Abortion – Pro Life / Pro Choice - Bhargav Patel

Abortion – Pro Life / Pro Choice

   The debate of abortion (pro-life or pro-choice) has been one a long lasting one in the United States and the rest of the world. I want to get one thing out of the way, I am pro-choice and I stand by it, but I respect the views of people who are pro-life and can to some extent why they chose that. Below I am going to talk about both sides and a fine gray line in the middle.

   Abortion is basically the termination of human pregnancy and it is usually performed in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion when done properly is considered to be one of the safest medical procedures. But if done incorrectly they can cause a lot of trouble. Incorrect abortions result to around 70000 maternal deaths annually. There are approximately 44 million abortions performed annually in the world and about half of those are not performed correctly. ("Abortion" )

   The rate at which abortions have been happening have stabilized in recent years due to the accessibility of family planning services offered throughout the world. Forty percent of the world’s women have the right to abort legally if induced.

   Now I debate for Pro-Choice and I have various points to back my stance. Pro-Choice has to deal with freedom of choice and specifically freedom. Freedom is the basic fundamental on which our country was founded. Therefore going against Pro-Choice I believe that you are against individual freedom. Talking about this debate I believe every female has the right to do whatever she feels is right which includes her decision to abort….up to a certain extent.

   There are many factors that go into deciding whether to abort or not. It starts with how the conception happened. If it was something horrific as rape, incest or any other assault the women has a right to choose regardless. Even if it was teen pregnancy the women has the right to choose. If a couple has conceived but know they are not ready for a child and cannot afford it then the woman can choose to abort and to me that is perfectly acceptable. Why bring a child into this world when you are not able to give it a fighting chance and a good life in the world. No offense, it is just going to be another child that is a burden on society and itself. The child will probably be in foster care or on the streets under bad influence where there may be horrible conditions.

   Talking a bit on the Pro-life side, I understand some views and support them. There has to be a fine line about the time period in which you can abort. Once you have conceived there is some time you can take to think about what step you want to take next. After 3-3 ½ months there should be a cut off line in which after that time period has passed there should be no abortions allowed. You have had plenty of time by then and there is no going back as it gets more complicated.

   I also believe that Sex-Selection cannot be a reason for abortion and should not be allowed in any case. No person should be allowed to abort just because they did not want a girl or a boy and I feel that those people who do that are horrible and should be punished. So basically these are my views on abortions and I stand for choice but there have to legitimate reasons for abortion.

Reference

 - Wikipedia, "Abortion." Accessed January 31, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion.