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Essay / Abortion: women have a choice - 984
One of the most debated subjects in modern society; Is it just life, or is it really alive? Does it respect moral standards or abolish the common good? Should this even be legal within the confines of our laws and regulations? If I were to tell someone to stop fishing, simply because I think it is wrong, it would seem unconstitutional for me to even attempt to take away our rights to liberty. Abortion is a personal matter and should be resolved by the individual, not the courts. A better example would be to take a hypothetical situation in which a 17-year-old girl is trying to continue her education. She still uses birth control, but happens to fall into the low percentage of birth control failures. She's always wanted children, but not this soon and having one now would greatly reduce her chances of providing for her children in a way her parents couldn't. Choosing to have a child now would place a lot of responsibility on a girl her age, and this level of commitment is one she is not yet mature enough to accept. Not only does the quality of one's own life seem bleak, but so does the child's. She struggles with her situation, carefully weighing all the factors, and ultimately, she decides to have an abortion. She now finds herself faced with a whole new dilemma. Some people she has never met in her life try to decide for her. What right do they have to decide its future? Would his life ever be the same if they hadn't intervened? She did everything right, from birth control to condoms, but she was one of the unlucky few. Now she's being punished for something she never wanted and tried so hard to stop. She is forced to marry early, accepts a low-paying job if she finds one, and is forced to give... middle of paper ... mothers probably wouldn't choose abortion in the first place. Those who oppose abortion will find reasons to justify it under certain conditions, such as rape or endangering the mother's life. But who sets the limits between good and evil? Abortion is abortion, regardless of the circumstances. If it is prohibited, there can be no exceptions. I neither condone nor condemn abortion; I simply defend the right of every woman to be responsible for the decisions that will affect her life. If we give up women's rights in the abortion controversy, how many other women's individual decisions might we have to abolish in the future? It is for this reason, for this principle, that I stand with those who fight to keep the responsibility for abortion where it belongs. It's his body, it's his future and it's his decision.