doing this to one’s own child is wrong. Some may argue that the fetus technically has no
developed nerves to feel this pain, but it is no excuse for this murder. A life is deliberately being
taken away and although a fetus has not matured into a full infant, it is still life. “Moreover from
that moment of conception, the child continues to develop and to grow... From that the ovum is
fertilized a life has begun, which neither that of the father nor the mother; it is rather a live of a
new human being with his [or her] own growth” (Bender, David and Bruno Leone 71). There is
something alive within the mother’s womb when a sperm fertilizes an egg. A life is being created
in the form of a baby. It is immoral to end a life of an unborn child who has no choice. It is like
taking away the child’s right to live and breathe. It is cruel for a mother to choose to abort, to
choose to abort her own child growing inside of them. Therefore, abortion is wrong and should
be made illegal.
Mothers of an unplanned pregnancy always have the option of adoption. In “an open
adoption permits the birth mother to select her child’s adoptive parents. A closed adoptions,
meanwhile, results in the birth mother relinquishing all rights over the child and allows a state
administrative agency to conduct the selection process” (Adoption LII/Legal information
Institute). These two types of adoption enable the mother to have even more alternatives to
abortion. Furthermore, there are several other types of adoption such as public, private, kinship,
stepparent, transracial and intercountry/international. In choosing adoption, the mother is saving
her child while giving him or her to someone else who will provide the child with a better life.
Not only is the child gaining from adoption but the mother benefits as well. In adoption, “there is
no cost to the [biological mother if she chooses it]. In fact, pregnancy-related expenses are paid
for by the adoptive family, which often include medical care and living expenses. Examples may
include: rent, utilities, maternity clothing, food, prenatal vitamins and any other medical
expenses not covered by [her] insurance” (Adoption vs. Abortion vs. Parenting). As mentioned
before, a mother is giving up her child for the better of the child. If the mother decides to put the
baby up for adoption, the mother only wants what is best. She only wants to give the child a life
where the child can grow up in a healthy environment. Women who are not financially stable are
more likely to be in this situation. Their mindset is that children are very expensive to raise and it
is true. Adoption relieves the cost of that, permitting the mother to go through birth instead of
aborting her own child.
Openness benefits all involved. It allows an adopted child to go on with life and
development without mysteries as to their birthparents, brothers or sisters, health
history, and genetic roots. It solidifies the adopted child’s relationships, as they
know that the people who are raising them are their true life-long parents. They
will feel more secure in their family and home, while having the comfort of other
special people in their life, from aunts and uncles to birthparents. Without
unnecessary mysteries or secrets for all parties, lives can go on more peacefully.
(Independent Adoption Center- Open Adoption Facts)
In choosing the adoptive parents, the mother will feel confident about who will raise her child.
She makes the decision on who to trust and who would support her child best. This in turn
improves the child’s future. Not only will he or she be provided with a more stable life, he or she
will learn how to trust his or her adoptive parents. This shows that adoption is a better option
than abortion. These two choices share similarities such as “[the mother] can pursue earlier
goals, [she] can live independently, [she] will avoid being forced into a hasty marriage or
relationship, [and if she is] a teenager, [she] can resume [her] youthful lifestyle” (Adoption vs.
Abortion vs. Parenting). Although abortion and adoption can be compared, in adoption
[her] pregnancy ends with giving life [unlike death in abortion], [the mother] can
feel good and positive about [her] choice whereas [she] may feel guilt and shame
about her choice [in abortion], and [she] will remember giving birth while [after
abortion she] will remember taking a life. [The mother] will have plenty of time
to plan [her and her] baby’s future [during adoption] but abortion is final; [she]
can’t go back on [her] decision. [She] can hold, name, and love [her] baby [after
birth], but in contrast, [she] will never know or treasure [her] baby [after abortion]
(Adoption vs. Abortion vs. Parenting).
Adoption is always a more virtuous choice than abortion considering these differences.
Abortion is not always guaranteed to be a safe procedure. Effects of abortion can be
detrimental to the mother’s mental and physical health. There are many complications during
abortion such as cervix damage. This is just a hazard of one method of abortion. When inducing
the abortion pill, “even when used under close medical supervision, the women using RU
486/prostaglandin combination [a drug used in the process of abortion] often experience a host of
troubling side effects: severe pain, nausea, fatigue, vomiting, excessive thirst, and heavy
bleeding... There have also been documented cases of heart attacks and even deaths” (Trupin).
Usually, the gynecologists who perform the abortions tone down these effects by stating the
pain feels like a woman on a heavy menstrual cycle but it is much more painful. The mothers
will believe that the pain is not excruciating and abortion will solve their unplanned pregnancy.
The most dangerous is that “the 50 percent risk increase revealed by the studies means that
women face a higher risk of eventually dying from the effects of abortion than of dying in
childbirth” (Bender, David and Bruno Leone 125). It is more risky to abort rather than give birth.
Many abortions lead to complications, especially illegal abortions. When women go through
these illegal abortions, the chance is high that they will receive serious side effects, the most
common being heavy bleeding. These abortions are unsafe to the mother’s health. One of them,
“trauma, known as post-abortion syndrome is a common reaction to abortion” (Bender, David
and Leone 126). This is the unexplainable grief that sinks that comes into realization when
mothers abort their child. Mothers will go through a depression because of this. They will never
know what their child could have looked like or how their child would have grown up. They
cannot change an abortion and this decision is set in stone. Mothers will grieve for their
permanent unborn baby and this has caused serious pain to their mental health. Thus, abortion is
more deleterious than beneficial and should be banned.
In conclusion, abortion is a caustic process that yields more negative effects than
positive. It is a procedure that needs to be prohibited in the United States. This is important
because, as previously stated it is immoral and wrong. It is not right to end an innocent child’s
life for the mother’s sake. The child needs a voice and that voice is saying no to abortion. A
substantial amount of children are being killed each year, 1.5 million in America. Those children
are the future of America. The mothers will pass away in the future and those children will be the
new mothers or fathers. These unborn children hold the potential of this country and their lives
should not be taken away. For example, the mother’s child could grow up to be a prominent
figure who made an impact on the world. It is unjust to abort their lives and take away their
choice. These children need to be given a chance and the unborn need to be heard.
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