Blog #1- Abortion

Blog 1- Abortion

In Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, Eric takes a class called Contemporary American Thought. The class focuses on modern day issues having to do with the general population. They discuss things such as abortion and shame. The topic of Abortion is one that was really interesting to read about. You hear both sides of this controversial story.
First, the group that was con abortion tells their side about how abortion is murder and will not be forgiven by God. They tell how if a woman commits fornication then she has the obligation to carry the child to term. They say it is not right whether or not the woman can provide for the child or keep the child from danger. Little do we know Mark Brittan the leader of this group, is being a complete hypocrite. Jody, his former girlfriend has finally told her deepest secret. She has had an abortion, and Mark made her do it. He told her it was okay because he was so devoted he would be an exception to God. Jody had begged him to let her keep the baby, she even offered to go away to have it, but Mark refused. Jody finally gave in and got the abortion and you know what? Mark didn’t even accompany her to the appointment. He dropped her off because he didn’t want people to know about his mistake!
Then the other group of students that are prochoice share their argument. They say that fearing God should have nothing to do with the argument. That if the woman knows she will not be able to raise this child with a quality life that it deserves then it’s ok to abort the pregnancy. They claim that if God was taken out of the whole issue that the con abortion group would have no choice but to accept that abortion wasn’t wrong. There are already millions of children that are homeless or in foster care that need good homes. Why bring another child into this world that is just going to suffer the same? They claim it is not murder but only prevention of suffering and pain.
The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world. But despite this our teens are not more sexually active than Swedish, Canadian, or British teens! 1 million teens will become pregnant in the next 12 months. 95% of those pregnancies will be unintended. About 1/3 will end in abortion, 1/3 will end in a miscarriage, and the other 1/3 will carry their child to term and keep the baby. About 40% of young women will become pregnant before the age of 20.
I don’t know about you but this just makes me mad. No man should have the right to tell a woman she has to give up her child. It’s as much hers if not more than it is his. Don’t get me wrong in my opinion all women should have the right to choose but if she wants to keep her child then no one should be able to tell her she can’t! It’s her body and I don’t care how much the man “loves her”, she is the only one that should have the final say. Share your ideas on abortion, what do you think about it? What are you reasons for thinking so? Finally, if God was not an issue where would you stand?