A child is NOT a choice...

I am a little disappointed in the amount of people, especially women that agree with our classmate Megan’s blog post on abortion. As a woman, I can see where Megan is coming from by not wanting our bodies controlled by the government, but any way you put it, I am still 100% pro-life. I would much rather the government tell me that I cannot have an abortion, then have the option to kill another human being growing inside of me, a child of my own blood. Megan's main argument is that she doesn't want the government to mandate what she does with her body, however, the government controls that already. You are required to wear a seat belt while driving a motor vehicle, are you not? Is controlling your public saftey not the same as ensuring the life of a child be protected while in the womb? Drugs in which people consume into their bodies are illegal, shouldn't I have that choice as well, whether or not I want to harm my body by putting illegal chemicals into it? Sure it IS your body Megan, that they are protecting with these other laws that we are required to abide by, the child growing inside a woman's body is not her own and should be protected by any measure!

Megan states, “I am a responsible adult, who made a decision long ago to not have children and I take all the precautions, but if something ever did happen, I want to know that I have the right to choose, not the government telling me I can’t because I wasn’t raped, or it’s not medically necessary. And that’s what it boils down to, it’s my body it should be my right.” However, I have to ask, if you have taken all precautions on not having children, have you really? Instead of saying that you don’t want children, so you should be able to have an abortion should you accidentally get pregnant, perhaps an option is to opt for long term and permanent procedures to ensure that you will not have to make that choice of killing your unborn child. There are many forms of permanent birth control, such as tubal ligation, or for men a vasectomy. I did some research and found a procedure call Essure, which is a permanent procedure that takes less than 10 minutes in your doctor’s office and creates a natural barrier against pregnancy. At current rates, it is estimated that one in three women in the United States will have an abortion by age 45. Women from all different backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, and political views have abortions. It is one of the most common surgical procedures in the United States. Induced abortion remains the major form of birth control among American women, but it should be limited to those who absolutely need it in life or death situations, it should not be an option because a woman was careless, uninformed or have limited access to information concerning modern methods of planning and reproductive health. Abortion should never be an option, and is not an option for a “responsible” adult woman.