Keeping Abortion Legal Essay, Research Paper

Abortion has been one of this country’s most controversial

topic on hand. But if one sees the constitutional infringement to

women by the restriction of abortion, the torment to the unwanted

child and the anguish society has to sustain,then this topic would not

be so debatable. Too many people do not see the cause and effect of

not being able to have abortions.

All human beings are given some inalienable right guaranteed

by the Constitution. One of those privilege is the right to pursue

happiness. A baby can sometimes disrupt a woman’s pursuit of

happiness. Even if she decides to give it up for adoption, she still

has the burden of carrying the fetus for nine months. Having the

option to perform an abortion can solve that obstacle. Taking away

this right would be invading on a woman’s constitutional liberty.

The unwanted child also suffers. Most of the time the mother

of the unwanted child is very young and inexperienced or too poor to

take care of the child. The child is usually malnourished, has no

medical care, and gets very little attention or love. The foster care

system isn’t any better. Only a small percentage of the children are

adopted by suitable parents. But the rest remain in the foster care

system, where there is little or no personal care. In both cases, the

child has a poor education because of the lack of attention and

discipline. He grows up to be unproductive individual or a menace to

society. Many get involved in drugs and crimes. These individuals are

also very violent, lacking morality due small amount of care they

received themselves. In the long run, not only does the child suffer

but also society, who has to tolerate his violent behavior and crimes.

An abortion can be seen as putting the child out of misery

while he doesn’t have the ability to reason or fear. In short,

abortion allows a woman to retain her constitutional rights, it

relieves a would be suffering child out of his distress and

it establishes a safer and more peaceful society. On these grounds,

abortion should be kept legal, and even encouraged to specific

individuals, for benefits to all of us.