Having previously hit the topics of gun control, the death penalty, budget cuts, and immigration laws, why not cover yet another controversial topic? Abortion. First of all, I’ll start off by stating my personal beliefs before discussing both sides. I believe abortion is wrong. It is something I will never consider in my lifetime. For me, there is no choice; it’s something I could never do. Also I would not feel comfortable being friends with someone who has had an abortion. Morally, I cannot justify it in my own head except in cases of rape. With that said, for everyone else in the population I believe they should be given the choice of whether to abort a pregnancy or not.
There are instances when women get pregnant because of their own stupidity or “by accident” as some would say. The end result is, they are pregnant and they do not want the baby for a plethora of reasons. I believe abortion is a good thing in cases like this. These women clearly do not want to be parents. If they keep and raise the baby they would most likely become neglecting parents and their children would be the ones to suffer in the end. Of course some would argue that adoption is the best solution. I agree that adoption is great. I know many people who were saved by their adoptive families. But there are also other cases of children being rejected by families. This causes lasting emotional scars that affect the person throughout their lives. Sometimes it may be in the best interest of the child if they never existed. As awful as that sounds, maybe there is a small granule of truth there.
Then in horrible inexcusable circumstances, women get pregnant from being raped. No woman should HAVE to keep a baby that was conceived in an act of violence. Most women would resent the baby if forced to keep it. The child would be an everyday reminder of a terrible, violent act. There is more that can be said here but is it necessary? I think most of society would agree that abortion is acceptable in the cases of legitimate rape.
On the other hand there are people who believe that abortion is wrong one hundred percent of the time. The arguments here revolve mostly around the accusation of murder. Many people see abortion as murder. They think that life begins upon fertilization. For arguments like these I say that late term abortions should be illegal. If the abortion is performed early on, the fetus cannot feel anything because it isn’t formed yet, it lacks some types of cells such as nerves in the blastula stage. Once the fetus has been allowed to grow enough to be a functioning baby outside of the womb, the fetus can feel the pain and shock that comes with abortion. This is an unnecessary evil. Cases like these would be murder in my mind. But to far right people, there is no excuse for abortion, not early on, not rape, not sickness.
The thing to understand is that both sides have reasonable arguments. There is a lot of gray area in controversial topics like this. I think if the government allows woman the right to choose it will be serving everyone. Here is how I reason that. If the government in Texas outlawed abortions, people would be outraged. But they could go to another state to have the procedure done. If the government says that abortions are legal this will upset the far right. Being the government of a very conservative state, no politicians would make such a law. There best decision is to say it is legal for women to choose. Each individual woman should have the right to decide for herself. After all, in Roe v Wade, the court declared this a matter of privacy. So under the “Pro-Choice” laws, some woman will still think abortion wrong, they will not engage in it. Others will be ok with the issue and they will engage in it if it is needed. But in the end, it is up to the individuals to choose. This is why the government should pass laws in favor of choice. Yes, right now it is legal to get abortions in Texas. I predict many more arguments will commence about this topic. But the government should stay in the “choice” line of thinking. In this sense, they are not really picking a side; they are trying to please everyone. That is essentially the job of the government, to pass laws that do not evoke a strong reaction from certain groups.