Abortion

link: Rick Santorum, Meet My Son

Central Argument: Mothers should be allowed to make their own choices, to choose to terminate their pregnancy, if necessary.

                Most countries in the world are democratic republic in which people make their own choices. However, the choices that are made should not violate anyone’s rights so there are laws implemented and enforced in most countries. The right to terminate pregnancy is, however, something different. An abortion means killing someone who has not been born, but, maybe, saving that someone from suffering from diseases and disabilities.  Emily Rapp, a mother who raises a child with disabilities suggests that abortion is not a bad thing since it saves someone from suffering, even though terminating a pregnancy may seem like a ruthless thing to do. The issue of allowing abortion and not having negative impression on the mother who chooses her choice to terminate her pregnancy is an ethical issue where it is up to the people to decide whether it is right or not because the issue can be looked at from many different point of views.

                People in countries that are democratic should be able to make their own choices, but the problem with abortion deals with not just one person, but the mother and the child.  As the baby is not able to make its choice, the mother is the one that has all the rights to make the choices for herself and the baby. However, before the mother chooses to terminate her pregnancy, she should have an appropriate reason for doing such a terrible thing. If her child is going to be born with disabilities that does not let the child live long as in Rapp’s case, the mother should consider the choice. The baby is going to suffer from disabilities and diseases that are not curable so why not save it from suffering?

                If people could choose to be born, they would obviously choose to be born with no flaw. No one ever deserves to suffer from disabilities, but no one really deserves to die just because they are not normal either. Rapp loves her son and wants her son to get the best that he could get, but he is suffering from a genetic disease that will kill him very soon so Rapp suggests that she would have saved her son from suffering if she terminated her pregnancy. Just because her son is born with disability, he does not deserve to die, but he deserves love from his parents and deserves to live as long as he could on this world. Abortion is, basically, killing someone and killing someone is a crime against humanity; it violates the rights of the baby even though the baby does not know a thing.

                The choices should be made by the mother, and should not be restricted by the government like how Rick Santorum prosecutes abortion doctors as criminals. Doctors are doing their jobs according to choices that are made by the pregnant mothers. The child abortion act is, however, still a problem which there is no solution to.