Pro choice
Over time, abortion has been a growing controversial issue, especially from the moral and legal standpoints. Supporters may argue that women should have the right to make choices for their own body while their opponents insist that one should not be allowed to take away an innocent life. Personally, I believe women should have the choice to decide whether or not to get an abortion, before the fetus becomes viable . This is because women and all people in general have the right to determine what they do with their bodies, and their decisions should be no ones but their own. Why should we be allowed to take away their rights when we can’t even empathize with their background story?
Making the decision to have a child is a choice that a woman has to decide herself. What happens if their pregnancy is unexpected or if they are in
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This means that abortion patients may feel depression and have psychological ill effects. In https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-education-expert-debunks-study-declaring-post-abortion-syndrome-a, Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D, the National Right to Life director of education, states that the study on mental health not affecting post abortions is flawed and “that some women do eventually have serious negative psychological responses to their abortions, some within a year or two, but most several years down the road” (Hodges). In other words, many abortion patients may feel anxiety and stress when making the decision for abortion because they had no other option and the experience affecting women negatively. For this reason, opponents stress that abortion is a real and painful experience women may have. Though it's a valid point that abortion patients may experience psychological problems during or post process, it's ultimately up to the mother if she wants to go through the process and preparing herself for it mentally and