Abortions Should Be Allowed

It’s not everyday one sits down to deeply contemplate one’s feelings behind abortion rights. True, perhaps maybe if one were to deal with an unexpected pregnancy or be assigned a strenuous research paper for an enlightening college class, one might be somewhat educated about the matter. However, abortion rights is considered such a hush-hush topic that many do not even have an opinion about it much less strongly advocate one side of it. Who wants to discuss the fiery issue of abortion over lunch anyway? A sensitive and uncomfortable topic, abortion rights provoke unease similar to the ones subjects such as religion and money do. What many do not realize is that as a woman, it is crucial to have a somewhat vague idea about abortion rights and understand why some activists are so apposed to it. The two strongly opposing sides of abortion rights are pro-choice activists, who advocate the procedure and deem it justifiable and pro-life activists, who oppose the process and label it immoral and killing. A Muslim woman myself, it is decided for me by my religion that abortion is unethical and therefore I am prohibited from ever undergoing the process much less considering it. Nevertheless, as a no-nonsense woman who likes to decide for herself whether she wants to support an operation (in all respect to her religion of course) or not, I believe that although abortion can perceptively be viewed as immoral, it is desperately required in some cases and should thus not be outlawed.

So let’s begin by establishing what an abortion really is. As I have previously mentioned, many of us are ignorant when it comes to what the process actually entails as well as the procedural and psychological sides of the operation. Abortion, as Wikipedia has...

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... that legalized abortion is the only possible way to discontinue a lot of the potential distress and trouble an unwanted pregnancy might cause. Opinions on the process chiefly depend on an individual’s beliefs and perspective as well—I cannot force upon my beliefs upon another and I would also expect the same amount of respect from another. Terrified as I am of labeling myself as a pro-life supporter (something about the angry hordes of people demanding why I intentionally want to kill babies petrifies me), there is no denying the fact that I strongly believe in the arguments pro-choice advocates make. One can argue that this is similar to begging for women’s rights—but haven’t we been through this several hundreds of years ago? I say, let us do what we want with our bodies as long as we can sanely decide and otherwise do not butt your nosy faces into our business.