It Is NOT The Government's Choice

In my previous blog entry I sort of touched on the abortion subject; not so much about whether or not it should be illegal, but about how the privileged born babies should get the right nutrients in their early stages of life. Well I am now commenting on abortion, and the post that my classmate Megan made about pro-life/pro-choice.

I have to agree with her that abortion should continue to be legal, and that her reason behind it is exactly how I feel as well. A woman has every right when it comes to her own body, why would any individual want that right taken away from them, or to take that away from a person? It is just not right. Not all pregnancies go as planned or expected, things happen, mistakes get made, etc, etc...

For a woman to make the personal decision of whether or not they will keep their baby is a HUGE, HUGE decision. It takes lots of thought, consideration, planning, and evaluating what the life will be like after the baby is possibly born.
-Can I financially support a child?
-Will I have time for he/she?
-Will the father be involved?
-Do I have support from my family/the fathers family?
-Was the baby conceived because a man and woman truly loved each other and were planning this?
-Was it a teenage mistake?
-Was the woman raped?
-Is the woman healthy enough to deliver a baby?
-Will the baby be healthy?

A child forever changes lives..

For the people that argue adoption is an option; why are there so many orphanages and children without parents? Why bring one more life into that sad arrangement that they will forever hold against the parents that made them and could not keep them?

So many emotions run through me when this subject gets brought up. Abortion sucks. It does not make a woman feel good about herself, and I do not know any person that truly "wants" an abortion. They make that hard decision for a reason, a personal reason where they are looking out for the best interest of the baby..Not because they are being selfish and don't feel they can live up to their situations they might have put themselves in. It takes a strong and smart woman to be able to decide what the right thing to do is before bringing an innocent child into a life they cannot provide for it.

It would be morally wrong for the government to make abortion illegal. It is not their decision, it is the woman's. Abortions will not stop being performed, so we might as well keep them legal and performed in the right atmospheres where it is safe and not against the law.