In Monica Tan's post about abortion she makes a good point that abortion is a woman's right that we cannot take away. I agree that abortion is a woman's personal right to control rather than something a government has to decide. She stresses the need to keep abortions legal for the health of women, another valid argument she backs up with examples such as "back-alley abortions" and "self-executed abortions". A woman shouldn't have to go to such extreme measures to achieve something which is her right to obtain.
Monica takes an approach that I would agree with, although I feel less of a need for stress on alternative options such as parenting aid and adoption. Yes, it would be nice if everyone could have more options available but I don't think it's lack of alternative options. I think it's more of a social issue when it comes to a woman choosing abortion, some women just don't want to be face other people with the fact that they accidentally got pregnant. I feel education on prevention of pregnancy in the first place needs to be stressed before how to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. Women already have access to birth control and even the morning after pill, these would prevent the need to even consider other options. Those preventatives also take out the controversy over murder because a baby is being prevented from even beginning to form. It is our job to go out and inform women on options they have to prevent pregnancy and avoid abortion, not to take their rights from them so that they act how others think they should.
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