Even before the landmark Supreme Court decision in 1973 in the Roe v. Wade case, abortions were a controversial topic.
For the many people who don’t know what an abortion is, an abortion is a termination of pregnancy by the removal from the uterus. Women have abortions due to lack of financial stability to raise a child, lack of support from the father, the inability to afford additional children, being too young to take care of a child, and/or not being able to raise a child after rape or incest.
As a pro-choice feminist, I believe we as women have a right to do whatever we want with our bodies. Some men may disagree with me but men don’t have to carry a baby for nine months or go through labor. Many people say that abortions are a sin but they have to look in the mirror at the other person’s situation.
There were many anti-abortion bombings and killings at the hands of Eric Robert Rudolph, Scott Roeder, Shelley Shannon, and Paul Jennings; all these people showed no type of remorse for bombing or murdering at an abortion clinic or killing doctors who performed abortions. Worldwide, there were 32 abortions performed for every 100 live births in 2008. And of those 32 abortions per 100 live births, only half were considered safe abortions.
The anti-abortion people state that a fetus is equivalent to a human life and believe abortions are considered murder.
On the other hand, supporters of abortions emphasize a woman’s right to do whatever concerning her own body. I am one of those people who are pro-choice and I will always be a pro-choice feminist.
