All around the world, many of woman choose to abort their babies instead of keeping it. Sometimes young adult women around the ages of 18 get pregnant and decide to also abort their unborn child. It’s usually not because the woman carrying the child doesn’t love their baby or want them, most likely the mother of the child is either not in the right state of mind or even financially stable to have a baby. Many people, both females and male criticize the mother for doing such a “bad” deed but in reality, a woman should feel the right to do what’s best for her and her baby. Studies have shown that about millions of females face unplanned pregnancies. Many of the women who get pregnant tend to abort the unborn child. Research has proved that about 4 out of 10 women get abortions because they feel that it’s the safest thing to do for them and their baby. Taking the strength and courage to abort an unborn baby is a decision that only you can make with yourself and your doctor. Many women take aborting a baby to a personal way and they eventually get depressed because other negative people consider them as “bad mothers”. First of all, one of the reasons why young adults have abortions is because they're young and most women are scared that their parents might kick them out of the house for becoming pregnant at a young age. A lot of judgmental people state "If you're too young to have a baby, then you're too young to have sex." That phrase isn't correct and shouldn’t be used upon
There is a concern among many, that it is not the woman’s decision to terminate the life of their unborn child. Fetuses are advocated for because decision making is out of their control. One of the main arguments is that the unborn child will not have the opportunity to live the life it deserves and because of that, women that go through the process of abortion will regret their decision. This is understandable, because it is a difficult option to pursue, not health-wise, but emotionally a devastation for some. Along
When I was only 15 years old, a close friend of mine got pregnant. After spending a few days talking it over with her parents and now ex-boyfriend, she elected to have an abortion. At first I was totally appalled that she had reasoned to kill her newborn child. “How could someone find it so easy to take away another life?” I thought. Now, three years older and more mature me is finally able to process the reasoning behind not keeping the child.
As an outsider, people judge people for their decisions, especially people who have had an abortion. Yet, you do not know their story and what they went through in life. For instance, if a person got raped and the rapist got her pregnant. Many females would not want to have that child due to the fact that the child would be a constant reminder of what had happened to her. It is the female’s choice on what she does with her pregnancy, whether it be keeping it or having an
The ongoing dispute of abortion has condemned the idea of women aborting their unborn child. Whether it be lack of support, critical physical or mental health, rape, or not being ready for such responsibility - all women have a reason for having an abortion. Therefore, women should have the free will to do what proves necessary and beneficial to themselves and their pregnancy.
To be pregnant under the age of 18 is a controversial issue. As minor, she may choose to give up the child. As a minor, she may choose to give the child up for adoption, keep the child, or undergo an abortion. Many are opposed to the latter option, which is the early termination of a pregnancy. The root of this issue began with the Supreme Court’s decision on the legality of an abortion in Roe v. Wade and has stemmed into a debate of pro-choice or pro-life. The decision led to the polarization of the public, since the conservatives were against abortion being a constitutionally protected right. Pregnant women should have control over their body, and yet through case law conservatives are able to pass restrictions on when the abortion procedure would be done (Henretta, J. A., Hinderaker, E., Edwards, R., & Self, R. O., 2014).
But, most overlook the potential of the child. For example, Barack Obama, The United States’ first African-American president, may very well have never been a president if his mother had chosen to abort him. She was put in a terrible situation: marital problems were ensuing that would result in the abandonment of her husband, and she herself would be left struggling to raise her son. But, if she were to have gotten an abortion at the time she found out she was pregnant, President Obama would have never had the opportunity to excel in life and become the nation’s leader (Catholic Vote). Respectively, there are also many teenagers, aged 15-19, who get abortions; roughly 18% of abortions in the United States are received by them (Guttmacher). These young girls usually have similar reasons for wanting to terminate their future child’s life, albeit many also have more of an emphasis on their maturity and future or career than their elder counterparts (Guttmacher).
There are situations that even the actual birth of the baby will cause a serious problem to the mother. If we think about the case of a young teenage girl who get pregnant early, or the situation of a middle school girl who was rape, we would see it's very dangerous to force her to keep the baby. There could be serious repercussions if she does not get the nutrition she needs during her pregnancy or correct pre-natal care. Death rate during birth and chances for a premature or otherwise unhealthy baby is also dramatically higher among young mothers. We have no right to ask her to take a great danger just to give birth to unwanted child. We should respect her decision whether or not she will keep the
no one has an excuse that a women and a man could make a baby , everyone knows that when they have sex , that child is in the making . but many of these women are young and they don’t want to take the responsibility to take care of their child so they decide to have an abortion but they don’t know what doctors do to the babies after the aborton . they take apart the baby’s limbs for who knows what . But majority of the young women don’t know that there committing a murder, they won’t get in trouble with the law but inside it would hurt them. Abortion is never they way out, if you choose to have an abortion. There’s always an adoption center because many families are desiring to have a kid of their own. But if you made that to have intercourse without protection then you better e ready to take care of your child. Every child id never a
Abortion is, and will stay, a ubiquitous topic of discussion. This medical procedure is performed when a woman has reasons to terminate a baby within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. Currently, abortion is legal in the US, but in other countries such as Ireland, Poland, and Brazil, abortion has many regulations and only allow the procedure if the woman’s life is at risk. There are pro-life individuals and pro-choice ones. As a pro-choice supporter myself, I understand that banning abortion will put millions of babies, women, and families at physical, emotional, and financial risk. I believe abortion should stay legal because they are safe, they protect most women from financial disadvantages, and in oodles of cases, abortion is necessary.
Picture yourself before you were born, when you were just growing in your mother’s stomach. Would you refer to yourself then as a choice or a life? According to the procedure of abortion you were nothing more than a choice. The miracle of life can be easily ended. Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. Someone who is pro-choice believes that abortion should be legal in the United States. They believe that is the mother’s choice to decide what happens with her body. On the other hand there is pro-life. Someone who is pro-life believes that abortion should be illegal in the United States. They believe that the embryo or fetus is a person and should be given the right to live. Abortion should
For my final paper I have decided to do a on the ethical and controversial issue of abortion. In this report I will cover both sides of the abortion issue. I will summarize the stands of both Pro-Life advocates and Pro-Choice, by presenting arguments from organizations, authors, and journal articles from each side. As well as give a brief history on abortion and a look at the laws that govern this issue not only here at home but around the world. In conclusion of my report I will give my views on the issue and on which side of the fence my beliefs put me on. So lets begin.
Statement of Problem: Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Today, especially here in the United States of America, there is a growing issue and debate around the idea of abortion. There is a stigma against abortion because of the possibility of negative religious, political, medical, emotional, and mental consequences it may cause. Each year, worldwide there is an estimated 42 billion abortions that take place. This number does not include abortions that are not performed by professionals. The big issue alongside with abortion itself, is the affects it has on the mental health of females who undergo the procedure.
Rape is one of the most prominent possibilities as to why a woman would choose to terminate her pregnancy. Though it is a tough decision to make, it is possible to be faced with keeping the child or ending the life of the fetus. In some cases, women make the choice to end their pregnancy knowing how they might treat their child. The women is most likely to hate her rapist and may worry if they move forward with the pregnancy, they would project this hate onto the child because it reminds them of such a painful memory.According to Rachel Perry, “One percent of women in a cross-sectional study of women's reasons for choosing abortion reported that their pregnancy had resulted from rape” (67-73). In addition to the pregnancy, the health consequences of rape can include physical injury, sexually transmitted disease, and mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse.
Researchers including philosophers have defined the term abortion according to how right or wrong they want it to sound. Some have supported the act while some are against the act. For those supporting the act, define abortion as termination of unwanted pregnancy whereas the people against it defines it as termination of life; fetus as it develops into a complete baby. Philosophical arguments are based on what they perceive to be right. They analyze that nearly all or all abortions ought to be unlawful claims relies on the declarations that: (1) the right to life begins at conception-fertilization; (2) abortion is illegal killing and defiance of right to life of the embryo; and (3) the decree should forbid unjust breaches of the right of living. On the perspective that abortion should be legalized in all or majority of situations is based on: One, just like men have the right to control their own bodies, so does women. Two, abortion is nothing illegal but just an act of one’s right. Finally, the law should not prosecute anyone who is exercising their right to have control over their bodies. The aim of this paper is to discuss the philosophical view that the perspective of women is very important in looking at the abortion issue.