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The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

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There has been an extensive disagreement on abortion for years with no solution. Nonetheless, there are alternatives that a woman can choose other than abortion. Abortion should not be an option to have since there are so many alternatives to select from. In this paper I will provide the various other options to consider rather than abortion and propose a possible solution to erase the segregation between pro-life and pro-choice activist.
Why is having an abortion an easy choice to make? Abortion seems like an easy choice to make to escape the problems a woman is going through. “Three-fourths of women cite concern for or responsibility to other individuals; three-fourths say they cannot afford a child; three-fourths say that having a baby would interfere with work, school or the ability to care for …show more content…

Why is abortion not a crime when it consist of death of a child? According to 10 Leading Causes of Death by Age Group United States, (2013), “337 deaths under four years old were homicides.” I realize that abortion is not taken as seriously as the other causes of death for a children.
Abortion should not be a choice with so many other options available. Possible alternatives for each woman thinking of having an abortion are interim foster care, adoption, or joint parenting. Interim foster care could be very beneficial in the process of making your decision. An advantage of interim foster care is it creates a safe environment for a newborn. It gives the woman the time she needs to decide what to do. This benefit can last for a few hours or many months. “Birth parents may need more time to decide whether an adoption plan is best. With interim foster care, the birth mom doesn’t have the pressure of making or finalizing her decision during her hospital stay.”(Birthmothers, 2013) A disadvantage of interim foster care is the woman needs to choose an adoption family and will need to get to know the family before offering her baby to the loving family. Another

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There are no various perspectives within the admissions decisions or after. Moreover, becoming a foster parent is too simple. Basic background checks and home visits are not enough for today’s society. Taking a natural parent's right away directly when their children are taken away is a solution.

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From damilyfig.com ”They said you help the child and the parents by supporting and helping get into a better environment”. There are many reasons in going into foster care. From,”adoption.about.com” says that physical abuse is the first reason or most common reason why they go into foster care. This shows that foster care isn’t as bad as it seems. Another way foster care is good because they take children/teens off the street.

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Many of the placements are done to carry out the systems policies and other placements are done if foster parents don’t meet the child needs. Children are less likely to be moved many times if a foster family is prepared to meet the child 's challenging needs. The foster care system is also in need of more social workers that will ensure that the child is placed in a good family so that they are not moved several times. Plenty of placements are also done if the child is initially placed in short-term care but needs to be moved to long term. However, the more changes a child experiences decreases the chance of them returning home or being adopted.

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Another way to improve the foster system is to have background checks, making sure that the people they hire, and foster parents aren’t abusive and horrible to the kids. The background checks for foster parents or caretakers could save abuse for the kids, and maybe even death, they can help determine whether or not if this is a person they want the kids around. This is shown in an article named, “U.S. Foster Care a Flawed Solution that leads to more Long-Term Problems”, they explain the lives of kids who have experienced awful people they were sent to live with. The author wrote, “Removed from the home of a mentally ill parent… Within months, the mother’s condition deteriorated and the child was killed,” (Stone, 2014).

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Note: I speak from experience as a hosting Foster family who have adopted two of the six residing minors we have received from the system. How many times have we heard the term 'Foster Care' in a positive way? Or maybe you've heard of the lion's den of 'Social Services' or the oh-so-ominous 'System' we most likely heard about in the movies? We may see this system as cruel and unfathomable, yet this system is meant to be founded on the actions of the public. Foster 'parents' are to be licensed after many courses of training.

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