Abortion: Public Speech
What is Freedom? Are we all Free? Freedom is the possibility of choosing, of
making a decision. We all might think that nowadays everybody is free. But
are all women free? When we talk about abortion, does a woman have the
right to choose whether to finish her pregnancy or not? Unluckily, this does
not happen in all countries.
What is abortion?
Abortion can be defined as pregnancy termination by choice or one that
happens accidentally in case of a miscarriage. From a statistical point of view,
abortions caused by rape and incest constitute just 7% of the total numbers.
When a woman decides to go for an abortion, it’s not an impulsive decision,
although the sexual behavior that led to the pregnancy may have been
impulsive or a big irresponsibility. But must a woman suffer all her life
because she just had one impulsive misconduct? Because all the
responsibility is laid down on women, but what about her partner? Her
partner generally disappears and does not feel any responsibility towards the
unborn child.
Many people are against abortion, and most men are against abortion too,
because they do not have to carry the baby and because as I said before they
do not feel any responsibility towards the unborn baby. All the
responsibilities are on the woman. Abortions are a part of our society and
abortion should be considered legal as in many countries of the first world in
order to avoid infection, sepsis, recurrent miscarriages and death for the
mother. Even though abortions can cause serious psychological impairment
to the woman in the form of depression and guilt they should be legalized,
especially if the woman has been raped.
If having the baby, the woman will have a reminder throughout all her
life because she has been raped or just because she made just one mistake
in her life. Is that mistake impossible to erase? Is a woman condemned for
the rest of her life for that single mistake’?
Please think about the trauma that a woman has to bear her whole life for
not being able to have an abotion.
Thank you ladies and gentlemen
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