Whether abortion is immoral or not, the state oversteps it’s legitimate
function when it prohibits abortions.
Here’s why:
When the state oversteps its boundaries and prohibits abortions it is denying
our personal freedoms. We have the right to choose our own religions, jobs,
schools and many other examples. But why can we not choose to have a baby
aborted if we feel it’s necessary. For example, if a young lady in high school
unfortunately gets pregnant, she should be able to make the decision to either
have the baby or decide that she’s not ready to birth a child and have it
aborted. Some people might say she should not have that choice, but who are
they to make that decision.
In another case were the state oversteps it legitimate function when it prohibits
abortions, is when a woman has been raped. With this circumstance should the
woman be forced to have a kid that she did not want in the first place? If a
woman is raped she should be able to choose an abortion because she was
violated and has had a personal freedom taken from her already.
Some people might say, “It’s not that we don’t like abortion, it’s the issue of
safety.” There have been cases of people dying or having serious medical
problems due to the abortion procedure. Even with laws in place giving
guidelines to doctors on the procedure, some doctors or unlicensed doctors
still could injure a person, or even kill them. To think that is ludicrous,
because a person could go to a licensed doctor that has statistics of his
procedures.
Other people might say that abortion is murder. Abortion is the killing of a
life that is starting to develop into a human being. With this circumstance,
abortion should be treated as a crime and a punishment for that crime should be
given. But if we were to do this, should women who have had miscarriages be
prosecuted for murder also? I don’t think it’s legitimate.
In conclusion the freedom of making the decision to abort a baby should always
lie in the hands of the woman dealing with it and should not be decided for her
by the state.