Abortion

22 Pages 5578 Words

r of unsafe abortions in back allies. It would also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to
bring up babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims o append incest to carry and nurture the offspring of their
rapist. Abortion is necessary for women to have control over their own bodies and life. One activist said, "If I hadn't had that abortion my life would have been a disaster. I wouldn't have made it to medical school. I was married at that point to a very ill man and it would have been terrible to have to have my baby. People who need abortions are in some kind of turmoil and it's really a life-saving thing." To ignore the rights of others is selfish and injustice. Women must have the right to control the functions of their own bodies.

A pastor of a United Methodist Church, told the council that the ordnance would have done little good. "Young
women need the freedom to make choices for their reproductive life when their family can't guarantee them parental support." Women should not be forced to have babies they don't ...