Monday, May 7, 2007
Fact: Abortion may be legal, but that does not mean that everyone is required to have one. We can sit back and sentimentalize the destruction of 48 million fetuses all we want, but to do so means to overlook much more pertinent information.
One of the biggest controversies in the abortion debate is when life begins. The heart begins to beat about three weeks into pregnancy; however, a fetus is incapable of surviving outside the womb until about twenty weeks. Is something incapable of sustaining its own existence truly alive? Furthermore, abortion occurs naturally 15 to 40 percent of the time, according to PlannedParenthood.org.
Studies have shown that women who have children complete a lower level of education. Raising a child takes money, time, and energy. A student, at the high school or collegiate level, has none of these to devote to a child. One mistake, her fault or not, should not condemn a woman for the rest of her life. After all, it takes two people to make a baby.
I feel like I’m opening a can of worms in mentioning paternal roles but it must be addressed. It’d be nice if a father took responsibility, agreed to pay child support, helped raise the child—but this is not guaranteed. When men are capable of facing the risks of pregnancy and/or are legally bound to assume responsibility, they should have a say in what happens to a fetus.
Some people say that in a perfect world, no one would have sex until they’re married and ready for a child. I say, in a perfect world birth control would be 100 percent effective and abortions would be legal everywhere.
Melissa Johnson, Joliet, Ill. freshman
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Letter to the Editor: Abortion a necessary service
what eighth grader authored this?
Letter to the Editor: Abortion a necessary service
Wow, I don't think I will grace this with all the reasons why this article is wrong. It is so poorly written it doesn't deserve it.
Letter to the Editor: Abortion a necessary service
One of the best sentences in this colunm is --"Furthermore, abortion occurs naturally 15 to 40 percent of the time, according to PlannedParenthood.org."
What relevance does this have?
Letter to the Editor: Abortion a necessary service
Just one point on that, since it was brought up, natural 'abortion' is known as "miscarriage," its a little different then going and making it happen yourself.
Letter to the Editor: Abortion a necessary service
When it says "Is something incapable of sustaining its own existence truly alive?" I would say to that yes. Think for two seconds about that like I did and you will come up with yes. Let me give an example a puppy lets say a labrador could not live without its mom's milk, so it can not on its own sustain its own life alone, the milk is like the womb it provides the nutrients it needs to live. After all nothing can simply sustain itself with no outside source? I cant think of anything that can.
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