Top 10 Reasons Why Abortion Should Be Legal
NOBODY has the right to tell a woman what to do with her body. Abortion should be legalized, period.
And when you have a baby, you can choose what to do with it.
That's true even though I'm 100% against abortion.
If that's the case, then it's okay to abort, but other than that, abortion is not okay at all! And I am not even a fan of babies, so that's saying much!
That is the truest but also the saddest and most depressing thing I've ever heard.
It doesn't matter if the person is young or old, abortion should be legal.
This is the biggest reason. Some of you claim to be "pro-life" but then don't even consider the fact that women risk their lives by giving birth. It may be rare, but you can die. So even if you do think it should be illegal, you really can't argue with this one.
That's true because mothers die from giving birth to their babies.
This and number one are the only good reasons.
This is the main reason that abortion should remain legal. By making abortion illegal, you are promoting unsafe and unsanitary abortions. The only thing accomplished by making it illegal is a feel-good feeling about making it illegal.
At least with it being legal, it is safe. The mother is talked to about the consequences of her actions and the possible steps she could take before going ahead with the procedure.
Not everyone is religious, so religion shouldn't affect the law.
Abortion should be legal, but only before 20 weeks because then the fetus won't feel pain.
Ask someone's permission first because they give you their answer.
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I'm pro-choice, as long as it's in the first and early second trimesters. You better have a good reason after that.
Why would a government intervene in people's lives? That's unusual!
One of the only cases where it is acceptable, but these cases are rare.
While aborting a baby because it has Down syndrome is discrimination, some babies have severe defects that would cause them to die at birth. For those babies, abortion prevents them from experiencing the suffering of death shortly after birth.
Then find a painless way to put the fetus down. I don't want him/her to suffer during the procedure.
Teen pregnancy can affect their school years.
As mentioned in another comment I made, there are already millions of existing children without families. To tell the truth, most of the reasons I've heard to give birth instead of adopting one of those children have been awfully selfish.
This is a great reason, but mandatory sterilization of everyone not tested to be intelligent enough would be a better solution.
If I were a mother who was pregnant with an unwanted baby, I'd rather the baby be aborted than have a possibility that it'll suffer in foster care for the majority of its life.
This is another big one to take into consideration. If you're in a bad mental state, that can affect the child. So if you want children, it's important to think about whether it's even the right time.
Using myself as an example, I have depression and possibly CPTSD. It's been proven that behaviors caused by trauma in adults can be passed down to their kids. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, much less a child.
I would never want to get pregnant. If I end up having kids, I will adopt since there are millions of already existing kids without families. Honestly, I would go as far as to say it's a little selfish, especially since the only arguments I hear from people are usually about family bloodlines or the child taking their last name.
That's besides the point, though. Pregnancy and childbirth sound like nightmares, and they are some of the worst pains a woman could ever imagine experiencing. Not to mention all of the long-lasting effects that persist years after the child is born. If she doesn't want to put herself through that, it's her choice.