Get Rid of Abortion or Not?

The world includes a huge variety of people who share different beliefs and morals, however, the Bible states that no one should judge others. One is supposed to respect another for whom they are as a person. The people in this world are beginning to divide because of the debate concerning if abortion is right, or if it is wrong. People identifying themselves to be pro-choice are in support of abortion because they believe a woman should be allowed to choose if they want to have the baby or not.

The total opposite is people who identify themselves as pro-life. Pro-life individuals believe that the human life begins at fertilization, which means abortion is the immoral killing of an innocent human being. Many people have different perspectives about abortion, but the major question is would it be better to get rid of abortions, or to continue allowing this irrational act in our society.

Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy due to removing an embryo, or fetus, before it is allowed to survive out of a woman’s uterus. It usually occurs anytime up to twenty-eight weeks of a woman’s pregnancy. The abortion procedure is done medically. It can be done through taking in certain medicines, or surgically.

Medicines are made different for every lady, but they all have the same effect in order for the baby to not survive. This act is making it known to the world that lives don’t necessarily matter. The world continues to petition that a child’s life is a choice, but I believe differently. A life is a life, and if the life is taken away by another human then it is considered murder. Taking another human’s life is an irrational act that not one person should have to suffer from.

Pro-choice people believe that women have a human right to decide whether to have children, or to not have children. It is based on their morals and religious beliefs. Not everyone is prepared to take care of a baby, but I still believe everyone should live the life God gives them.

Many mistakes can happen, and a woman can become pregnant when she necessarily didn’t expect that to happen. If a woman can’t control herself from becoming pregnant, then the baby shouldn’t be a choice simply because the woman, or whoever, made a dumb mistake. Adoption clinics are open to the world, and they take in children to give them great care. Therefore, if a woman even considers not wanting the baby then an adoption clinic is always welcoming new children.

On the other hand, pro-life people identify themselves to not be in support of killing an innocent baby. I identify myself to be pro-life because I wouldn’t want to be put in the situation of my parent thinking about to keep me or not. Most of the time parents love their children, and wouldn’t know what to do without them in their life. They believe a human life starts as early as possible in the process of fertilization. Children can change a parent’s life for the better, so therefore abortion shouldn’t even be a choice.

Pro-life and pro-choice activists differ in their opinions concerning how politics and religion play a role into abortions. Most Republican leaders and supporters are more conservative, which makes them identify as pro-life. Whereas Democratic leaders and supporters are usually more liberal and believe in pro-choice. There was a huge election in the United States between democrat candidate Barack Obama and republican candidate Mitt Romney. One major factor that influenced the American people who to vote for were the candidate’s views on abortions.

Since the pre-born has parents that are human, the fetus has to be human. From the moment of conception, the being that begins as a single cell is biologically different than the mother. He or she is a unique combination who has never existed before. He or she is alive and birth doesn’t change the essence of what the pre-born was before or will be after. In the minds of pro-life individuals they believe that the moment of fertilization is the beginning of existence of each specific person.

A child has their on DNA from the second fertilization begins which means it is their first moment of creation. Babies can even be born pre mature, so early, and still survive which means they have a life before leaving the mother’s womb. It has been proven that the heart begins to beat only sixteen days after conception. Also, babies can hear music and appear to be singing long before we ever knew. (www.liveaction.org)

Abortion is classified as murder of a human being in my eyes, and murder is an irrational act. Irrationality is explained to be the quality of being illogical or unreasonable. No one should want this title for everyone to see, but not one can be judged for doing as they please. However, one can have an opinion. One lives life based on his or her conscience. Conscience is an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guideline to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior. However, some people’s conscience allow them to have an abortion because they feel as if their life will be ruined with a baby in it. This irrational act has gotten ahold of society, and it is said to be happening 652,639 times a year. (https://www.cdc.gov)

Abortion has an extremely long history. In the past, it was done using crude tools such as sharpened tools, physical trauma, and other traditional methods. Since now we have advancement in the field of medicine, contemporary methods are now used which involve the use of medication and surgical procedures. This procedure is said to be harmful based on your pain tolerance. Some say it feels as menstrual cramps, while others say it’s more harmful. It does affect your overall health including medical conditions. Our emotions and stress levels are said to go higher after having the procedure done. (www.healthline.com)

One type of abortion is an induced abortion. A fifth of the world’s pregnancies end up being an induced abortion. Induced abortion is the forceful removal of the fetus from the womb of the mother. The gestation age of the fetus is the determining factor of what procedures could be used to conduct the abortion. The procedure is also limited by the legality of abortion in that certain country, doctor patient preference, and the regional availability of such services. Induced abortion is either therapeutic or elective. Therapeutic abortion is done by medical personnel in an effort to save the lives of patients. Patients suffering from such things as illnesses, multiple pregnancies, and complications could have this procedure done on them to avoid having complications at childbirth that may lead to the loss of a life. However, elective abortion is done at the request of the woman. This is usually done for non-medical reasons.

Another type of abortion is known to be a spontaneous abortion. It is commonly referred to as miscarriages. They are unintentional, and they usually occur before the twentieth and twenty-fourth week of pregnancy.  Many pregnancies are usually lost before doctors are aware of the presence of an embryo in the uterus.

A spontaneous abortion is caused by chromosomal abnormalities, vascular diseases, diabetes, infections, uterus abnormalities, and trauma among others. The most frequent causes of spontaneous abortion are ones age. Accidents and trauma have also been linked with the high rates of miscarriages among women.

Abortion is caused for many reasons. The society’s desire for convenience has been a factor influencing the rates of abortion. Children and pregnancy are seen as a hindrance to a lot of fun and pleasure today. One would easily remove the pregnancy in pursuit of this pleasure.

The society accepts this circumstance and even encourages it by allowing governments to legalize abortion. The lack for respect for one’s life is a religious factor towards promoting abortion. People no longer appreciate new life forms. One would not think twice before having  an abortion. Raging debates have come up suggesting that a fetus is not a life form until it is born. Such debates could easily change people’s mindsets to disregard life.

Economic issues including poverty and insufficient funding have promoted abortion. Many young mothers have opted to do an abortion citing the inability to take care of the child once it is born. Usually young girls don’t have an income to support themselves so they choose to not keep the baby. There are places in this world to take in babies, and they will take care of the child for other caring parents to adopt them. It is crazy how much a baby can change a persons perspective on life.

Stigma has contributed a lot in ensuring that abortion becomes a common thing. Girls who get pregnant while still very young get criticism especially in the world we live in today. In most cultures, such a thing was unheard of. It was uncommon for one to get pregnant before marriage. If one would have such a child, she would be looked down on. Developing countries have not fully come out of this and girls who get pregnant whilst young are looked upon as ill-mannered individuals. Those young girls are said to be irrational in our society. An accident is an accident, but finish what was started is the way I look at the situation.

Rape has been a big reason why people abort their children. When rape has occurred, and one does not intend to keep the pregnancy, she would choose not to keep the baby. The experience of being raped is too big a burden that the evidence of such an ordeal in the form of a child would not be acceptable. Many girls would quickly abort to rid themselves of this psychological trauma.

Young girls have a better chance at furthering their education once they get rid of the child. In African countries, for instance, a young girl getting pregnant meant that she would have to be married off immediately. This would ruin her chances of ever getting formal education again. Getting rid of the baby provides an easier way out in the quest for education and a brighter future. However, a baby shouldn’t have an impact on one’s life as to where murder of a child is actually considerable.

Abortion indicates brutality to the unborn child. This is because abortion is killing a human being. It does not give the new fetus a chance to survive. It is hinged on religion, which condemns the act saying that all are equal before the almighty. The Bible goes against the very idea of abortion. Jeremiah 1:5 States, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Therefore, God has a reason for every one in the world. If the pregnancy was an accident in one’s eyes, it was never an accident in God’s eyes.

Abortion has the potential to lower the chance of a woman getting a child later in life. Abortion interferes with the uterine wall. Under some circumstances it may lead to total damage of the woman’s uterus. This would result in a woman not getting a child when she needs it later on in her life. Such actions may also cause hormonal imbalances. An abortion basically is risking the fact that one’s body could be ruined after the fact of the irrational procedure. Some people oppose abortion because it can damage the long-term physical and emotional health of women.  It could result in different diseases and infections that one’s body doesn’t necessarily want.

Depression plays a major role into abortions. Abortion may end up causing psychological impairments. Some examples of this would include depression and guilt. Some women may feel depressed after losing their baby. This could be the case especially, if the child was their first and the abortion was done as a medical thing that they had no control over. Continuous miscarriages may cause such individuals stress and eventual depression. This would ultimately affect the biology of the mother affecting the subsequent pregnancies. This is because the brain would have been tuned to reject any pregnancies due to such depression. However, abortions aren’t right because one shouldn’t have to suffer from bodily problems.

Since debates have broken out in he world to protest about the rightness or wrongness of abortion, the people in this world have been forced to either be all for abortion or to be totally against it. It is surprising to see that sixty percent of the world identifies themselves as pro-choice. However seventy-six percent of Americans are in favor of putting restrictions on abortions. Mainly the entire world says they would be in favor of abortion with certain restrictions, but an abortion is an abortion at the end of the day. It is said that fifty-two percent of Americans believe that an abortion does more harm to a human than good. Forty-one percent believe that an abortion is morally acceptable. This should be the time ones conscience kicks in and tells the woman what is right. (www.cbn.com)

Laws of abortion have changed over the years. Many people argue about abortion putting its legal status in a bind. Back in the early days, the 1800’s, the thought of abortion was absurd and it was known to be illegal. It is said that Americans will have a brighter future if they encourage the legalization of abortion. Personally, I still believe that the thought of abortion is absurd and shouldn’t be legalized. Abortion has been around for many years and now all of a sudden people begin to think its legal when it has been illegal for a while now. Since the world has allowed many other crazy things to go on, then people who are pro-choice believe it is okay to legalize abortions also. Many people are going to look at abortions differently, but most importantly an abortion is irrational and shouldn’t be legal.

Millions of people face unplanned pregnancies every year, and about four out of ten of them decide to get an abortion. Some people with planned pregnancies also get abortions because of health or safety reasons. Overall, one in four women in the U.S. will have an abortion by the time they’re 45 years old. (www.plannedparenthood.com) Family, relationships, school, work, life goals, health, safety, and personal beliefs are all some of the major hints that roam around one’s brain while thinking about whether to have an abortion or to not. They all seem reasonable but nothing should make you want to kill an innocent baby.

Not all who support women’s rights are in support of abortion. Many of them are active in trying to promote practical solutions to the causes that drive women to have an abortion. A girl named Megan Clancy said, “There are women who are raped and become pregnant; the problem is that they were raped, not that they are pregnant. There are women who are starving who become pregnant; the problem is that they are starving, not that they are pregnant.

There are women in abusive relationships who become pregnant; the problem is that they are in abusive relationships, not that they are pregnant.” She is making a great point because people make it out to seem as if the pregnancy was so bad when the real problem isn’t addressed. Abortion is the first thought running through a woman’s head in a time of desperate need of help, so women forget the real issue.

Despite all the talks about teen pregnancy, the biggest number of abortions are performed by women between twenty and twenty-four years old, closely followed by the twenty-five to twenty-nine age range. The smallest number of procedures are performed by girls under 15. At fifteen years old a girl’s body isn’t completely formed all the way. I believe the earlier one gets an abortion, then the more health problems will occur.

Religion also plays a significant role in abortions. Pro-choice advocates tend to contradict pro-life Christian beliefs, based on “Abortion: When Does Human Life Begin?,”  by stating when Genesis chapter one verse twenty-seven talks about humans being created in the image of God. However, it isn’t referring to the physical characteristics such as our appearance or biological make-up. On the other hand, not every pro-life advocate is a Christian, but many Christians are pro-life. They base their beliefs concerning abortions on certain scriptures found in the Bible.

Also, in Exodus chapter twenty verse thirteen it states, “You shall not murder.” Since many pro-life Christian activists believe that life begins at contraception, then an abortion, which is ending the life of the fetus, is considered murder. Since the Bible says not to murder, then abortions should not take place according to these supporters and according to scripture.

As one can tell, there are many differences of opinion concerning abortions. I believe that it is more than a choice to be made, but a child’s life to be saved. I am for the rights of women, and believe that they should have control over their bodies, however, I am also for the rights of the unborn baby. A woman should always have the baby no after the circumstance even if it was by accident. The child should have just as much of a right to live as any other human being. There are other options for women to consider rather than abortions. For instance, adoption is a wonderful choice. A couple that may be unable to conceive a child of their own, or just want to adopt, would then have that opportunity to be blessed with a little miracle.

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