One of the many issues that strike people of today is abortion. Abortion is the process of removing the placenta from the uterus. Many women today resort to abortion due to various reasons. Some people favor abortion and some do not. This essay will discuss the pro-side of abortion. Pro-abortion is a movement which fights for the rights of women to have a choice to end their unwanted pregnancies. Control over a woman's body and the freedom to decide the course of her life is among a woman's civil rights, therefore, women should make their own choices about abortion.
Abortion is a moment which gives women a right to choose if they want to end their unwanted pregnancy. According to Patricia McCarthy (2007), the right to choose means the right to choose not to have a child or to have a child in circumstances where that means that neither mother nor child suffer materially or socially for that decision. Women choose to have abortions for all kinds of reasons such as poverty, rape, incest, or too many children. Some women choose to have abortion simply because they do not want to have a child at that point in their lives. "When a pregnancy is unwanted, its continuation can take a heavy toll on a woman's physical and emotional well-being, says UNICEF (2004)". Decisions one makes about one's body, lie squarely in the domain of private decision making, says UNFPA10. Only a pregnant woman knows whether she is ready to have a child, and governments should play no role in making that decision for her.
Abortion is pro-life. When having abortion, the life of the mother and the life of the fetus are at stake. Pro-abortionists believe that unless the woman's life is in danger, she has the duty not to kill her unborn baby. Everyone has their rights and so do women who abort. Rights apply to human beings, unlike a fetus which is not a human being. When a woman is pregnant, it is her body that goes through all the stress of pregnancy (Debopriya Bose, 2009). If she decides not to have a pregnancy, she should be able to do so (Debopriya Bose, 2009). Denying her the right to her body is violating her most basic freedom, which is a right for every person (Capitalism Magazine, 2009). According to Debopriya Bose (2009), forcing the woman to bear the added responsibility of the child she conceived would only add to her mental stress.
In countries where there are many cases of abortion, no civilized society permits one human to intentionally harm or take the life of another human. The government does not allow the people they govern to take another person's life which is under the law. In this case, the government has the control whether to allow the abortion or not. This raises the question of abortion on demand. According to Patricia McCarthy (2007), a woman must have the right to abortion on demand. It is the woman, not the government, that is having the abortion which means that it is the full responsibility of the woman to decide whether to have abortion or not. Women should not have to answer to anyone, not the church, not the government or even the doctors for their decision (Patricia McCarthy, 2007).
People have the right to decide on their own, which also applies to women. Women should have the freedom to decide the course of their life, which includes in making their own decision about abortion. Women have the right to decide to push through with the abortion and end their unwanted pregnancy. According to Katherine BradStreet (2007), a woman's unqualified right to control their own bodies remains a critical question for feminists. For a woman to even begin to have control over her life, she must be able to choose if and when she wants to have children. Having control over reproduction means always having the option of a safe abortion.
References:
1. Capitalism Magazine (1996-2004) "Abortion is pro-life, Anti-Abortion is anti-life."
2. Debopriya Bose (2009) "Arguments for Pro-Choice Abortions"
3. Patricia McCarthy (2007) "Abortion: It's Every Woman's Right to Choose"
Some minor grammatical errors. Could have been better if the subject of what is considered human was elaborated. Stance on abortion was convincing and still cited negative yet rebutted flawlessly. Overall, the paper shows conviction on the pros of abortion.
ReplyDelete*negative ideas
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ReplyDelete-Proper introduction
-The essay is mostly based on facts instead of feelings, which is good when arguing.
-Proper citations.
NEGATIVE:
-Lack of transitional sentences from one idea to another.
ryan, check format of both list of references and parenthetical citation
ReplyDeletei think it is better to write your first sentence like this "one of the many issues that strike people today is abortion."
ReplyDeletei suggest that kindly read your essay once again because some parts of it need to be revised. There are also some errors with your grammars.