Arguments Against Abortion

Abortion, the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable to live an independent life, is a growing issue in America. One to three million abortions take place each year. Like two sides of a coin, the viewpoints make a person either pro-choice or pro-life. As of this moment, abortion is legal in America and it should stay that way. The people who believe it should be illegal are the pro-lifers. They who want it to remain legal are pro-choicers. They believe it is the woman’s right to choose whether or not to give birth to the fetus. There are three very important reasons why mothers choose abortion and pro-choicers agree with their choice: a case of rape or incest, the mother’s physical health is at risk, or if the fetus would be born with a severe disability. Pro-lifers think that the fetus is already a person and has its own rights; however, The Constitution of the United States says that any person born in the United States has rights. The fetus is not yet born; therefore, it has no rights. As a pro-choicer, I wholeheartedly believe that abortions should not be

considered to be illegal.
Fourteen thousand abortions each year are caused by rape or incest according to the Guttmacher Institute.

In this case, women should always have the right to terminate their pregnancy. The woman may not have the financial necessities to raise a child. If she is a teenager, she may not be mature enough to become a mother, much less handle a pregnancy. Usually adoption is out of the question because statistics show that on two percent actually carry through with adoption. Most women do not want to carry out a pregnancy and go through an unimaginably painful labor for a child that is not theirs. The pregnancy itself can bring on stressors from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Not to say having an abortion cannot also lead to these things, but these women are wise enough to know what they have to do. They hate their rapist, and they fear they will hate their child as well because of the

PTSD.
There are a number of health reasons that cause women to abort the fetus. The woman finds out early on if the fetus will be born with Down’s Syndrome or Cystic Fibrosis. Even a disposition to obesity can cause a mother to get an abortion because that will cause clogged arteries and heart failure, along with several other problems. No woman wants her child to suffer through life with health problems that they were born with, that they cannot help.
There is also the case of the woman have health problems herself. An already active citizen of this country should not have to give her life up for a fetus. She could be facing placenta previa, where the placenta is covering the cervix. Another life or death issue would be an ectopic pregnancy. An ectopic pregnancy is when the fetus I embedded outside of the womb. When an ectopic pregnancy is present, the stakes are past high. A ruptured fallopian tube could lead to life-threatening bleeding.
As Americans, we have the right to freedom and independence. That applies for women as well, and they should always have the ability to choose what is right for their future. No one should be able to tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her own body. These situations all show that abortion may be best for both the parents and the fetus. Many of the reasons that women choose abortion are based on their own beliefs and their own reasons. That should not be taken away from them.