Question of the Week, #2: One Political Issue that Interests Me

There's nothing that gets the hot-blooded feminist in me more riled up than the issue of abortion, and whether or not it should be made illegal.

As you might've deduced, I am a pro-choice advocate.

For me, a woman should be able to choose whether or not she wants to have a baby. Having a child is possibly one of THE most life-changing things that can happen to you (even if you don't keep the child) and as such, no woman should have to be forced into that.

If a woman were forced to have a child, and kept it, what would that mean for said baby? Cases of domestic abuse and neglect are all too common nowadays. Plus, the woman having the baby would have to completely change her life. So whether she was just some teen who made a mistake, or a woman with a career, having a child would have negative consequences for their extra commitments. (i.e.- school, careers, etc.)

And if the woman decided to give up the baby to an adoption agency, what would that mean for the child? Not all children get adopted. And life at the local orphanage isn't as bright and sunny as most people picture it.
And not to sound crude, but let's be practical. The world is also pretty overpopulated. Let's not add to that.

And need I even get into cases of rape or incest? If abortion were made illegal, then women who have suffered serious trauma and just want to forget about it, would be forced to suffer for an additional nine months. And if they kept the child, then it would always somehow represent that trauma that most people would so desperately want to forget about.

And is it just me, or does this totally degrade women as well? Telling women that they MUST have this child seems something that mainly men would do. It's just wrong.


This issue interests me because hardly any other issue makes me as angry or passionate as this. As such, whenever cases involving abortion comes up, it grabs my attention right away, and you can guarantee a snappy argument coming from me as well.