Abortion

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Legality of Abortion

Abortion is an important part of women’s rights. Even though there is certain controversy and discussion surrounding the subject, the fact remains that the women should have a right to decide. The reason is that they are at the most risk during the pregnancy and they are the ones that are supposed to take care and nurture the life (Nobis and Grob, 2019). It is an obvious fact that women are affected more by abortion as compared to men, so this discussion is needed to be looked and discussed from that perspective (Harris et al, 2018).

Now, having the right to women’s own body is one of the defining rights of women (Nobis and Grob, 2019). The idea is that the women should be in the position to make sure that they are in control of their own body and it must be their own moral right what they want to do about it. If women are not allowed to abort an unwanted fetus, then it is in some ways the deprivation of what they want to do with their bodies (Harris et al, 2018). The United States legislation despite its vagueness tends to support this argument to a certain level as they are well within their rights to terminate pregnancy at any point of time (Guenther, 2018).

The other dynamic that is added to the whole discussion is due to the gender dynamic. The women’s liberation movement considers childbearing and having a choice about it as something that is an integral part of women’s identity. For them, the right to abortion is one of the basic rights when one talks about gender equality. The idea that women are not allowed to have an abortion is something that is quite hard for people to understand since in society, most of the times tend to support women who do not exercise this right. The argument can be made that men and women both need to have a right regarding their child but at the end of the day, men don’t face the everlasting bodily consequences as a result of the pregnancy, and they are not restricted in one way or another (Guenther, 2018). The freedom that is given to women is quite limited by childbearing. There are some other stereotypes as well that are needed to be dealt with to ensure that this problem is being resolved in a much more appropriate manner. At the end of the day, it all boils down to having control over one’s body (Bryant et al, 2018).

Then there is a case of how free access to education and other facilities and freedom to make one’s choices is concerned. It is a well-known fact that organizations do not really accommodate women for a long time in case of the childbirth. The argument here is that there are practical reasons for it as well, but the fact remains that how in the long run, it is harmful for their career. Thus, in order to have political, social and economic representation, pregnancy can be a big hindrance to their career. They need to have same level of creative freedom as men. To ensure that the level playing field is even, there is a glass ceiling that women must break to ensure that they are able to get their way in their career. The case of Roe vs Wade comes to mind where even United States court set the precedence where right of abortion was being given to women. Obviously, there are many conditions attached to it and abortion is one of the most largely debated topic around the world. The debate is still going on now where how these conditions are supposed to work out (Bryant et al, 2018).

The other factor that must be taken into reckoning is that despite the apparent ban on abortion, it is something that is going to be carried out regardless. And when something is officially banned, women are going to be finding their way and they would be putting themselves at risk. The risk that they are going to be facing is that they would be hiring illegal abortionists. The usage of such abortionists is going to put them at great risk and would further strengthen the argument, which is why abortion is risky (Bryant et al, 2018).

In hindsight, it can be said that abortion has been an old practice. For women rights, and having better creative freedom in terms of their career choice. Furthermore, having a pregnancy and the development of fetus is something that is rather a personal choice and without having enough merit to want a baby, the compulsion cannot be enforced on women that they should be going through with pregnancy (Bryant et al, 2018). The unfortunate part is that pregnancy has become a controversial topic due to the religious and moral consideration and the likelihood that amicable solution for something obvious is quite hard to reach now. The problem is that even American laws are not clear about abortion and there is a sense of cowardice regarding any legislation about abortion due to apparent nature of the study.

Works Cited

Bryant, Amy G., and Jonas J. Swartz. "Why crisis pregnancy centers are legal but unethical." AMA journal of ethics 20.3 (2018): 269-277.

Guenther, Allison. "Review of United States Abortion Policy." (2018).

Harris, Laura Florence, et al. "Conscientious objection to abortion provision: why context matters." Global public health 13.5 (2018): 556-566.

Nobis, Nathan, and Kristina Grob. "Thinking Critically About Abortion: Why Most Abortions Aren’t Wrong & Why All Abortions Should Be Legal." (2019).