Casey Carmody
Abortion
How would you feel if someone took your ability to live away from you? Imagine not having a say in whether or not you got to live. Well the baby in the womb of its mother has no say whether the mother decides to kill them or keep them. Abortion is a very controversial topic on if it's a crime to abort or if it's a women right. I think abortion for no reason is wrong, and selfish. In the article, Why Do More People Choose Abortion Over Adoption?, Kristi Burton Brown stated: "In the USA, there are approximately two million infertile couples waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child's medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill. Dr. Brad Imler, President of America's Pregnancy Helpline, confirms the challenge of waiting couples by stating: Only 1% of the Helpline's annual 40,000 clients inquire about adoption."
Many people believe that while in the situation where you must decide between abortions or not, that abortion would be the best thing for the baby. By aborting a baby you're taking away their entire future for a selfish reason. As stated above there are many families waiting for children from the adoption centers, regardless of there parents problems/ or the child's problem itself. Another problem I see with abortion is that many use it as form of birth control when there are many other options that are safe and effective. Making the decision to become sexually active holds a lot of responsibility, one of those being the risk of pregnancy. I think having the option of abortion people don't take it as seriously because they know that worse comes to worse there is the option of abortion.
Not only does abortion kill the...