Abortion

As you probably got from my discussion post, I am not a fan of abortion. I cannot see how a person can go through killing, yes it is killing, a helpless child. I understand that a pregnancy resulting from rape is not ideal and that many people believe that abortion is okay in that case, but I have not decided where I stand on that issue. Maybe that is just because I do not know how a rape victim feels and the emotions of it, but I cannot say right now where I stand on that issue. So, that being said I am not going to talk about rape right now, just about consensual sex that results in pregnancy. A person should know what consequences could result from sex and be prepared if anything happens. People, if they do not want to get pregnant will take the "easy" way out by having an abortion. This is murder and it is not healthy. I came across a website about the pros and cons of abortion, and personally I think all the pros are stupid (http://tiger.towson.edu/users/bpahl1/pros%20and%20cons%20page.htm). A pro is that it will be regulated and women won't die because of illegal unsafe abortions? That is just ridiculous, people are saying the women may die, but think about it, in every abortion someone dies...why not care about that life? Another is giving the woman the rights over her body, and women should have the rights to do what she wants with her body, but there is more than her body involved in this decision. There is one about saying if abortion is outlawed more young people will be having children, but this is not necessarily true if the education about sex is taught in the correct way. Our education methods have become askew and we as a lazy society would rather deal with the problems in an easy escape route instead of fixing the problem where it began. Abortion is murder in my opinion and I cannot see how someone could do that to a child. The song "Brick" by Ben Folds Five is about how the singer and his girlfriend got an abortion in high school (http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Brick-lyrics-Ben-Folds/07EE220659B6F4A548256DE9002E3913), the entire song is about it, other than the chorus, which was written by the drummer and it seemed to fit. But he says that it was a sad thing and that anyone who has gotten an abortion will know what the song is about because feel will feel an emptiness no matter what their situation is..."Now that I have found someone I'm feeling more alone Than I ever have before." The feeling that you have killed someone will not go away even though you may think it's helping you out because you couldn't support a child or whatever the reason.