Ethical Issues Of Human Trafficking In The United States

Human trafficking is a situation that happens all over Unites States and it’s a problem that’s been going on for a very long time. The average entry age of American minors into the sex trade is 12-14 years old. Many kids or women who get rescued from these criminal business industries should be allowed to decide if they get pregnant to abort their child. They should be allowed to abort their kid because they have gone through a rough situation that no one should go through. If abortion becomes illegal and a mother has to bear the child, the mother has a high percentage of not being able to provide the child a decent life, the mother may resent the child, which would result in the child growing up unwanted or unloved and the child may have a
They may be chronically frightened of things that remind them of the rape, and may experience nightmares about it, or flashbacks – very strong memories that make you feel as if you were reliving it.”(Child rape) With conditions like these a raped victim will not have full control of what their child may be doing because they may be so worried about their disorder that they can’t focus on their child 100% like other mothers can. Another factor that raped victims may attain is depressing which can lead to suicide attempts. In an article it said “rape victims are four times more likely to have contemplated suicide after the rape than non-crime victims, and 13 times more likely than non-crime victims to have attempted suicide.”(National statistics) Depression is a big deal and it can lead to the mother “withdrawing from society and forgetting to attend to their child, including unexplained irritability anger, fear, and anxiety.”(Depression) These effects of rape on young girls and women can affect their ability to take care of a child the way they are suppose to. The child may not grow up in a radiant and comforting environment like other
Having to find out that they’re not allowed to abort their child can bring many challenges for the child. These children have to deal with being rejected, not being taken properly and have a percentage of being born with a disability. Including the mother of the child it may be causing her more pain than good to bring a child into this world they don’t want. It may lead to flashback of the rape or fear because they see the rapper in the child appearance. The rape victims should have the decision of deciding what she wants to do with her child because it would be inhumane to deny them that right after what they went through and still have to keep a child that will not live in a joyful atmosphere is just