It is hard to choose a position, especially when you were told at a young age what is right and what is wrong. Its hard because you were just told not thought, it was decided and as a child I accepted it. I have had this conflict in my head for so long that as I sat in a place where I was not allowed to use my phone I had time to discuss this with my self. The topic of this discussion was pro-life or pro-choice. I Grew up thinking that pro-life was the way to go. I was told that abortion was bad and not only ended a life but scared a life. and I carried this with me for years. After I entered post-secondary school I finally had I chance to truly see that with my own eyes and decide what I thought was right. Never the less I had to constantly fight against what I had known as right my whole life. I have always considered my self a feminist. I thought that women and men deserve equal rights. Yet when it came to Pr choice I was conflicted. I kept telling my self-women should have the right to choose what they want to do with their body, but a little part of me said no that's not right.
Being pro-life means that you believe every child deserves a chance. But realistically speaking will that child truly get a chance? If a woman is having an abortion is because they are not ready therefore the child would not have a chance to reach their potential. there could be millions of reasons why a woman is not ready to bring a child to this earth. One thing I remember hearing quite often was that these women did not need to abort, they could give the child to foster care, but do they realize that foster homes are overflowing. Not only that but a big portion of these children end up abused, homeless, or in prisons. Is that truly the life for a person?
I could go on, but at this point, I realized I had made my desition. I am pro-choice because every woman should have the freedom to choose what they want to do with their body because it is their body.
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