ABORTION: Prolife, Prochoic or both

The issue of when life begins is still a debate among some here in the United State, especially between those who are pro-life and pro-choice. When does life begin? People who are pro-life say that life begins at conception (when the ovum is fertilized by a sperm). Some have even gone further, as saying that a male masturbation that leads to the ejaculation is a destruction of life.  Those who are pro-choice believe individual have the right to take a decision in regards to what occur within their body and the termination of pregnancy.   

In America freedom is one of those thing people are proud of; no wonder America is called the land of the free and the home of the brave. Pro-life and pro-choice both agree we have individual freedom, but they differ is on the issue of abortion. Abortion as we all know is termination of a pregnancy before coming to full term. When a woman wants to terminate a pregnancy, I want to believe it is not an easy decision.  I do not think a woman wakes up and say “I want to get pregnant so that I can abort the pregnancy”. This is any issue men do not have authority on. Some people say a woman doesn’t have the right to terminate her pregnancy. If we live in a society that talk about individual right, at what point does that right cease to exist? People say they do not want government in their personal life, only to say government should intervene in a very personal decision such as abortion.

Those who are pro-life usually say they are concern about the life of child, and the right of an unborn child. We have seen so often that when a child is born, those who say that they are pro life cease to care about that child. There are babies who have no parents, and are in special homes waiting for someone to adopt them. I do not see people who are pro-life going ahead with the campaign, to see to it that the life of a new born is well catered for. It seems they only care for life only when it is in the womb, when that child is born they are on their own. If you are pro-life, you should be concerned about life all the way. The welfare of a child should be everyone’s concern, and those who claim they are pro life should even be more concern about a child’s well-being whether they have parents or not. If you are pro-life, when was the last time you paid a visit to a home for babies who are motherless? What have you done to support babies and kids struggling with serious life threatening health care issue? What program have the pro-life group put in place to make sure that women don’t get to the stage of considering terminating a pregnancy?

If people are pro-life or pro-choice we can all avoid the fight about abortion, both groups can take steps well ahead of time to prevent women from getting to the stage of considering terminating a pregnancy.  Let’s walk our way back, before abortion is considered a pregnancy must have occurred, before a pregnancy occurs sex must have occurred between a man and woman. Why not be proactive and nip things in the bud, and act to prevent woman from getting pregnant especially those who are not planning to. What happened to the campaign of save sex and the use of condom and other contraceptive use? If you think people should not be engaging in sex before marriage why not roll out a campaign for abstinence or against fornication? When was the last time you heard a message about fornication in a religious institution?

We can be against abortion or for abortion, but we cannot make decision for people that involve what happened in their personal life. You can only plead for people to do the right thing and present a life that will make other listen or pay attention to you. If we believe in individual freedom, we should respect that freedom. We should also note that we exercise our right to certain issues, and not everyone is pleased with what we consider as our right. In America today, abortion is legal. That law can be rendered useless if, we all make an effort to try to communicate to women on how to avoid unwanted pregnancy.