Abortion

Thank you for posting your argument. To start I would like to answer your question 'but why can't they just send it to an orphanage or a foster home.'. This is of course a valid option but often by sending a child to a foster home they can be left feeling unwanted and unloved as they might not know who their real parents are, this could lead to them feeling abandoned and confused. Furthermore the fetus can't choose to live due to the fact it does not yet have a conciseness and cannot make decisions as it is technically not yet living. I would also argue that I am not trying to suggest that a girl in that position has the abortion to make her like every other girl, one because pregnant or not nobody is the same. But more importantly I am suggesting that should a girl find herself in that position she is entitled to an abortion because at that age it is vital that you get the correct amount of sleep, that you don't miss out on too many lessons because it can make a big difference to your education and lastly it is a critical age for starting to make your way in the world; so think about how a young child to look after or being pregnant could effect these factors. So now onto my arguments. Okay so as I said, in my opinion you are not killing a baby just removing an organism because the fetes has not yet developed into a human. This means it can't be classed as murder. There is no killing involved. If you were to remove this organism no harm is coming to a human, especially as the baby has not grown fully into a child. In your argument you put a lot of emphasis on how I mentioned it could cause bullying but the point I would like to stress is how this could effect the rest of the women's life. When somebody chooses to have a child it is a big life decision and a lot of things have to be considered. A child has to be looked after all day and night, so if somebody becomes pregnant accidentally it is unlikely that they have the time or maybe even the money to look after it. Don't forget a child is a big financial commitment too. Now if the women is still in education; any stage of education (GCSE or in the middle of a PhD) it will have a knock on effect and the women's grades will likely be decreased. This is because they will have to take a huge amount of time away from their studies. Imagine, that person could have had ambitions, they might have wanted to travel the world and a baby could really stop those dreams from happening and because of this the mother may feel angry at the child and not look after it properly. Next you should think about the possibility that that women was raped. If this is the case then she should most certainly be allowed an abortion as she had no control over it, it was not her decision. After an event like that she would most likely be feeling down and anxious and more stress would worsen her mental health. If this women was then forced to go through with the baby then she may neglect it as it could be a reminder of what happened and she could treat the child badly because of it. Is it morally right to make someone go through with a baby when you know the child could be abused? Now we must not forget about the father in this situation. Now there is a good chance that the father will stay to try and support the mother in this position which is a good thing, but then we have to ask ourselves is this going to do him any good? Of course he too could be in education and of course he would most likely experience similar problems as the female; problems to do with bullying, grades and possibly meatal health, which we have already discussed. So then there is the chance the father abandons the women and wants to have nothing to do with her or the baby, in a scenario like this is it really fair to put a women through the stress when she didn't even plan to have a child? As this will badly effect her health both mentally an physically. Thank you for reading my argument.