Over population, it is one of the most common problems that most countries experience today. Leaders of different countries have tried various methods to solve it such as family planning, encouraging the use of contraceptives, and even implementing laws that limit the number of children that a married couple can have. Among these solutions, there is one that remained debatable up to now; abortion. Abortion is the process of removing the placenta from the uterus before it becomes a fetus; thus aborting the birth process. Although abortion can help in controlling a country's population, it does not justify the fact that a life is taken because of a "mistake" that people themselves have committed.
In spite of these arguments, one can still say that abortion can also prevent the incoming child from unwanted circumstances like the inability of the parent to care and provide for the child. In much simpler terms, it can be said that abortion helps decrease poverty rate. Despite this fact, it is still uncivilized for a society to permit one human to intentionally harm or take the life of another without punishment; abortion is no different. Abortion is akin to murder as it is the act of taking human life. Officially allowing abortion can be compared to officially allowing people to kill.
Of course this fact is also debatable as it somehow violates human rights. At this point, it can also be said that in any case where women demand complete control over their bodies due to unwanted pregnancy, they should be told that they should have just exercised abstinence in the first place; abortion is not the solution for their "mistake" and irresponsibility(Linda Lowen, 2007).
The constitution also states that all men, no matter what age, are created equal, meaning they have equal rights; including the pursuit of happiness. This means that babies still have their own rights to live and be happy in life no matter what or how tragic the circumstances are. Poverty does not guarantee a child's unhappiness; being poor does not necessarily mean that one will be unhappy with his or her life.
In the end, abortion, can in fact, help control a country's population, but its disadvantages are too heavy to be pulled out by its advantages. Abortion is not the solution to everything, especially not to a "mistake" that has been committed. An innocent life still has rights to live, even if it is unwanted. If people did not really want to come to a point wherein they are forced to choose between suffering some consequences or killing an innocent life, then they should have analyzed their situation more carefully instead of making an innocent life suffer the consequences from their own actions.
References:
Kendy Anderson - "Arguments Against Abortion"
Linda Lowen - "Ten Arguments For Abortion"
G. Stolyarov II - "Ethical Arguments Against Abortion: The Cases of Rape and Life Endangerment"
The essay is consistent and organized. It also has a continuous flow of ideas...but, where are your parenthetical citations? :)
ReplyDeletei did not see any problem with your essay.!just no parenthetical citations !
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