Writing Our Future

by Nicole I.

Abortion: Is it Right Or is it Wrong? You Be the Judge!

Issues: Abortion

Abortion is something many people talk about.  I believe abortion is wrong but  I also believe that  women should get an abortion if they need one. I don't believe in abortion because of my religion. Many people believe in different things just like many people have different religions. But this is only my opinion, women should do what they want.

I believe that women should be able to have a safe abortion. Human Rights Watch says that some women are so desperate to abort the baby they use knitting needles and other sharp objects  to stick up their uterus and kill the child. Every year as many as 78,000 women die from an unsafe abortion. Abortion is something that is up to  the woman herself.

I believe that women should be in charge of their own lives. A woman knows whether or not she is ready for a child. A girl should not have to be kicked out of school  because she is pregnant and she shouldn't have to live with complications because she had an unsafe abortion. Human Rights Watch believes  that a woman should not have to make the decision of having an abortion  with the law against her.

I believe laws should be for both men and women. The Constitution of the United States says that men  and women are to be  treated equally. There are no laws saying what a man can and cannot do, why should there be one for women ? A woman has a big responsibility becoming a mother and taking care of her own blood and flesh is not easy. I don't think women just abort babies for fun, I think that they usually have a really good explanation for it.

Abortion should be legal. Abortion is something up to a woman; it’s no one else's choice. If she has an abortion then she has to live with herself knowing that she killed a baby and if she decides to have the baby then she will have a great responsibility.