Feb 05, 2007 23:57
Today in class we had a discussion about abortion. We all know what abortion is and we all have our own opinions to abortion. The thing that gets me rattled up is how emotional things can get quite quickly; it just seemed like outright threats in the end of the discussion.
I might as well put my opinion out there on abortion; I don’t believe abortion is a justified way of disposing of a life. In my opinion a baby is created when the sperm enters the egg. Though it must be clear, that I personally am pro-life in context to my partner and I, but I will not oppose anyone who chose to get an abortion despite my disagreement with it.
It seems like pro-lifers are painted in a bad light. The film we viewed in class depicted pro-life supporters as crazy religious conservative lunatics. Yet in that light it only shows a minority of pro-life supporters. The media frames topics in the most intense ways, yet in doing so it creates tension between people who at one point were good friends. It’s not fair to show one side in a completely bad light and the other side in a angelic view point.
There are legitimate reasons for being pro-life as well as being pro-choice. It with all realty stems down to morals as in what do you believes in. You cannot simply alter your morals to accommodate a viewpoint that you do not believe in. In addition to morals, health plays a key issue into the idea of abortion. For example a couple, a female may not be mental mature enough to handle a child, or the female might die if she gives birth to a child or it was a case of rape, where her mental health was altered.
Personally I think the only exceptions to the health issue are if she is in physical harm, or the child is in physical harm. People need to be smart about sex, and abortions should not be a way out. Sorry, back to the issue. For a sensitive subject as abortion you have to be open ears, despite your personal disagreements. It gets you or another person nowhere if you keep on arguing and also if you cant see both points.