What will do more damage to society: having abortions legal or illegal?
February 42010
Having something illegal won’t necessarily mean it won’t happen. Cannabis is illegal, yet children have easier access to it than tobacco, and the Dutch have lower drug use in every category compared to the United States. Desperate women will seek illegal abortions, or worse, do it themselves. They will end up not only killing their baby, but also themselves through unhygienic, disgusting means.
If we want to stop baby-murder, how will we accomplish this?
Making it illegal would be taking a step back in the progression of society, I say give the mother complete control of what she decides. Why?
1. Making it illegal would be violating certain freedom’s (anyone against this freedom should be revoked of their freedom of speech; see how it feels).
2. Forcing birth would increase a population that’s already dangerously high.
3. A baby born when it was not wanted is just inviting a hostile environment, should it live past a couple of weeks. The parent(s) would most likely neglect the child, depriving the child of a necessary childhood, or it would be sent into foster care, which is leaving a child in the hands of strangers who’s intentions may be malicious, or they would be put in an orphanage, where the child will not only feel neglected but will most likely miss out on childhood as well, among other things.
It may seem despicable to some people, but if you force birth, who are you protecting? The parents’? The baby’s? Or are you protecting your own selfish interests?