the child would be born motherless. Also, if there is a father involved, he would most likely be devastated from the loss of the mother and would be left to care for the child by himself. Personally, I would have wanted to save the mother. This way, the family could adopt or even try again for a baby later on in life.

Many who give birth are not able to handle the upkeep of a child. Think of all the items required in order for a baby to survive. It is very expensive and you need to be a responsible, mature adult to take proper care of a child. If a child is born into a family who absolutely cannot tend to its needs, then the child may end up going to social or adoption services. For a situation such as this, I find myself against using abortion as an option. I feel that not being able to care for the child isn’t an adequate enough reason to turn to abortion.

Abortion has numerous “grey areas”, in which certain situations would be considered immoral to give birth to the child. If a woman is sexually harassed, raped, and impregnated by someone…would she honestly want to have that baby? If I was in that situation, I would most definitely not want to give birth to that child. Ultimately, it goes to show that abortion should not be eliminated, but left as a choice to be made by the mother.

The idea of abortion may seem inhumane to many people, but they must understand...