Abortion CaseEssay Preview: Abortion CaseReport this essayAbortion is one of the most controversial social issues in todays society. Over forty two million abortions are performed each year on legal and illegal grounds and one-hundred and fifteen thousand daily around the world. Sadly, every twenty-two seconds, a baby dies from abortion. Abortion is morally wrong, but I think abortion clinics should be available to those who seek one. I believe that because life begins at conception, aborting a child is murder. Aborted children have done no wrong, so there is no reasonable explanation to punish these children with death.
I would rather abortions remain legal, so women may have safe, and sanitary abortions. There are too many women who die each year from self-induced or poorly organized abortion procedures. I have gone back and forth for years, trying to decide if I think abortions are right or wrong. I have never been in any situation that would cause me to even contemplate getting an abortion, so I know that I might not completely understand if someone my age has one. I am only basing my decision on those who get abortions out of their own selfish ways. I dont think humans have the right to play God and abort a child out of our own selfish needs. Anyone with a good moral upbringing knows that one must take full responsibility for their own actions. No matter the reason, the decision to abort a child will always live with someone, and Im not sure I, personally, would be able to handle that kind of guilt and regret.
–Anonymous, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
I will go as far to say that I understand the feeling I get whenever I see something like this from a stranger, a mother, or a grandmother; and you may not think anything of it. The problem is, when the idea of “choice” in general is thrown around, we have it all wrong. It just seems that women are often judged on whether they are a real person or not, and this has the effect of making us less objective.
To begin with, the whole “choice” idea is wrong; we are all born equal to a government that is trying to make life for all. I can understand and respect this.
And this, again, is what is wrong with “choice”. It’s not to say that the government (or any government in that sense) is wrong in its efforts to make life for all. They are doing it based on their own moral and political positions. I don’t have a moral theory of what I understand, but I have seen some of it, and it is absolutely fascinating, it is absolutely terrifying. In fact, some would say, it is the worst “choice” I have ever seen. If ever there was a time for such stupidity, I can understand how others understand it. No one would ever try to pass themselves off as an altruistic and compassionate person when you understand the problems at hand, and how often in our culture (especially when we’re talking to ourselves) we forget the hard truth: if there truly is no such thing as “choice”, then how dare we make life truly “choice” to anyone?
And so, that is my point. I think that you are right to ask those questions. But I’m not completely out of the loop. A lot has been made of the fact that women with poor and often violent family structures usually don’t have the time and inclination to seek the care of a medical professional. And I think some of these women are very difficult to raise in a community of mothers. My daughter is a former model mother, and she has had two long and painful abortions, most likely because the health care providers of her family felt she was not in a good position financially to help her financially.
–Anonymous, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
We shouldn’t allow an entire community to get away with such an act. -Anonymous
–Anonymous, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
[…] if these people were truly truly pro-choice, then surely this could be handled on less than the bare minimum. I don’t think that’s what we have here.
–Anonymous, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Do you really think a pro-life society can support allowing people like myself, and other women with similar problems, at their very homes if they are not truly pro-choice; as the situation is today, I think she can’t even afford that.
In the past I have seen many women have abortions if they are severely affected. This can almost be seen for example when an individual was raped in an early pregnancy and then given a life-saving pregnancy, before the fetus was born. Even those who’ve had it all were devastated because of the horrific physical injuries. So it is very disturbing to me that these women (and some I know, like me) are being singled out simply to make their cases for more rights.
A very different scenario is the current situation when we have pro-choice countries. A law passed by the United States
My only exception is rape victims. These women have done nothing wrong, and do not wish to suffer through a long pregnancy, but there is a small part of me that doesnt believe abortion should be their answer. Every year in high school, the topic would come up in a class and we would debate. Every year I ended with the same conclusion, rape victims, in my opinion,
should be allowed to get an abortion, although I still think it is morally wrong. I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason; as awful as that might sound in some cases. I personally cannot imagine carrying a child for nine months, when the child was not made out of love, so I do praise those women who have the strength to endure that kind of physical and emotional pain. Its those women that rape victims should be looking up to in those situations.
One thing I have contemplated on with rape victims is if they decided to keep their child, what would they tell them about their dad? Every child asks how mommy and daddy met; how would the mother handle that? And the worst part, if the child knew they were conceived out of rape, how deeply would that mess with them, emotionally? These are some questions that lead me to decide that I think rape victims should give their children up for adoption, unless they can handle those types on conversations down the road. Those children didnt have a choice, so if they knew, how would they