Abortion- A womens decision?

Abortion has always been a sore topic for most, many people see it as murder while others see it as a women's right to do with her body what she will. The argument for abortions are the following:

• It should be allowed if we truly want gender equality


• In order for a women to be all that she can


• Banning abortion could lead to a woman turning to more dangerous methods and risking hurting herself.

These are all valid reasons for allowing the women to end a pregnancy. Now the following are argument against:

• Abortion does not free women and actually means that they get less in the way of Government help because of it.


• Abortion damages women, their long term emotional and physical health


• Abortion violates feminist principles. It can be considered another form of violence against women.


• Abortion is a male plot. It's just a way for men to gain pleasure without any of the responsibility.

No one can ever fully understand a women's decision to opt for an abortion, but it is never as clean cut as you would think, there are many reasons behind this such as: low income families, how will they support a child if they are struggling to support themselve. Women who are in abusive relationships may believe it will bring more pain into their lives. Any women that become pregnant after being raped, she didn't have any rights on how she got pregnant and what is she to do now? There is also the danger that if this choice was ever taken away, women might take more drastic measures that may harm their health in the long term. Whatever a women's decision, they have to realise that they are ending a life... but then again maybe they belive they are doing the unborn foetus a favour.

Wherever you fall in this debate, the truth is no one really knows what is better.