This week, abortion seems to be the topic I have read about and discussed the most. I am going to use my blog time this week to share with my readers my opinion on abortion. Remember it is my opinion based merely on my own observations and what I have studied about the subject. I am not a professional.
I do not believe women should have abortions in cases except in cases where the result of her pregnancy is the result of rape, incest, she knows beyond any reason of a doubt the child could never have a normal life or be severely deformed, having the baby could kill her and in situations where lack of proper contraception has been repeatedly denied.
Having said all that I believe it is important to address the issue of punishment for women who still have abortions and did not become pregnant or have any of the problems listed above. Personally, though I would not support them, I would not judge them either. I do not feel it is my job or anyone else’s to tell other women what she can and cannot do with her body. To make abortion illegal and put women who have them, because you know it will still happen, in jail would just be another example of our government wasting our tax dollars.
The way I see it, if abortion is wrong in the eyes of a spiritual power then the ones involved will receive whatever punishment that power deems necessary when the time comes. I do not believe in a punishing spiritual power myself because we have been given free will for a reason and I seriously doubt it is so we can make a wreck of our lives and then punished in the end.
Too many women have died, been self banished from society, made permanently sterile and shunned by society. It is time to just let go of the whole issue, allow women to abort if this is their factual, completely informed decision. Do not make laws against it that will force women back into back alley clinics where they will be torched, perhaps raped and killed. Let abortions be done in proper facilities by professionals. And for God sakes since we know it is going to keep happening use the aborted fetuses for scientific research.
