Should Abortion be Illegal

To conclude abortion should not be made illegal as it: - Prevents abuse and neglect of children. If children are not wanted they may be neglected by their parents, even if the children are wanted circumstances such as poverty or drug abuse may leave children ultimately neglected. If the parent is in an abusive relationship or home life the child may also fall victim of abuse either during pregnancy when the mother is being abused or when they're born - if born the child may suffer physical and sexual abuse. - Prevents poverty. Children are expensive and parents can't always afford to care for them, if born children may have to live in poverty or it may further the poverty of their family, also when parents can't afford to take care of their children government has to step in which means money from government and tax payers is used on unwanted children rather on other more suitable uses such as health care for all. - Prevents trauma. If the parent was raped, a child herself, or disabled then having the child may be traumatic. If there is a problem with the child such as a severe disability then having that child may be traumatic to the parents, also if the child survives it would potentially mean you allowed that child to suffer if health conditions are such that it would effect their quality of life or leave them in a great deal of pain. - Freedom of choice. If women's freedoms were compromised in this way it would also have a knock-on effect on other reproductive freedoms. Women can face a lot of prejudice as a result of motherhood, for example in employment especially having a child can be the end of your career due to having to take maternity leave and childcare - this can effect the individual and her family, also women by large. Denying women control over their own bodies is prejudiced and creates significant social problems. - Overpopulation. The world is already overpopulated and as a planet we don't have enough resources for everyone, considering the terrible state of sex education and sexual health care unwanted pregnancy is common and so without abortion we would have a significant problem with overpopulation, which effects the economy. - Save lives, and health. Pregnancy is very high risk for many women, for example child brides in third world countries often die or suffer terrible effects as a result of pregnancy, cancer victims would have to die as they'd not be able to seek treatment while pregnant, etc. The baby may also have health problems which would make carrying on the pregnancy highly unethical as they may suffer as a result of being born. - Lack of sex ed. If women and men are not taught about sex or how to prevent unwanted pregnancy, if there is no access to reliable birth control or emergency contraception, then abortion is the only option left to prevent unwanted pregnancy and the various issues surrounding this. People's lives shouldn't be destroyed and children shouldn't be put at risk because of lack of sex ed or birth control. Abortion is a necessary for as long as we have abstinence-only sex ed or poor sex ed, and lack of health care. Fetuses are incapable of feeling pain when most abortions are performed. Women who receive abortions are less likely to suffer mental health problems than women denied abortions. Women who are denied abortions are more likely to become unemployed, to be on public welfare, to be below the poverty line, and to become victims of domestic violence. http://abortion.procon.org... Nice rant! As a female myself (15 years old to be precise) I wanted to join this debate as I believe that abortion should be illegal. I wanted to see why other people want it to remain legal. Of course I care about women who face this problem. I know teenagers who have had more than one abortion. I don't like that they chose to have one, but it's their choice and everyone should have that choice. Just because you and I wont have an abortion, doesn't mean that other people shouldn't either. Just keep that in mind