Monday, November 08, 2004
Nature's Miracle: Legalize Abortion
I felt great need to write this in response to a republican friend.
"Abortion should be legal because the government has no place in restricting the rights of a women over her own body. But I feel that in general, abortions are wrong. There are circumstances in which they can be justified--I don't like it but I think women reserve the right to choose. The only reason women would even abort their fetus would be because they do not want the child and the responsibility/reputation having it would bring. Here's the deal: an unmarried pregnant woman is looked down upon by society. She may be turned down for jobs, may be shunned by her parents and friends and often her church (if she belongs to one; I don't), The problems of becoming a being unmarried and pregnant for whatever reason is often too great for some women to handle, especially if they are not strong willed and are weak in nature. In some cases, these women may not have had proper sex education and may not know the exact ways they can become pregnant. They might not have access to contraceptives or not be educated in the use of them. This argument leads to the advocating for reform of sex education in schools (secondary probably).
All of this boils down to the question of the government's affiliated suppress the rights of an entire faction (women) over their biology--more than half the population.
Ah, and about late term abortion...That's illegal. It's only legal, under the circumstances, to save the woman's life. And here's my friend's argument--what's wrong with killing a tumor sized lump of tissue? Note that he is talking about very very early in the gestation period abortion. I know that he would never approve the killing of babies when it appeals to his morality--no matter what he might say.
But abortion is essentially murder because it does kill what (if not from the beginning) becomes life--something 'sacred' because we cannot create it. Nature's miracle."
¶ 8:39 PM
"Abortion should be legal because the government has no place in restricting the rights of a women over her own body. But I feel that in general, abortions are wrong. There are circumstances in which they can be justified--I don't like it but I think women reserve the right to choose. The only reason women would even abort their fetus would be because they do not want the child and the responsibility/reputation having it would bring. Here's the deal: an unmarried pregnant woman is looked down upon by society. She may be turned down for jobs, may be shunned by her parents and friends and often her church (if she belongs to one; I don't), The problems of becoming a being unmarried and pregnant for whatever reason is often too great for some women to handle, especially if they are not strong willed and are weak in nature. In some cases, these women may not have had proper sex education and may not know the exact ways they can become pregnant. They might not have access to contraceptives or not be educated in the use of them. This argument leads to the advocating for reform of sex education in schools (secondary probably).
All of this boils down to the question of the government's affiliated suppress the rights of an entire faction (women) over their biology--more than half the population.
Ah, and about late term abortion...That's illegal. It's only legal, under the circumstances, to save the woman's life. And here's my friend's argument--what's wrong with killing a tumor sized lump of tissue? Note that he is talking about very very early in the gestation period abortion. I know that he would never approve the killing of babies when it appeals to his morality--no matter what he might say.
But abortion is essentially murder because it does kill what (if not from the beginning) becomes life--something 'sacred' because we cannot create it. Nature's miracle."
¶ 8:39 PM
