essay 3.1

Abortion: What a touchy issue

            Abortion too many people is viewed in different aspects. You can either be on the same level of the issue or you can be on total opposite ends of the spectrum. Abortion can also be for many different reasons. When somebody is young the chance of them having an abortion is more likely then that of people of older age. Fifty- two percent of all abortions happening in the United States are from women under the age of twenty- five. Women the ages of twenty through twenty- four obtain thirty- two percent of all abortions. Teenagers obtain around twenty percent and girls under the age of fifteen only account for under two percent (Abortion Facts). As you can see abortions relatively happen at a young age and I find that to happen because growing women have so much ahead of them and to add a baby to their lives would just cause to much stress and cause them to maybe not achieve what they really wanted to. Also as women settle down they could have possibly already had too many children and do not want anymore and abortion could be a way to prevent them from having a baby. But I do not mean that they should use abortion as a way of contraception. Lastly, there is also a way to find out if you are going to have a deformed baby, such as a baby that will come out of the womb with a mental illness and you could use abortion if you think it would be a struggle to have a child in that condition. Abortion will always be a touchy issue because of the fact everyone deserves the right to live.

            Abortion has many pros and cons that will be the basis for how people make their own decisions. On the pro- side is that women have the right to do what they want with their own body. And then whatever they want to do with their body they should be allowed to do with out anyone trying to make them stop (Abortion: pros and cons) After people say those two examples people will come back with the notion of that does not give them the right to kill another life in order to preserve the woman’s right (Abortion: pros and cons). The con- side of abortion strongly argues that all life deserves an opportunity at carrying out life and that life starts at conception. But many people will argue that life does not start until they are delivered and breathing their own air Abortion: pros and cons). Then the con- side also has the very basic scheme of saying that companies performing abortions are only doing so because they are getting rich off of it and it has nothing to do with the health or welfare of the women (Abortion: pros and cons). I personally do not believe that any company would just do it to become rich they would only do it because that is their living and they have to do what is being done. Also the companies that are performing the abortions probably make sure that they are doing everything correctly, so they are technically looking after the health and welfare of the women. The pros and the cons of abortion can be an ongoing argument because both sides have one main strong point.
            Personally I believe that women should be able to have an abortion. I have many reasons why women should be able to have an abortion. My main reason is what I had mentioned earlier in the essay where young women should have the right to abort the child. If they are going to have a hard time at caring for the baby it is better off being aborted then living in a world of poverty and pain. Many teen mothers are not mature enough to even take care of a child and that could mean the child being shipped from house to house being taken care of and that is not good for the baby. Then the baby could grow up alone because the mother is never there because she is trying to make a living for the baby that she had at such a young age. The other side then could always say to put the baby up for adoption and it will be well off. But then the mother of that baby becomes emotionally attached to the baby for the nine months that it has it in her womb and then just has to get rid of it and barely ever see it again. I know the whole aspect of abortion is the woman’s right or the child’s right and I find this to be a woman’s right because they will just have to let go of a child that they cared for almost a year. Also I mentioned that a child could be mentally retarded when it comes out of the womb. And I am not saying that women should only abort the child because it will be mentally retarded but there is much reason behind that. The two parents could have steady jobs and it would make care for a child that much harder when the child has challenges. Also you do not know the expenses for having a child with disabilities because they may have to go to a different school, and you may need to buy private instructors for your child. Depending on the problem they have also matters what you have to constantly get them for the problem that they have. It would just make the parents lives a lot more stressful. Six percent of all abortions happen because of the health of the woman or the child in the womb (Abortion Facts). There are many views about abortion and those are my main points to why I believe woman should be able to have an abortion.

            Abortions can be reduced though with the use of safer sex. If safer sex is used more often and practiced more it can reduce the uses of abortion. Contraceptives should be used more especially with younger woman who is having sex (Robinson, Bruce).  But the use of abortion is that the woman is able to remove of the baby because they did not think that they were either going to get pregnant or the timing of the pregnancy is just not right.

            Abortions are performed by many different individuals and races. White women lead the abortion rating with sixty percent (Abortion Facts). Sixty- four percent of all women who have abortions are never- married women and married women only account for eighteen percent of all abortions. Religion also can play a role in who is having an abortion because of their own common beliefs. What I found really interesting is that catholic women account for thirty- one percent of all abortions and catholic is a religion that disagrees with abortion (Abortion Facts). That just goes to show that abortions are needed and should be performed if the child is not wanted or will not grow up in the proper manner. And the most interesting fact that I found is that forty- three percent of all women will have one abortion by the time they are forty- five (Abortion Facts).

            Abortion will always be an issue that can either be pro or con. I also find your views to be just like politics and what you grow up in will determine what you think on this issue. If you have had a family member that has had an abortion it will make your view on the issue that much more positive in one way or the other. The right should always be the woman’s right because she is the one that has to care for the child regardless of what happens after the baby is delivered. It is a strong issue and will continue to be talked about on a yearly basis.

Works Cited

"Abortions: pros and cons." Abortion Support. Designed by realcubes,  Web. 30 Mar 2011.

Robinson, Bruce. "Abortion access: All sides of the issue." Religious Tolerance. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 15, May 2010. Web. May 30, 2011.

Institue, Alan Guttmacher. "Abortion Facts." The Center for Bio- ethical reform. Web. 30 Mar 2011.