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Abortion Satire Essay
“To Be or Not to Be”

What is this world coming to? Some people truly believe it is right to kill an innocent fetus. Mothers’ who are old enough to conceive are old enough to support a baby, whether they are barely a teenager or coming to the end of their “golden years.” Regardless of the circumstance, a baby should never be aborted. When women conceive a baby, immediately, thousands of responsibilities are placed in her hands. Whether you want to have a human being to take care of or not, you will, with no other choice. Say, a women becomes pregnant and truthfully cannot afford a child, that situation does not matter. If living on the streets is necessary, then she should take the initiative and do so. If drugs are merely inches from your baby, simply turn your head. Carry your child away from the scene, until it is clear. If your child will grow up around drugs, it is better to let them see this lifestyle early. In regards of “bad” lifestyles, many people ask, “What if a women is raped?” In that case, abortion is still not justified. The father can chose if he wants to be in or out of the child’s’ life. Although he may rape again, he should still have the legal power to fight for custody. Every child needs a mother and a father to grow up well rounded. In the instance of a rape, if the parents do not want their child knowing the reason for their existence, they can choose to keep in a secret. Rape leads into my next argument, abuse. When a mother conceives a baby she is not ready for, or simply does not want, abuse is sometimes a “way out” for her. A parent may physically, mentally and emotionally abuse their child. A child never deserves to be beaten but being abused is better than never existing at all. A young being has the chance to grow in and out of their abusive life in later years. Every abused child should suck it up and suffer the pain until reaching years of freedom. Furthermore, abortion should also be prohibited even if the



Cited: “Abortion Statistics." The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform. The Alan Guttmacher Institute. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. . Swift, Jonathan. “A Modest Proposal.” The Norton Reader. Editors, Linda H. Peterson and John C. Brereton. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004.

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