This week I read all of the readings about health and reproductive rights because it is a topic that I've always been very interested in. Being raised devoutly catholic, I was always taught that abortion is wrong no matter what. Throughout my college career, I have begun to educate myself on abortion and reproductive rights and although I'm still trying to find my opinion, I now know that abortions being legal is saving lives.
In "The Way it Was" by Eleanor Cooney, she discusses the way things were before Roe v. Wade. Women had no other options and were forced to get basement abortions that left them sterile or dead. These practices are unsafe and cannot come back into practice. If abortion were to become illegal, abortions wouldn't stop, they would just become unsafe again. I don't know where exactly I stand on abortion, but I do know that women don't deserve to die if they choose to terminate their pregnancies.
I like that you admit that you don't know where you stand on abortion. There is nothing wrong with being unsure, I feel like most people are. People think that you have to be either pro-choice or pro-life, but really we all have different opinions on the matter and usually lie somewhere in between the two extremes.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that no matter your religion or opinion if abortion is morally right/wrong, that women should have a safe way to terminate their pregnancy. I often wonder what I would chose if I had to make that choice, but it is so important that I actually have a choice.
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