It is their own body and should be able to decide what happens to it. In the post-Roe era, many pro-choice advocates are trying to defend the law and explain why they approve of this by “talking about women’s rights, sexuality, and abortion.” 2(p10) One reason why a mother-to-be might have an abortion is that they might not be financially stable to have this child. Another reason why they might decide not to have their child is if they know their child would be in a vegetable state for the rest of their life. However, these are not good enough reasons to have an abortion. Even though the mother might not be able to take care of the child after giving birth, there are many other people in the world that could. Many people are willing to adopt and take care of these kids, especially if they cannot have kids of their own. It is not fair to the child to let the mother decide if they get to live or …show more content…
The supporters of pro-life base their argument that the fetus is a human; therefore, not only is abortion killing a human wrong, but it is also illegal. They consider the fetus human because it grows like any other human, which is why the followers of pro-life are trying to get abortion illegal. It is wrong in every sense to kill another human being. Likewise, people that kill other people have to go to prison, yet these mothers of these kids get let off. The Supreme Court case in Texas involving abortion is the first step to try and stop the murder of innocent lives. The new law on abortion is asking for tighter abortion laws that led to more abortion clinics closing. It is hoping to “eliminate legal abortion.” 3 This will lead to closings of clinics all around the country and not just in Texas. Texas is even starting to see a change in the number of clinics these past few years from the new law that was placed in 2013. “Texas is now home to 17 abortion clinic, down from 41 in 2012, just before the law was passed.”4 Besides the closing of abortions clinics all over Texas, the state is hoping that increasing the price of getting an abortion by fifteen percent will scare these young ladies from getting the procedure done. The whole point of this new law will hopefully make the mother’s rethink their decision when they have to drive a far distance to get an abortion and have to pay quite a bit of