Legal or Not?

When it comes to deciding whether your pro choice or not, a lot of people say they are on the fence and to them, itʼs not really a big deal. Its just something they donʼt think they will ever have to have answer. In reality, this decision is made approximately 250 times a day, 80,000-90,000 times per year. One in three Aussie women will make the decision which means that it is possible for .......of you to have to face it too. So if you, right here, right now, in this moment, fell pregnant, what would you do.

In the world we live in today, abortion is a hushed, quiet, kept under the table topic for conversations. No one likes to talk about it but everyone will put their opinion in where they think it is needed. You may be highly against it, and that your opinion and everybody has the right to an opinion but too, women have the right to their own body. So to make it clear, a fetus, before the 5th week of ʻconceptionʼ is considered a bundle of dividing cells- called a blastocyst. There is nothing truly formed. Women have the right to do what they want to their own body, just like men do. It wouldnʼt be fair for chemists to not sell viagra to some men just incase it might be used for rape, so it why would it be fair to not sell the morning after pill to women who need it.

One of the important abortion facts is that most of the abortions take place in the first trimester, when the fetus cannot live independent of the mother. It depends on the mother, through the placenta and the umbilical cord, for nutrition and health, and hence should not be considered a separate entity.

Women choose to abort due to a lot of different circumstances. No body aborts without a valid reason. A woman below the age of 21 (at least), in many peoples minds, is considered too young to have a baby. She may be immature, and may not be in a position to take the responsibility of a new life all together. She may not even be able to provide her child with everything it requires. A minor mother isnʼt psychologically ready to handle the responsibility of a new life. With being in school, and possibly having to pick up a job to help her, her baby will be here before she knows it. So at 16, with your future planned, your dream job after university, that career, is all put on hold because of one thing. And at 16, getting pregnant isnʼt something on your cards, whether you think this is harsh terms