argumentative research paper

Running head: ABORTION SHOULD BE PRO-CHOICE NOT PRO-LIFE 1

ABORTION SHOULD BE PRO-CHOICE NOT PRO-LIFE 6

Abortion should be Pro-choice not Pro-life

Rosie M. Rivera

Columbia Southern University

11 January 2019

 

Abortion should be the mother’s choice. When a child is brought in to the world it is the responsibility of the parents to care for it or decide to terminate. There are many different reasons a mom may decide to terminate. The government should not have a say so into this matter. Abortion should be the legal right of the mother.

            For me, Abortion should be a choice and women should have the right to decide what they do with any part of their bodies. Its natural. If you think of all the bad things that has happened to unwanted children, it’s sickening. Legalizing abortion not only protects women's health by allowing them a clean and normal procedure for termination as it also protects the child for growing up in a detrimental environment that may take more hours of counselling than anything else in life to correct the damages that were rendered upon that child. Many would argue that Pro-choice people are murderers however, Pro-life people are establishing a dictatorship over a woman’s body. That is not ok and I think we as women should stick up for ourselves.

As a pro-choice believer, Pro-life supporters believe, it is crucial for women to be informed of the psychological problems they will endure. Based on a survey performed by David Reardon, a Ph.D. at Elliot Institute referred to as “Psychological Reactions Reported After Abortion,” women who had at least one abortion as a teen reported that they dealt with nightmares, guilt, fear of punishment from God, thoughts about the child they could have had, didn’t have professional counseling, the memory of the abortion did not fade with time, and many more reactions”

Many states have already taken the natural human right away from the mother regarding abortion. In some state’s abortion is illegal and mothers are forced to back alley doctors to perform abortions. Historically, restrictions on abortions were introduced as a non-ethical issue due to it being dangerous and the abortionist killing their patients even though they signed the risk factors, it was considered a sin in the form of transgression of mortality and to protect the fetal life. I can understand some of the about being an issue however, I do not agree with someone taking that right from you. Pro-life supporters claim that abortions cause regret, depression, are very dangerous, and cause complications in later pregnancies. According to “Mayo Clinic Doctor Admits Abortions Hurt Women, Cause Premature Births” written by Steven Ertelt a Life News editor in 2009, a doctor from Mayo Clinic discussed how abortions are dangerous for women because they affect subsequent pregnancies.

 A woman's body is her own. The government has no right to tell someone what they can and cannot do with it. In some states, women are forced to have illegal procedures done to their bodies in order to abort. This alone is risky and may cause more long-term damages and fatalities. Most abortions are due to the inability to care of a child, rape of some sort or unwanted negative outline. For the government to tell a woman they don’t care and call them murders it is very absurd.

The government should not have that much control over human rights. It’s sickening. If a woman decides to terminate her pregnancy due to whatever reason it should be her choice. I believe those who are pointing and name calling could be one of the reasons they choose to not reproduce in this world in the 21st century. We have no authigenic judgement authority over anything nowadays. The lower and middle class they just go day by day working and paying bills and working some more. Change is inevitable in this world and it starts with you.

REFERENCES:

Ertelt, Steven. "Mayo Clinic Doctor Admits Abortions Hurt Women, Cause Premature Births." LifeNews. N.p. 20 Aug. 2009

“Fetal Homicide Laws." Issues & Controversies On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts