Abortion

I know it’s always been a very very sensitive topic. I will try and be as sensitive as possible and look at all the factors involved, but if I miss a point then please excuse. Abortion has been interpreted by people as a heinous act of murder, a choice issue and sometimes even a forced decision. There are so many people in this world who would not abort even if that means abandoning the child at a later day.
Do you think that a teenage girl should be given the right to terminate her pregnancy? What about rape victims? What is the point of getting the child in this world when you would not be able to love or care for him/her in an appropriate way? Is a thirteen year old who has been raped in any position to actually take care of a baby? She has not grown herself and is not in a position to take decisions about her own life, then how can she take care of another life?
Then comes another important question related to this topic…Whose choice should it be to terminate the pregnancy? It is the woman who will carry the baby and it will she who will be responsible for the care and upbringing of the child if the father decides not to be a part of their lives. When a woman is pregnant, a man has the choice of walking out on her at any time but the woman does not have that right. She is in a position that if the pregnancy is not even her choice still she has to live with it. What if she is not in a financial, emotional or social position to take care of the child? I think it should be a woman’s decision if she wants to keep the baby or not, but her motives should be verified by the court. It is a woman’s choice, what she wants to do with her body but the spouse’s emotions should also be considered. There should definitely be consideration that the abortion is not for reasons like gender and other ulterior motives. Why bring a life in this world when you can’t provide him/her with love and basic necessities.
I would like to finish this blog with just a small reference to forced decisions to abort children over the gender of the baby and it should definitely not be a forced decision. A child does not only need food, clothes and a house to grow up. He/she needs love, affection, care and above all a good set of adults to guide him/her through the difficult times of life.