Legalization of Abortion

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LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION
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The present-day society has been facing a huge number of controversies in the matters
related to the legalization of the abortive rights which is observed to have been gaining the status
of a necessity in the modern days. The term “abortion” is generally defined as the activity related
to termination of pregnancy. This society is observed to be divided into two groups in relation to
the activities of abortion, pro-life and pro-choice. The pro-life group trusts abortion to be wrong
as well as considers it to be murder. However, the supporters are unaware of the fact that even if
abortion were illegal, they would still be performed, by an unsafe method at times leading to
maternal complications inclusive of death. Abortion should be legalized because it is a basic
freedom of women to make choices, it is an important aspect of gender equality and women
empowerment, and unwanted pregnancies result in financial deprivation. The following essay
attempts at the exploration of the factors that are related to the advantages of the legalization of
the practices of abortion.
The legalization of abortion should be implemented in order to help the women make
proper and free choices regarding her own existence. The involved woman should be allowed the
autonomous right to choose as well as decide on the changes that she would have to face. The
national law should be influential and supportive of the regulation as well as the organization of
the interaction between citizens and the ways in which the residents would be leading their lives.
However, the law should not be controlling the changes that take place within the body of the
individual. In case women are not granted the choice for the abortion, the decisions of the other
members of the society should not be accepted either in case they deny her the rights. A woman
should not be forced to live her life according to the terms and conditions that are levied on her
by the other members of the society regarding the physical changes that would affect none but
her. Hendricks (2010) opines that the abortive rights are unitary in nature and is mainly

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dependent in the inseparability of the physical and the social components that are related to the
abortion and not on the distinct nature of the activities (Hendricks, 2010). The women should
thus be allowed to take decisions on the abortive matters that they might face in their life time.
This would help the concerned woman to establish her own independence and self-identity
within the given societal boundaries.
On the similar note, the activity of abortion should be legalized because it is an important
aspect of gender equality and women empowerment. The intuition of a connection between
gender equality and abortion rights date back to the eighteenth century (Hendricks, 2010). The
preservation of the physical autonomy of men, and not women, is the major case of gender
inequality. It is highly evident that women cannot get pregnant by themselves and many women
do not get pregnant by choice. The major reasons that might be cited for the forced pregnancy of
the women refer to the activities like rape wherein the woman concerned cannot be held
responsible for the pregnancy-related changes within the body of the woman. The act of forcing
the woman to continue with the pregnancy or to give birth to the child against her own will is
unethical and immoral at the same time. The access that is granted to the women in terms of the
reproductive activities tend to play a vital role in the overall development of the women
concerned. This would help them in the achievement of their fullest potential as well as lead
healthy lives as well from the personal, academic, professional and political viewpoints. The
reproductive choices of the women are first-order, “strategic life choices which are critical for
people to live the lives they want” (McReynolds-Pérez, 2017). Thus, the reproductive choices are
often considered to be central to the empowerment of the women who have been involved in the
activity.