IMHO-Abortion

Imagine yourself as a teenager; you were surely reckless, selfish, immature, and greedy. You could barely keep track and take care of yourself—your hormones were all over the map, you were being pulled in a million different directions, and you could hardly deal with things that were thrown your way. Now imagine going through your teen years with a child: scary to ponder, right?

For too many teens today, this is an unhealthy reality. The Women’s Health Channel reports on its website, “Approximately one-third of young women in the United States become pregnant during their teens. More than 80% of teen pregnancies are unintended and unintentional” (Women’s Health Channel). Imagine if these pregnancies could be avoided; countless children (both being new parents and as newborns) would be saved. A teenager cannot provide a proper living situation for a newborn; teenagers are children themselves, and thus cannot take care of another child 24/7. This is one of the major reasons as to why a woman’s right to chose an abortion should continue to be a legal right—if the mother cannot properly provide an engaging and established environment for a child to grow up in, than a child is not being given a fair chance in the world.

In no way should abortion be a go-to solution for a woman once she learned she is pregnant; a decision like this is life-altering, and should be thought over relentlessly. It is not a quick fix for the situation, and it should not be used as a birth control method. Again, let me repeat: IT IS NOT A QUICK FIX FOR THE SITUATION! This is where people can become crazed over this topic; so many girls use it as a birth control method, that they become desensitized to it. Abortion should be looked at as serious and potentially life-changing result of a somber mistake.

Taking away a woman’s right to choose would be taking her civil rights away; it is her own body, and the government cannot control what she does with it. Once the government decides that they are able to take that decision away from a woman, what’s next? Many pro-life supporters fail to realize that abortion could possibly be in the unborn’s best interest; many are unable to properly care for a child, and abortion is the only option.