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Abortion
First, Many people think that if we do abortion we kill a person and that is the
baby but actually this “ Person” begins after a fetus becomes "viable" (able to survive
outside the womb) or after birth, not at conception. Embryos and fetuses are not
independent, self-determining beings, and abortion is the termination of a pregnancy,
not a baby beside a person's age is calculated from birth date, not conception.
Because in Indonesia we still prohibit this thing, I gonna quotes from Us Constitution
in Roe v. Wade in the fourteenth amandement states that from majority opinion that
fetuses are not counted and the word ‘person’, doesn’t include the unborn and the 7
decision stated that the Constitution gives "a guarantee of certain areas or zones of
privacy," and that "This right of privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman's
decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy."
And, if you think that the fetuses is felling the pain if we do this it’s actually not.
According to a review by Britain's Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists, "most neuroscientists believe that the cortex is necessary for pain
perception." The cortex doesn’t become functional until at least the 26th week of a
fetus' development, long after most abortions are performed. The "flinching" and other
reactions seen in fetuses when they detect pain stimuli are mere reflexes, not an
indication that the fetus is perceiving or "feeling" anything.
Second, A baby should not come into the world unwanted. Having a child is an
important decision that requires consideration, preparation, and planning. The
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment stated that unintended
pregnancies are associated with birth defects, low birth weight, maternal depression,
increased risk of child abuse, lower educational attainment, delayed entry into prenatal
care, a high risk of physical violence during pregnancy, and reduced rates of
breastfeeding. Many people that reject abortion think that this is morally and as an
ethics is wrong especially if we connect it with religion. But if you think from point of
view the mother to experience the pregnancy even she doesn’t want it. In the end it’s
gonna make mental burden for the mother. And with that mental state it’s gonna lead
to depression, stress, anxiety and suicidal thought for the mother and most commonly
in such cases, the child grows up amidst great emotional deprivation.
Yes, the child is given food, but it’s not made with love and even sometimes
they feel like a stranger in the home .They repressed their own feelings. The parents
rarely spend quality time for their child and thinking that is’s just waste of time and
every opportunity to speak with them will feel uncomfortable and tense. They feel as
if they “have nothing to say.”
From this opinions and arguments we need to think and try to support abortion
and even legalize it. There is a lot benefit if we start to legalize abortion. We need to
start change our mind about abortion and start to try not just see from your perspective
but from the mother that experiencing this thing and of course we need start to stop
blaming the mother for the pregnancy and even judge her if she choose to do abortion.