#5: babies

There are two sides to abortion: pro-life and pro-choice. I am pro-choice. Most pro-life activists would criticize my view as being insensitive towards the life of a baby. In Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel's Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court's Ruling, an excerpt included the Catholic's view for the right to life for the unborn. First of all, I do not believe religious groups have any right to impose on the decision for a woman to have a child or not. Rights for an unborn is almost an oxymoron to me because I see a fetus as not being a real live person. It hasn't taken a breath yet, so how can it have rights? You can't pop a balloon before it's been blown up can you? Yes it may be harsh, but when the population of the United States alone has tripled during the 20th century, it doesn't hurt to cut back on a few unborn people. I don't understand why people care more about an unborn child than the person that is carrying it and the future of their lives. People have dreams and aspirations, once you begin a family you have to put your wants aside for the good of the child, and not everyone is ready or mature enought to do so.

Involuntary servtiude was not seen as a substantial reason in the case of Roe vs. Wade which I highly disagree with. Although everyone knows that sex conceives babies, doesn't mean that every girl that consents to sex means that she wants to have a child with that person. Parenthood is infinitely more long-term and expensive than an abortion procedure and should be taken more seriously than a decision to terminate a pregnancy. It really should not be anyone's business than the mother's if she wants to keep a child or not because she would know if she was ready to make such a life-long commitment. It's very unfortunate when the mother realizes after the child is born that she isn't ready because then the child becomes another orphan case. According to UNICEF (United Nations International Childern's Emergency Fund) statistics, there are 143 million orphans worldwide and everyday there are over 5,000 more children that become orphans. Would people really rather a child consciously suffer from inadequate care, than eradicate the fetus before it has the fate a poor life?