Abortion gives the mother an option not to have a baby if she doesn’t chooses not to haveone. In some cases, abortions can save the life of the mother. Poor families greatly benefit fromabortions. For those still in school, abortions give teenagers a normal life, and would help themsucceed in school. These are reasons why abortions are good for the American Society. Abortions can save the life of the woman because a baby could cause a great health riskto the mother. This risk involves death, or permanent damage to the female. An abortion shouldbe performed at this point because the death of a fetus is better than the death of the mother. Awoman is a full person, while the fetus is not. Once the fetus has been removed, and there’s nomore risk to the mother. Then, she can try an have another baby if she wishes.
Poor women are more likely to have more abortions than that of the middle, or upperclass. Poor women don’t have the financial means to take care of the child, therefore abortionswould help them. Also, a lot of the poor women already have children to take of, and addingone more would greatly burden the already financially troubled parent. Again, allowing them tohave an abortion would help them. Once the fetus has been aborted, then the parents canconcentrate on their other children.
Teenagers are more affected by having a baby these days than it would have been 100years ago. There are more responsibilities for the average teenager, they have to study, work,and go to school for an entire day. This leaves almost no time to take care of a child. Also, theteenager would have to most likely support the child by herself. This alone is a greaterresponsibility than anything in her life. All her time would be put into taking care of the child,that she would have almost no time to study. The consequence of this is the teen dropping out ofschool, and not even getting a high school diploma or finishing her year in college. Without ahigh school diploma, the likeliness of the teen finding a job that offers other than minimum wageis slim. This could mean that she is almost living in poverty, and barely making it on her own. Let’s now consider that the father of the child is helping with the duties that come along with ababy. He would most likely be working minimum wage just trying to make ends meet. If he stillattended school, than he would probably be getting poor grades. Then he would stuck in thesame situation as the mother. Teenagers just don’t have the time or financial resources to carefor a child. Even if they receive welfare, that’s really not enough to pay for the childSince teens are going to have sex anyways, then they should be taught about it. Mostschools do offer sex education programs to the students. Sex education is good because itteaches teens about sex, along with how to be safe. The class can also teach the teenagers aboutthe consequences of having sex, or unsafe sex. Teaching students about sex can reduce the rateof unwanted pregnancy’s and reduce the chances of acquiring a sexually transmitted disease. Inthese programs, using a condom is taught, and alternatives to it are discussed. But, the best waynot to get pregnant, is to not have sex at all. If the mother was in grave danger from the unborn child, than I don’t think there’sanyway that the baby can be saved. Leaving the fetus in the mother could complicate the healthof the mother. Her reproductive system could get damaged, and she could even die. If the babywere to get aborted, then she could try to have another one if she is ready.
Even though poor women are more likely to get abortions, they don’t necessarily need tohave them done. There are other alternatives for the pregnant woman to turn to. They can givethe baby up for adoption, or they can have the baby and go on welfare until they find a job. But,since the parents are poor, then it might be hard for them to even pay for the medical bills.
Teenagers have many options that they could turn to. If the parents were willing, thenthey could take care of the child while their teen attended school. The mother of the could opt togive the baby up for adoption. This is a good alternative because it doesn’t leave anyresponsibilities to the teen. Plus the baby would be given to a couple that really wants to beparents.
In conclusion, abortion is good because poor women probably can’t afford a child. So,an abortion would be good for them. An abortion can help save the mother from harm, andpossible death. It could allow a teenager to carry on with her normal life, without dealing withthe hardships of taking care of a baby.
