Legalizing Abortion - A Debate on Women's Rights and Health

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The debate about abortion is becoming one among the most contested in few decades
ago. The debate on abortion is bringing sharp reactions to the public concerning legalizing it or
not. The extent to which numerous parties are being drawn to the debate on abortion is clearly
justifying how the issue greatly concerns the society. For instance, the religious leaders,
politicians, human right activists, the judiciary, and medical practitioners are mostly involved in
the debate for period. The public in general has been highly divided all the time on abortion issue
with every faction (pro-choice and pro-life) having cited various justification on their stand on
the abortion matter. Pro-choice comprise of the individuals in support of abortion while the pro-
life comprised of the individuals who claim abortion as being illegal (Lowen, 2012). However,
the choice as to whether to legalize abortion or not is deemed a personal entitlement and these
privileges ought to be respected.
Various events have triggered the need for legalizing abortions. For instance, the
requirements for upholding women rights for making choices concerning the number of children
they wish to bear has been the justification for legalizing abortion. Currently the society are
living in a society that is liberalized society where every community member enjoys certain
privileges. It has been plausible that some efforts are being made aiming at promoting the
women status in the society, precisely political and economic participation. Legalizing abortion
has been a crucial boost in promoting the women right for deciding the number of children they
would love to have and also for ensuring that the women status in the society are being upheld.
Legislations are being put across for protecting the lives and health of the women in the society
(Joseph, 2009). However, after legalizing abortions the women have been involved in a very
dangerous abortions and even childbirth.

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However, there are some institutions that disregard abortion. Similarly, cultural and
social drivers have also shown some interest in fighting against abortion. They disregard abortion
as the worst thing any woman could do against human dignity. It has been a crime against life
and no woman had the right to kill any new living being. Some countries are banning abortion as
well as fighting against it as they deem it immoral. Women with serious illnesses such as
hypertension, heart diseases, severe diabetes, and sick-cell anemia may have medical
complications that can risk their life during childbirth or during pregnancy. In other words,
abortion is being legalized by some states to ensure these women with serious health problems
are not involved in dangerous births. Doctors are positioned to assess the health of a mother
before childbirth in order to avoid double tragedy of losing either the child or mother or even
both.
It is an individual’s personal choice to decide when and whether to have a child. Every
sane individual is at a better position to decide whether she is ready and able to be a parent, and
as such nobody including the government should curtail such a choice. According to John and
Whitley (2007), women understands themselves better especially when an issue relating to child
bearing is the point of contention. This is because there are instances when an individual may
end up being pregnant but incapable of giving birth owing to different reason. This means that
abortion should be allowed to assist women in deciding whether they are ready and capable to
become parents.
Abortion should be legalized in order to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Forcing women to
have their pregnancies, especially those who were conceived from violent crimes that include
child abuse, rape or incest is unjust and retrogressive. Women should be allowed to get rid of
unwanted pregnancies especially those that results from rape because majority of these