Abortion

Abortion is a very sensitive topic. While discussing it in class I realized that there are endless amounts of opinions and one little thought can skew your whole opinion. I personally do not agree with abortion l except if you have been raped or your life is in danger. But even then I am apprehensive because who am I to decide on whether or not that potential life/life is less important or will have a bad life. The fact is you can’t. I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason and if I became pregnant it was meant to be. I’m not saying I don’t take precautions or feel I am even ready to take care of a child but if I did become pregnant then I would fit my life accordingly. I wouldn’t just terminate my pregnancy because it was an inconvenience for me to have a child at this time. I feel that sometimes abortion is just a quick fix for people a form of birth control. If you are not ready to have a baby, don’t have sex. I know saying that seems easier said then done but there is a big difference between want and ready. I think that if you engage in sex there is a part of you that has to be mentally aware and accepting that you could become pregnant. Once you think about this you really have to view it in a cost benefit sort of manner. You need to question yourself, what will happen if I become pregnant could I handle that? Could I work my life around that? If you find that in no way are you mentally prepared for that possible chance then you don’t have sex. I know this is how I decided when it was right for me to engage in sexual activity. I think abortion allows a woman to play “god” in a way and that’s not how life is supposed to be. This thought reminds me of my English class and the notion that how you take away the aspect of death, what would keep you from committing acts of evil? I relate this idea to abortion because if you can have sex without the worry of being pregnant, how are we going to form a type of responsibility for our actions. Since more or less abortion is removing the consequences for our actions. It’s a touchy subject and a lot of aspects are involved including all of Haberma’s Paradigms. You can look at it in each sense, (critical theoretical empirical analytical and situational interpretive) and come up with different ideas and opinions for each of those modalities. I believe that it is something that has to be debated on a very sensitive and in depth level.