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.

self harm

Times are changing fast and kids are forced to grow up too soon, I remember when I was 12 I would go to the town centre with an adult and I wouldn't even be interested in make- up or boys. Now I see children as young as 10 on their own, doing as they please with no regards to what is around them... how times have changed. But the more freedom kids have at a young age could also lead to them having more and more pressure thrust upon them due to all the media and marketing etc they are being exposed to, but not only that but if they don't conform to current trends or have the latest gadgets they could be ridiculed and bullied.

Movies in particular have an increasing affect on what kids get up to. But the film that I found disturbing was Twilight. Not only does this film encourage young girls to go into abusive relationship but it inadvertently encourages self harm. This is incredibly irresponsible of the film industry, they have made it so that girls will find it attractive to go for the outcast or the troubled youth, thinking that they can "save" him. All throughout the first film the main character was shouting and generally being horrible to the "heroine" and she keeps coming back for more and it seems like she enjoys it. The second instalment to the series sees "Bella" repeatedly hurt herself inorder to see " Edward". This is a weak role model for young girls, because first it teaches them that you can't fulfil your potential without a man and secondly it shows her harm herself. The film industry is so huge and this film was hugely popular amongst young girl, it should have been more responsible in what message it was putting out there.

But the young girls should also realise that Bella is a fictitious character and that they can decide not to be like her.

Blending in..

People are most comfortable with the familiar even when change will be better they more often than none would go towards something they are familiar with instead of something that is alien to them. This is not unusual in people, it starts of at a young age, lets say school, usually only people who look and think the same way will form small groups- the smart people will hang around with other smart people and the good looking people will hang around with other good looking people. This is a common thing in people who are at that age but it doesn't stop at school. In the workplace and in society as a whole, many people still form these little group where difference is something to fear.

People may gravitate towards the familiar because they feel safe knowing that they are not alone, but being different doesn't have to mean being alone and it is up to society as a whole to try and make people feel as though they belong no matter what they believe in etc.

As we grow up one would hope that this irrational fear would dissipate, but more often than none it doesn't and it actually grows stronger and it is up to us as individuals to change and welcome people's differences and not make them feel ashamed of it.