Saving Lives or Saving Lives?

Abortion these days has become an alternative to birth control. There are ways to take care of unwanted babies: one is using the pill or a condom, and the other is giving the child up for adoption. A lot of couples want to adopt children because they are unable to have children of their own. Now we see foreign countries giving Americans children to adopt because they are making money in corrupt ways. Instead of adopting some kid from overseas we could be adopting children from our own country. We have to take care of our own people first. The statistics show that women who have abortions that are raped or get pregnant because of incest is less than 1%. So something must be wrong with the women themselves. More than 93% of women get abortions because it isn’t convenient for them. Only 6% of the time is the woman’s health in jeopardy and she needs to get an abortion. So clearly if a woman doesn’t want to have children she needs to practice self control and start taking the pill and make the guy wear a condom every single time. The pressure of not having a child because society will call a woman a “slut” is a small price to pay instead of killing a helpless kid.

Aside from these facts the people having the abortion are not considering the child’s life. What if this kid grows up to be happy despite being born in an unfortunate situation? He might even be lucky and get adopted to a family that would actually care for him. Not every child is brilliant or special but most people aren’t so the parent shouldn’t feel justified in getting rid of her problem. If you do decide to have a child after receiving an abortion it is harder to conceive. So unless you don’t want children ever at any time you shouldn’t get an abortion.

On the flipside abortions may prove positive especially amongst poor and violent communities where it has shown to decrease crime. According to Steven D. Levitt who wrote Freakonomics there has been a drop in violent crime due to the fact that poor income individuals were aborted and didn’t live under hardship and economic poverty. Studies have shown that states with high abortion rates also have very low numbers of violent crime. There will always be crime and abortions isn’t a cure against would be criminals. On the other side abortions can get rid of many children who otherwise would grow up in poverty and may turn to drugs and crime. This is speculation but drugs and crime do prosper where poverty is.

Regardless abortions were still happening even before it was legalized. If a woman gets an abortion in some back alley might as well legalize it so she doesn’t mess it up and wind up infecting herself and whoever is helping her. If you legalize it then at least you can take responsibility for the procedure and have some doctors who know what they are doing perform so no one gets hurt. On top of this abortions may prove positive when a single mother who has no options to financially support the child. Why bring a child into the world when he is just going to live in poverty and hardship? Besides this it is ultimately a woman's choice what she does with her body and no one should interfere with her and her health. If she chooses to have an abortion that is her civil right. The worst thing is bringing a child into the world when he or she feels unwanted and ends up getting into trouble when they do not receive the love they deserve from their family and parents. It is unfair for the child's sake and he might as well not exist.