“How can we talk about the rights of a fertilized egg when we don’t care enough to see that every child is born into a stable, safe, and nurturing environment?” -Rebecca Warner
This is a topic that impacts women since it is their bodies that are constantly in question. Everywhere, all age groups of women, deal with the backlash from those around them when it comes to their choices. They are judged and berated and whatever choice they do make, from any angle, will be looked at as wrong. The idea that abortions are deemed as murder should be excluded in cases of rape and incest as well as other circumstances. Also, other people should be denied the power to decide what’s “right” for a woman's body. Instead, it needs to come down to the most basic right these women
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Some people may argue that there are alternatives such as adoption available to these women. They may say that there are families that are looking for a family. For example, George W. Bush said, “Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents.” While this point may be valid, the child could be put in the foster system or live their whole lives wondering why they were given up, ultimately detrimental to the child's mental health. Another point that is commonly brought up is that the unborn child is still a “person” thus, they are under protection from the 14th amendment. To illustrate, the 14th amendment states, “the states are forbidden to deny life, liberty, or property without due process of law” or to “deny to any person within jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The women should be granted the same right, to be protected and to freely make their choice for their safety. Women should be able to exercise the right to do what they wish when it comes to abortions without the fear of