Are You Uncomfortable Yet?

Death is a hot topic in our country today. Whether it be the controversial death of a criminal or the death of an child. The question remains: at what point can we as a society say that killing is okay.

Does humanity begin at conception?  The answer to this question often begins with your view on religion. Your religious views are not something I wish to question, nor am I going to ty to try and change them. Instead I ask you to ask yourself: what if it was my daughter, my wife, my mother, my sister? What if something tragic happened to someone I loved that resulted in unplanned conception. What if you used all the protection? What if she was 12? What if she was dying? What if it was rape? What happens when all of these "what ifs" come true? What if it was you?

Many would agree that there are certain times where an abortion is deemed universally acceptable. For example: if the child is killing the mother in some way. At that point every doctor would agree that the plan would be to remove the fetus so that the mother may live, and hope that she is able to conceive again with no issues. Or if the to be mother was a victium of rape and a very young age, say for instance, 13 or 14. Most would agree that a child should not carry a child, especially in a tragic circumstance as that. What about these cases makes abortion more okay than if a woman at 26 decided to have one? It is still an abortion. The process has not changed, the end result is the same. Why is it so controversial to give a woman a choice about her own body and her own life. Why do strangers get to critique another's choice when it has no effect on their own lives.

Being Pro-Choice is NOT being pro-abortion. No one is asking women to go and kill their unborn children at 8 months pregnant because they suddenly decided they didn't want a baby anymore. Being Pro-Choice, is exactly what it says. It is giving women a choice to make, within a limited amount of time, what would be best for their own situation without the input of an entire country. Choosing the have an abortion when your unborn child is killing you is still having an abortion, it is still a choice that the mother must make. Why be allowed to choose only in certain cases?

Abortion will always be a touchy subject, will always be a hard choice, but the freedom of a woman to be trusted to make her own choices regarding her own body, life and child should always be hers. Never left to stranger, least of all a room of politicians who have never been in the situation.