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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGALIZED IN VENEZUELA
Gladymar Romero
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Abortion Should Be Legalized in Venezuela
Abortion is an important issue concerning women, for years the media, the church and the government had been said that abortion should not be legal in this country. The Larousse dictionary defines Abortion as: “The termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or a fetus that is incapable of survival by its own”. This simply means inducing birth to kill the fetus before it is carried to full term. Abortion can save thousands of lives of women who have terrible diseases cause for a risky pregnancy or can just save women of carry a baby that they do not want because it was product of a violently raped; the Venezuelan legal system does not allow women to abort in these situations. However, Venezuelan women need to have the right of choose if they want to carry an unwanted child or not, for that reason, abortion should be legalized in Venezuela.
“Pro-choice” and “Pro-life”, these are the two faces of the coin, a pro-choicer would hold that the decision to abort an embryo or a fetus is to be made only by the woman; the government and the catholic church have no right to interfere. A pro-lifer would hold that, from the moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is alive; that this life imposes on us a moral obligation to preserve it; and that abortion is practically the same as murder.
A pro-lifer use the Bible to support their doctrine that abortion is wrong, however, the Bible clearly states that unwanted children are problematic in society. In the chapter of Ecclesiastes 6:3-5, it states that, "If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things, and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, Better the miscarriage than he, for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.” According to the verse, King Solomon has stated above, that the life of a newborn fetus is less valuable than a man who has a satisfying life. King Solomon makes the point that much of life is futile. Over and over he wrote that if life is pleasing, then we should be thankful. But when life is not gratifying, he says that it is sometimes better to end a pregnancy prematurely than to allow it to continue into a miserable life. It is not saying that we shouldn't bring new life into this world, but rather it is asserting that a miserable life is no life at all. Thus, abortion should be available to women who do not want to bring an abandoned life into the world. Many pro-choicer states that if an unwanted child is going to be born from a mother who wished to have an abortion, then the life of that child would have no meaning and purpose.
Pro-life people are in a contradiction, they say "at conception, each of us is unique”. If it is murder to destroy a fertilized egg, is it murder to destroy a sperm or an egg? Is it not true that each living sperm and egg are distinguishable from each other, anti-abortionists state that "at conception, each of us is unique," then, isn't every sperm produced during masturbation unique and therefore a mass murder? And when women menstruate each month, has someone died? It is obvious that the anti-abortionist argument is groundless and unsupported. If anti-abortionists can not deliver a rational argument, then abortion in Venezuela should remain as an alternative from which women can choose.
A woman who is forced to carry out an unwanted pregnancy is at risk. She has a greater possibility of depression because she is less possible to look for early prenatal care and is more likely to use such harmful substances as tobacco and alcohol. Also, her relationship with a partner is at greater risk of dissolution. Furthermore, the mother and her partner are more likely to suffer through economic distress and fail to raise the child successfully.
Women who are forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term; the result would be an unwanted children. Abortion should remain legal in Venezuela because it may destine an unwanted child to live a dreadful life. Everyone knows that unwanted children are among society's most tragic cases, often uncared for, unloved, brutalized, and abandoned. When these children grow up, they live disadvantaged lives and could possibly live a life inclined towards brutal behavior to others. This is not good for the family, the children, and the nation. Why should a child who is not wanted and loved be brought into this world? The life of an unwanted child is not fulfilling. First, the child of an unwanted conception tends to be at a greater risk of being born at low birth weight, dying in the first year of life. Second, an unwanted pregnancy seems to cause impairment of social development and psychological health. All we need to do is to let abortion remain legal.
“Pro-choice” and “Pro-life”, these are the two faces of the coin, a pro-choicer would hold that the decision to abort an embryo or a fetus is to be made only by the woman; the government and the catholic church have no right to interfere. A pro-lifer would hold that, from the moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is alive; that this life imposes on us a moral obligation to preserve it; and that abortion is practically the same as murder.
A pro-lifer use the Bible to support their doctrine that abortion is wrong, however, the Bible clearly states that unwanted children are problematic in society. In the chapter of Ecclesiastes 6:3-5, it states that, "If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things, and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, Better the miscarriage than he, for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.” According to the verse, King Solomon has stated above, that the life of a newborn fetus is less valuable than a man who has a satisfying life. King Solomon makes the point that much of life is futile. Over and over he wrote that if life is pleasing, then we should be thankful. But when life is not gratifying, he says that it is sometimes better to end a pregnancy prematurely than to allow it to continue into a miserable life. It is not saying that we shouldn't bring new life into this world, but rather it is asserting that a miserable life is no life at all. Thus, abortion should be available to women who do not want to bring an abandoned life into the world. Many pro-choicer states that if an unwanted child is going to be born from a mother who wished to have an abortion, then the life of that child would have no meaning and purpose.
Pro-life people are in a contradiction, they say "at conception, each of us is unique”. If it is murder to destroy a fertilized egg, is it murder to destroy a sperm or an egg? Is it not true that each living sperm and egg are distinguishable from each other, anti-abortionists state that "at conception, each of us is unique," then, isn't every sperm produced during masturbation unique and therefore a mass murder? And when women menstruate each month, has someone died? It is obvious that the anti-abortionist argument is groundless and unsupported. If anti-abortionists can not deliver a rational argument, then abortion in Venezuela should remain as an alternative from which women can choose.
A woman who is forced to carry out an unwanted pregnancy is at risk. She has a greater possibility of depression because she is less possible to look for early prenatal care and is more likely to use such harmful substances as tobacco and alcohol. Also, her relationship with a partner is at greater risk of dissolution. Furthermore, the mother and her partner are more likely to suffer through economic distress and fail to raise the child successfully.
Women who are forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term; the result would be an unwanted children. Abortion should remain legal in Venezuela because it may destine an unwanted child to live a dreadful life. Everyone knows that unwanted children are among society's most tragic cases, often uncared for, unloved, brutalized, and abandoned. When these children grow up, they live disadvantaged lives and could possibly live a life inclined towards brutal behavior to others. This is not good for the family, the children, and the nation. Why should a child who is not wanted and loved be brought into this world? The life of an unwanted child is not fulfilling. First, the child of an unwanted conception tends to be at a greater risk of being born at low birth weight, dying in the first year of life. Second, an unwanted pregnancy seems to cause impairment of social development and psychological health. All we need to do is to let abortion remain legal.
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