WOMEN and ABORTION
Many women have abortions around the world. There are many reasons to abort for women. There is so much disagreement about abortion whether or not it is good, bad or neither. Some of them think about it because they have fear of having a child or some of the others think not having enough money or the reason of rape. I think whatever the situation; there should not be acceptable reasons to get an abortion unless the life of the pregnant woman was threatened. We have human values, religious values, and values of self-conscience for not to have an abortion.
One of the reasons why women should not have an abortion is related to basic human values. There is so much disagreement about the human status of the fetus; does it have any rights, and should the fetus be considered a person. According to my idea women have to think about their unborn babies who are not responsible for this situation. These unborn babies should have the opportunity to live and grow into a normal person. Women should be more caring and less selfish. On the other hand, the baby doesn’t know how or why he is here. I think it is not necessary to kill a life; there are many solutions to resolve this problem instead of having an abortion.
The second reason why women should not abort because of the religious values said too. In almost all religious, women are not allowed to have an abortion. If they have an abortion, their religions will punish them. In some religions, for example, a woman cannot take close association after having an abortion; she is being ignored by public. In my religious of Muslim, abortion is forbidden in most cases but is acceptable depending on the circumstances around the pregnancy. In the case where the woman’s life is threatened by the pregnancy, Muslim experts agree that abortion is allowed based on the principle that mother’s life takes precedence over the life of the fetus. This is because the woman is considered the “original source of life,” while the fetus is only “potential life.”
One of the other reasons and I think it is the most important one why women should not abort is the related to her self-conscience. When a woman has an abortion, she will always think about the baby which will always remind her that she killed it. Because she has had an abortion, she will never have a good life, and her self-conscience will remind her of what she has done. Since a woman who has an abortion cannot forget about what she has done, these thoughts will always be with her, and the results can be distressing. Also many researches show that women feel regret after their abortions. Women who abort often suffer from traumatic stress, nightmares and depression. Eating disorders, alcoholism, and drug abuse are more common among the women who abort.
Each and every one of us has come across with the issue of abortion; we all have our individual opinion about this subject. When I think most of us think about abortion will be what we think about sex, about reproduction, about the beginning of human life, about responsibility, about killing, about equality, and about religion. There are many reasons why women should not have an abortion. The truth is that women needed to think about the consequences that can occur before having sexual relations. I think that the effects of an abortion can be very sad for everyone involved, both for the woman who has the abortion and for the family who lives with her.
