Pro-choice. Pro-choice is defined by answers.com as favoring or supporting the legal right of women and girls to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy to term. There are many candidates in this year’s political election who support this claim. I also believe in pro-choice; however, I view it in a different manner. Women have the complete right to choose whether or not they want to have a baby. If she chooses that she is not ready, then this decision should come early on. The choice should be made not after a few weeks of pregnancy, but before she practices sex or even unprotected sex. This year’s presidential candidates should support exactly this, “a passage of a constitutional amendment to protect the right to life,” in the words of Mike Huckabee.
The supporters of pro-choice argue that the pregnant mother has the right to decide if she wants to have an abortion without the interference of the government. Supporters go on to say that aborting the child will prevent he or she from being unloved and not well taken care of. None of these arguments, however, consider the fact that the pregnancy could have been prevented, either through abstinence or protected intercourse.
Most Americans are unaware of the details of the development of the fetus, and are, therefore, oblivious to the fact that at the time most women have abortions, the baby has already been formed and is living. By the fifth week, the embryo has turned into cells and the neurotube and heart have begun to form. And at six weeks, the woman’s baby has developed a brain and a nervous system, in addition to a heartbeat. The issue now is not whether or not the woman is prepared to support a child, it is whether or not she should be allowed to take away a life.
There are many alternatives to abortion. The number one choice is adoption. Even if the woman or couple decides not to keep the child, the lady could proceed with having the baby and then put it up for adoption.
The logical arguments for pro-life are obvious. There is much debate about the issue of abortion in this year’s election, and a presidential candidate with the right views, the pro-life views, should be voted into office this year. Everyone should do his or her part by voting for a candidate such as this in the upcoming election in order to save the lives of the future.Megan Herndon
