Abortion Speech

Thomas L. Friedman said, “In my world, you don’t get to call yourself “pro-life” and be against common-sense gun control like banning public access to the kind of semiautomatic assault rifle, designed for warfare, which was used recently in a Colorado theater. You don’t get to call yourself “pro-life” and want to shut down the Environmental Protection Agency, which ensures clean air and clean water, prevents childhood asthma, preserves biodiversity and combats climate change that could disrupt every life on the planet. You don’t get to call yourself “pro-life” and oppose programs like Head Start that provide basic education, health and nutrition for the most disadvantaged children..The term “pro-life” should be a shorthand for respect for the sanctity of life. But I will not let that label apply to people for whom sanctity for life begins at conception and ends at birth. What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.”
When is the time to save a life? When a woman becomes pregnant it is the greatest time in her life. It is time to celebrate the joys of ultimately becoming a mother. Some feel that they aren’t ready, and they’re scared, so they decide to have an abortion. Abortion is defined as any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy, especially during the first six months. On January 22, 1973 the Roe V. Wade decision made it legal for women to get abortions. Adoption sometimes is not an alternative to abortion, because it remains the woman's choice whether or not to give her child up for adoption. Statistics have shown that very few women who give birth choose to give up their babies - less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of black unmarried women. Abortion is a safe medical procedure. 88% of women who have an abortion do so in their first trimester. Medical abortions have less than 0.5% risk of serious complications and do not affect a woman's health or future ability to become pregnant or give birth. In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman made pregnant by this violent act would cause further psychological harm to the victim. Often a woman is too afraid to speak up or is unaware she is pregnant, thus the morning after pill is ineffective in these situations.
No civilized society permits one human to intentionally harm or take the life of another human without punishment, and abortion is no different. Adoption is a viable alternative to abortion and accomplishes the same result. And with 1.5 million American families wanting to adopt a child, there is no such thing as an unwanted child. An abortion can result in medical complications later in life; the risk of ectopic pregnancies doubles, and the chance of a miscarriage and pelvic inflammatory disease also increases. So why would you want to end a life that needs someone to protect them, that all they want is to be somebody and have a chance? If you aren’t ready to have children don’t have sex, but if you end up pregnant, look for alternatives and never let ending a life be your first choice.