Many people want pro-choice laws, but abortion is illegal in many states, so there is an everlasting argument on what laws need to be made and what laws don't.
Before starting this topic my views were solid: Abortion is murder. I often found myself very angry at those who had abortions, and even those who supported it. I thought their argument was very unworthy; you had sex and didn't think to use protection and now you're stuck with a baby, so you're going to kill it? That's just cold-hearted, killing a baby.
In 7th grade I got into an argument with this girl who said abortion is okay because an unborn baby isn't a living thing. She said because it wasn't fully developed "it doesn't count", I didn't even know how to answer that without sounding ruder than she was being. I told her that even an unborn baby classifies as a living thing because it has all the Characteristic of Life that we learned in Science.
I found an articles with personal testimonies of women who've had abortions. I can't say that I feel much different, but after reading personal testimonies about girls who've had abortions I see things different. Out of the 30 women, half felt guilty for it, one-forth regretted it, and another forth didn't regret it. But it seemed like all felt like they had to do it. Many obviously couldn't even take care of themselves, let alone a baby. Many of these girls knew they couldn't support a baby, or that they needed to finish school, or some wanted to wait until stability came along. I actually pity these girls, they were young, scared, and often alone through this process. They felt like they had no other choice, some were even pressured into it.
I do feel a little differently on abortion now. I understand that these girls aren't in a position to raise a baby. But I still feel like either these girls shouldn't have had sex in the first place or at least use a condom. But it's too late for that, so what do you do? It does annoy me when i read about those super-religious people who stand outside abortion clinics with there holy water and Jesus posters, but I also am annoyed at those "It's my body, I can kill a baby if i wanna" people. (On a side note, I am absolutely against those people who have multiple abortions, didn't you learn the first time? This isn't a game.)
In conclusion, I think that under circumstances women should be allowed to have abortions. When I say circumstances I mean diseases, under a certain age, rape, financial, ect. I think that this would help a lot of people, a lot of girls are too ashamed to seek help and therefore go to an unlicensed "doctor", harming themselves both physically and emotionally. I think that if people would just take a moment and think about the consequences abortion wouldn't even be needed. Overall abortion leaves me with a sick feeling in the back of my throat. Realizing that over 3,500 babies die a day. Just google the images and it'll sicken you too. But sometimes it has to be done, I encourage you to copy the website in the citation and read some of the testimonies for yourself.
Winter, Megan. "My Abortion." New York Magazine. 10 Nov. 2014. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.http://nymag.com/news/features/abortion-stories-2013-11/index12.html
