Central Argument: Abortion should be a woman’s right because out of the two options, suffering yet enjoying with moribund children and preventing but missing painful love for them, neither one is mutually exclusive.
Abortion has been an ethical issue on debate for a long time. Some people say that it is absolutely wrong while some say that it is a woman’s right because she is responsible for the child. There’s nothing wrong with both the options; people have different opinions because they are different. Yet, they argue only for only one answer.
It is right to say that abortion is a woman’s right because she will be the one going through the suffering, happiness, or love depending on the choice she makes. As the writer of the article “Rick Santorum, Meet My Son” argues with her experiences, a woman has the right to choose to terminate a pregnancy when the path of her child’s life is of limited quality. Emily Rapp, as a slightly disabled person herself but a mother to a blind, paralyzed, nonresponsive little boy, shows that her mother’s choice of not aborting her was great – because she has a great life currently – but that her choice of not aborting her son was pretty horrible – because she doesn’t want her son to go through this life of limited quality. The choice, in the end, is at mother’s hands. This is what some people believe: abortion should be a woman’s right.
Here’s another belief upheld by different people. I am a Christian. I was taught since the time I could comprehend that life is very important and valuable. By this, life means invaluable to anyone in this world, even to the babies born with disabilities. Most of the Christians in this world would have been taught the same way I’ve been. They believe that life is God’s gift and hence each and every individual has the right to get the opportunity to live on in this world even through difficult circumstances. Watching kids struggle as they grow may be a very difficult task for parents, but only in the presence of kids do the parents learn that having kids with disabilities is very painful because of love. If they didn’t allow these disabled kids to be out in this world, would they have even realized the amount of love they have towards their kids?
I believe no one is absolutely right. This issue deals with one’s belief and values. If one is a person with belief of invaluable life, then he or she will never be convinced that abortion can ever be a woman’s right. On the other hand, a person with solid belief of quality life will not stop arguing that abortion should be a woman’s right. Hence, the conclusion neither states that abortion being a woman’s choice is either right or wrong. This issue in our complicated, diverse world need not be narrowed down to plainly white or black. There are so many factors such as religion and people’s characters involved in the issue. Therefore, Emily Rapp’s argument of abortion being woman’s right is neither right or wrong but qualified to certain people.
Hmm, interesting qualification. I think maybe you are trying to be too rational.
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