Abortion: Giving Women the Freedom of Choice

Pro-life or pro-choice? Pro-choice. Abortion should stay legal. Many people argue that abortion is killing a life, but is an embryo really a life? No, it isn’t. What if the pregnant woman was raped or unable to take care of the baby? There are other options, but abortion is the most direct way and it is not “killing a life”. With compromises, abortion can please both sides while helping pregnant women.
Some people believe that giving the baby to a family member to take care of is a good alternative to abortion, but when you have a baby would you really be willing to give your baby to somebody else? By the time you are ready to take care of your child, he or she would not recognize you. People claim they are trying to save a life, but when you point to this alternative, a mother would not be able to love and nourish her child in his or her early years.
Sometimes an unexpected change in events can change somebody’s life. Rape is one of the worst for women. It is wrong to force a woman to keep a child when she did not even make the decision. Some keep the child but others do not want to be reminded of such a horrific event. Other family problems might occur, such as the father leaving or the family is unable to support the new child.
Admittedly there are people that abuse abortion. Abortion should not be legal to be abused, but to help women who truly need it. If each woman had, say, a maximum of three times to get an abortion, it would prevent abuse and aide women. It would provide second chances to women who made unwise decisions.
Pro-life protestors don’t support abortion because it kills a life, but what exactly is a life? Many people have their own opinion so it varies immensely. Some believe life begins when the first heartbeats are detected, or when a baby comes out of a woman’s womb. Whatever you might think, from when a woman and a man first have sexual intercourse, to the event in your opinion is the beginning of life, should be some amount of time that the “baby” is not a life and thus a window of opportunity opens for a woman to get an abortion.
Abortion is legal and should stay legal. With some compromises and changes, it can please both sides while helping women in need. Alternate options like giving the baby to somebody else so that they can take care of him or her is not the solution. Unexpected events may happen that change the situation. Abortion is helpful not harmful.

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