FREE ESSAY ON ABORTION IS NOT BAD

ABORTION IS NOT BAD

Abortion is not bad, rather it is your logic and argumentation that is lacking in ability
and understanding. First, you argue that the presence of a beating heart alone
necessarily qualifies a fetus as being a living human being that is entitles to a right
to life. While on its face this argument may initially appear compelling, it is
profoundly lacking in scientific substantiation. A fetus during the first trimester of
development may have a small impulse that resembles a heart beat, but it completely lacks
both a brain and a central nervous system. In fact, a spider or a fly is much more
developed (and has the capacity to feel more pain) than a fetus early on in the second
trimester of a pregnancy. Any person who occasionally squashes an insect or eats meat is
causing much more pain to living beings than a woman who chooses to terminate her
pregnancy. If the presence of a heart-beat is the relevant issue concerning early
abortion, then we would surely be hypocritical to continue to kill animals (like cows,
pigs, and chickens) who have hearts that are much more developed than that of a young
fetus. Without a brain or a nervous system, a fetus is little more than a lump of cells
that cannot yet function together. Indeed, a fetus is little more than an individual egg
or even an individual sperm…while there is certainly the potential for life, life
has not yet developed…thoughts cannot occur, pain cannot be felt…From a
purely biological standpoint, your argument is unfounded.
A beating heart is something that all mammalian fetuses develop as they grow within their
mother's womb. However, a beating heart does not qualify a fetus as being an independent
living creature whose existence takes precedence over the physical and emotional health
of the women (in whose womb it temporarily resides). To give the mere preservation of a
fetus precedence over the physical and emotional health of the woman is both narrow
minded and cruel. To deny a woman the right to terminate her pregnancy is akin to robbing
her of any ability to make decisions about her body, her self, and her future. The woman
is effectively forced, against her will, to assume an identity and a future that she
normally would have avoided. This type of coersion can permanently damage a persons
emotional and psychological health. The one thing that makes each of us an individual is
our decision making freedom and powers regarding our own future and actions. But when we
are robbed of our ability to make our own decisions about our future, our self, and our
identity, then we are robbed of our most essential and valuable treasure…our self.
If a woman wishes to obtain an early term abortion…to terminate a
pregnancy…then she must be allowed to choose this option. If she id denied an
abortion, then both her and the future child will suffer tremendously. Please stop
viewing abortion as something that you should have sole control over. A person's body is
their own, not yours. It is threatening and invasive when others attempt to direct the
lives of their peers. Rather supporting the tyrannical idea of forced childbirth, perhaps
you ought to consider the more moderate concept that all people should be able to choose
the future of their bodies and reproductive functions. I advocate neither abortion nor
childbirth, rather I simply defend the right of a woman to choose…to make her own
decision about her body and her future. Sex, birth control, pregnancy, abortion, and
childbirth are all sensitive and complex issues. One must see people dealing with such
dilemmas as being human beings that are confronted with life-changing decisions and
experiences. To write pregnancy off as a single option state, is to completely ignore the
individual reproductive burden of the woman…and to classify childbirth as a duty
rather than a life decision. Unfortunately, this approach makes women slaves to their own
sexuality and reproductive functions. I ask men to imagine their lives being shattered by
the realization that, during the next nine months, they were going to almost double in
size, face extremely exaggerated health risks and possible death, be compelled to take
significant time off of school or work, and probably delay further advancement and
ambition for the role of mother. While many women ultimately do choose to follow through
with their pregnancy, it is important for men to note the way it might feel to be forced
into such a cataclysmic role. Any man that is sexually active, should strongly support a
woman's right to choose. Likewise, any woman who would probably not choose to have an
abortion herself, should nevertheless support the right of other women, who are different
from herself, to make their own crucial life decisions about their futures. Good luck to
all women out there that currently face an unplanned pregnancy; Make the right decision
for you…not for others. Only you know what is best for you.