Most people think that human beings should take responsibility for the consequences of their actions therefore a woman who become pregnant should accept the pregnancy as the consequence of taking the risk involved in sexual intercourse. However, some women, especially teen girls are having repeated terminations as an alternative to contraception. Bronx Democrat Michael Benjamin, a New York State assemblyman mentions that 41 percent of New York City pregnancies ended in abortion last year and the fact is that the majority of abortions serve as nothing more than routine birth control.
Those mothers may mistake abortion for birth control but obviously, birth control does not kill a fertilized fetus while abortion does. When the mother has sex of her own free will, she also has a duty of care to the unborn baby.
What if the woman is raped and gets pregnant? This is the subject of many heated arguments over the world. Sexual abuse or rape that results in pregnancy is the leading cause for abortions these days. No one wants to carry the rapist's child inside them for nine months but with abortion, it is the baby who suffers for the act of the father. A mother can always choose adoptions as a second chance if she does not want to bring her baby up but terminating an unborn baby is obviously not an action that can easily be tolerated.
Mourdock's statement is a religious one, not a scientific one. It is a key argument from pro-life campaigners.
ReplyDeleteSome of your sentence construction is a bit confusing ..... Like "No one wants to carry the rapist's child inside them for nine months but it is not the baby who has to suffer for the act of the father." In fact with abortion, it is the baby who suffers. Clarify what you mean.