Abortion

Abortion is a universal topic that has been debated over centuries, with all sides having very strong feelings and beliefs. Proponents of abortion base their arguments solely on civil rights. They believe that if a woman doesn’t have the choice to control what affects her body and potentially life, then all her human rights are stripped away (Lowen). But with abortion women’s rights are fully respected because did she not already have the choice to prevent pregnancy? Whether the mother choose to get pregnant of not, she did choose to not use an effective method of protection. For if the mother knew she was not ready for a child and wanted to have sexual intercourse, she should have doubled protected herself by using both condoms AND birth control. Women’s humans rights are not being lost, she should take responsibility for her own action. Why should a child suffer for the mother’s mistake? The women were fully aware of the possible consequences of their actions, but took the risk anyways. If one believes that abortion should be legal because it’s the mothers choice, then one can also believe this: “if your daughter comes and says “Dad, I want to kill grandma for the inheritance” you would have to say “well, this is not a good idea, but it’s your choice.”” (Ross, 2010). Does that sound morally correct to you? Abortion is not a get away with it free card for someone’s mistake and should be illegal. Pro-choice people also argue that adoption is not an alternative to abortion because less than 5% of women who give birth choose to give the baby up for adoption (Lowen). Well, lets sit and ponder about this for a few seconds. Done thinking? This is where it come to show that pro-choice arguments are an example of bad reasoning. Maybe statistics itself is showing that abortion is not the correct thing to do because once that woman holds that precious child in her arms, she forms an unbreakable bond and realizes that keeping the child is best, and abortion was not....